God as a former seattlite I was FLOORED when I went over and saw you can now pay to ride in the HOV. and that we couldn't ride it eith out risk of ticket even though we had 4 people in the car because we didn't have a pass. It was a good reminder why I moved in the first place if I'm being honest.

Also I think other than airs there really isn't that much difference between Seattle and Spokane, people just like to bicker about shit. I used to live in Montlake which was definitely borderline centralist leaning right and it reminds me of the conservatives over here tbh. Hell there's a viral video of a guy dressed like a nazi on a bus in Seattle getting punch. But the majority of people in either city doesn't want to hear they are more alike then they realize. Spokane proper is really not much different from my life in Seattle, there's just less venues and cheaper food.