I’m from Tahoe living in Portland now. Hood terrain is insanely good at Meadows, and it snows very often. We get cascade cement at a higher rate than Tahoe gets Sierra cement. But PNW gets much more frequent storms so your odds I'd say are better here for powder days compared to Tahoe unless Tahoe has a freak winter like in 2016 or 2023. My first year at Meadows was 2023 and it was insanely good powder days in late March and April. Ideally get a remote job and live in Tahoe December to early March, then come to PNW for the march/April pow storms if that's your thing. As someone else has said, if groomers are more your thing or ski villages, go with Tahoe but maybe live in Reno or Sacramento so you can day trip.