The west coast's decline is in the lives of people living there. Corporate profits can be ignored. Corporations are not people. Small towns all over Oregon are struggling to cope with falling or stagnant income, unemployment, homelessness, and petty crime. The big cities of the west coast are notoriously worse. That could be its own thread. All three states have very high taxes because they are trying to maintain previous levels of bureaucratic staffing while people who can leave are leaving. They must squeeze more money out of the people who haven't left yet. I know because I was there. I will probably go back to visit family this year.
