@Sycorax
I like it in seattle. I've lived in a bunch of different places, and it's probably my favorite or second favorite place I've lived. It's a big city, there are lots of busses so you can get away without driving, there are TONS of parks, and outside of the city there are mountains and nature. The pacific northwest is just a wonderful climate.
There are lots of jobs for the taking. The obvious ones are at amazon, microsoft, facebook, these companies are always hiring programmers and data scientists (and all the better if you are both). There are also many smaller companies, sta…