Vancouver and Seattle have basically the same weather patterns. lots of rain, annoyingly muggy summers, and mild winters.

Source: vancouverite

Okay but why not set up a separate/dedicated route for that traffic?

Not that I disapprove of what/how you’re doing, curious because it’s what I do. I’d assume you’ve got a VM or node other than your workstation hosting your torrent client, otherwise this method doesn’t make sense.