Both Portland and Seattle have horrible reputations for red-pilled blue-blooded men. Seattle has an out of control homeless problem. In fact right now, they're not basically not arresting anyone for felonies--drug felonies is the main one. But also, public urination, street fighting, disorderly conduct, etc. This is liberal social engineering in action-- they've created a milieu where such petty concerns are brushed aside as being bigoted or anti-homeless. You can literally shit in the street, something which I thought was only possible in San Francisco. No more! This report on the problems in Seattle recently went viral in Washington state, and many people agree with the conclusions of this reporter:
In Portland anti-fa resembles some sort of paramilitary force that has de facto occupied the city for over a year now. I would be scared to come out of the conservative closet there. Weekly, new violence presents itself. In comparison with the whimsical, hipster, mustached Portland I imagined from the popular TV show "Portlandia". Boy do things change. Recent violence that was directed against an independent journalist there:
In the past I had looked at ending up in the Seattle area for business opportunities. Once I got the inside track on what's happening there from locals, I no longer entertained the idea. Although Red Washington sounds to be nice enough. More my speed anyway.
On to Denver... also a homeless problem there. Although nothing on the level of Seattle. Gentrification and all that that entails is in progress too. The issue is, it is another heavily leftist city even though Colorado is purple. In colorado you'll be faced with the state income tax, which is another net negative. I would lean towards Denver myself even though I prefer the West Coast.
Honestly I'd say all three are Tier 2 cities on the cusp of being Tier 3 really. They are all relatively small and liberal-dominated. Real solid Tier 2 places would be Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Boston, DC, Miami (arguably), SF...