Commuting (did it for over a decade) is a soul-sucking, life-draining, chronic anchor on your life. It does not get more fun or easier the longer you do it.
When I stopped commuting, it took lots of time for my brain and my soul to heal. After having not commuted now for a while, I can tell you commuting is worse than everybody says it is. The guys who commute (I was one) have to tell themselves lies and play tricks on themselves to be able to live with it.
It’s days out of your week and years off of your life. The PNW is cool but not cool enough to commute.