Why did Jackson move to Seattle in the story, What You Pawn I Will Redeem?

At the beginning of the story, Jackson has in many ways turned his back on his Spokane heritage. Most dramatically, he has moved away from the Spokane region to Seattle, even though his ancestors "have lived within a one-hundred-mile radius of Spokane, Washington, for at least ten thousand years." In Seattle, he pursued an average American life by attending college (where he flunked out within two semesters), working various low-level jobs, getting married "two or three times," and having children. His attempts to achieve this idealized lifestyle have met with utter failure.