My mentally ill theory is this: he moved to Washington for a multitude of reasons: to flex on his family and friends, trapping PandaRee into a place where she had NO friends or family, and to get away from his parents. Remember when his dying parents - sorry, they're no longer dying, but they're old and they can go at any moment - Linda expressed concern for his spending when seeing all that worthless shit on his kitchen counter,
Linda told the pig "Philliam, you better save some money. This is worrisome." Phil being the most mature adult out of all us said "Well, fuck you! I'm going to do what I want to do, mom! This is for not getting me that fucking Wolverine toy, you fucking idiots! I'm moving to a state where income tax doesn't exist and not a day's drive to come check up on me.
Phil is all about flexing and rubbing it into people's faces. He did it with the BMW, he did it with his mature adult house in CT to impress a girl, he bought his WAKhando to rub it in his friends and families faces that he's "successful.", etc...and to get away from his nosey ass filthy smoker of a mother, who was trying to control every aspect of his life! Actually save six month's of living expenses in case of an emergency? No! Mentally ill fuckhead's do that shit! Phil is a mature adult with a business degree and what they fail to teach you is this: spend more than what you pull in, put everything on a credit card, and your future self will deal with it later. Sound good!