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Those of you that moved from somewhere with bad Winters to somewhere with easy Winters...
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I am going the other way and reading this thread scares me haha.
Queensland, Australia where winter days are like 70F to South Dakota. I am in for a right treat.
Queensland, Australia where winter days are like 70F to South Dakota. I am in for a right treat.
Ohio>Arkansas>Louisiana
don't miss it, though if you could have a big snow one day and have it completely disappear by the next morning I'd take that every once in a while
don't miss it, though if you could have a big snow one day and have it completely disappear by the next morning I'd take that every once in a while
I moved from a pretty mild winter to basically no winter: Seattle to San Diego.
Seattle only rarely got to snowy temperatures (at most a week or two of snow most seasons), but San Diego is like low of 50 degrees F, high of mid-60 to 70.
Honestly, I'm an indoor person, so I could live anywhere as long as I had heating/cooling. The main benefit of San Diego over Washington in terms of the weather is how much better the traffic is overall. Very little rain and no snow means that there's one less road hazard to worry about.
Seattle only rarely got to snowy temperatures (at most a week or two of snow most seasons), but San Diego is like low of 50 degrees F, high of mid-60 to 70.
Honestly, I'm an indoor person, so I could live anywhere as long as I had heating/cooling. The main benefit of San Diego over Washington in terms of the weather is how much better the traffic is overall. Very little rain and no snow means that there's one less road hazard to worry about.
Grew up in Minnesota for my first 25 years then moved to Texas. It's been strange. When I was in MN the winter felt totally normal, and it never really registered with me that other places just... don't have winter. The first year I was in Dallas it got to be Christmas and it was 70 degrees out. That's when it really hit me like holy shit it's really just not going to get cold is it? Nowadays I cannot even imagine living in MN where it starts to get freezing cold in late September, early October. It's still dead of summer here in Austin at that time of year. Shit it was 80 and sunny just yesterday.
Another big difference is the amount of extra daylight we have down here in the winter.
Sunrise/sunset
Minneapolis 7:40 - 4:30
Austin 7:15 - 5:30
Another big difference is the amount of extra daylight we have down here in the winter.
Sunrise/sunset
Minneapolis 7:40 - 4:30
Austin 7:15 - 5:30
Moved from California to Hawaii. I know not exactly what the thread is about. I can say I do miss having seasons. I know California does not have severe winters but there are clear season changes during the year. Weather here fluctuates roughly +/- 15 degrees during the year.
I live in the twin cities.
scariest driving I've ever been in was an ice storm in Nebraska. Shrugs.
I moved from New Hampshire to California. Mind - I was 18, lived with my dad for 3 years, then on my own for 2. I hated it so much. I am not a warm weather person, the constancy of the climate and desert heat of the central valley meant I felt like I was living in purgatory. I ended up moving back to NH and I don't know if I'd ever leave this state. It has everything I want out of weather. Snow can be frustrating, but I missed winter every year I was out there. I've been back 10 years, I'm getting married in a month, both my fiance and I own homes and we're not inclined to leave New England.
PS. I don't like sports, but fuck Patriots fans. Worst part of living up here. Lol.
PS. I don't like sports, but fuck Patriots fans. Worst part of living up here. Lol.
I've thought about it every now and then. The cold is no problem; I prefer it to hot weather, and decent clothing takes care of the really bad days. It's the snow that fucks up transit randomly, and I do anywhere from a few hundred to 1,500+ a week.
Just today, on my way up 1-75, there was some strange snowfall every now and then, but no accumulation whatsoever and clear roads-- two massive backups caused by people slowing down to unbelievable speeds and accidentally getting rear ended. This is Michigan, but people don't get used to it here, and the only ones worse than that are those who ride other people's bumpers and then try to speed off only to slide off the road/into others
Just today, on my way up 1-75, there was some strange snowfall every now and then, but no accumulation whatsoever and clear roads-- two massive backups caused by people slowing down to unbelievable speeds and accidentally getting rear ended. This is Michigan, but people don't get used to it here, and the only ones worse than that are those who ride other people's bumpers and then try to speed off only to slide off the road/into others
Technically I moved there and back again, but...
Seoul area to Houston. Grew up in Houston and moved to Korea for a few years, it wasn't my first time experiencing "real" winters (didn't move to Houston until I was 9 and lived in the midwest before then), but it was the first time in awhile. I absolutely loved it. Cold weather is incredible when you live in a country that has amazing transportation, meaning you don't need to drive in it.
Nothing is more comfy than camping out in a coffee shop for a few hours and watching the snow fall.
Fuck summers in comparison, I despise the heat. I can't wait until I live in a place with real winters again, just need to figure out where that place is going to be.
Haha, my partner teacher just moved here from Chicago and can't believe that kids are running around in short sleeve shirts 2 weeks before Christmas. The few times this year a cold front has blown through (and it's dropped into the 50s) the kids complain that it's freezing and we've had a few come to school bundled up in parkas.
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Seoul area to Houston. Grew up in Houston and moved to Korea for a few years, it wasn't my first time experiencing "real" winters (didn't move to Houston until I was 9 and lived in the midwest before then), but it was the first time in awhile. I absolutely loved it. Cold weather is incredible when you live in a country that has amazing transportation, meaning you don't need to drive in it.
Nothing is more comfy than camping out in a coffee shop for a few hours and watching the snow fall.
Fuck summers in comparison, I despise the heat. I can't wait until I live in a place with real winters again, just need to figure out where that place is going to be.
Haha, my partner teacher just moved here from Chicago and can't believe that kids are running around in short sleeve shirts 2 weeks before Christmas. The few times this year a cold front has blown through (and it's dropped into the 50s) the kids complain that it's freezing and we've had a few come to school bundled up in parkas.
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Boston to South Bay in Northern CA. I miss seasons. I liked the cold and I don't mind inclement weather. East Coast folks think that it's nice to not have rain or snow but I don't think anyone here actually likes that because we have fire and now rolling blackouts to (ineffectively) prevent fire instead.
I did it kinda the other way around...
Toledo (Spain) -> Worcester (UK) -> Stockholm -> Andorra -> Madrid -> Munich -> Tyrol
So I'm pretty accustomed to cold and snowy winter, then again winters in central Spain are fucking cold as well, we don't get snow but it's not that warm as some people think.
Toledo (Spain) -> Worcester (UK) -> Stockholm -> Andorra -> Madrid -> Munich -> Tyrol
So I'm pretty accustomed to cold and snowy winter, then again winters in central Spain are fucking cold as well, we don't get snow but it's not that warm as some people think.
Northern Utah to Phoenix.
I definitely don't miss the cold and having to shovel my driveway. The weather is good 9 months out of the year, and you just stay inside the other 3.
Utah is superior though, and I definitely miss it. Just like anything else in life, both places have their unique beauty and perks.
I definitely don't miss the cold and having to shovel my driveway. The weather is good 9 months out of the year, and you just stay inside the other 3.
Utah is superior though, and I definitely miss it. Just like anything else in life, both places have their unique beauty and perks.
That's why I quoted you. Plenty of those people involved in that 60 car pile up earlier this year had snow tires and AWD and were driving defensively. Didn't help. And we'll see plenty more multi-car collisions this winter where at least one of the victims did everything right but got hosed anyway.
google 60 car pileup.
they happen in Maryland
they happen in Washington state
they happen pretty much everywhere
Don't really see your point
Fellow twin cities resident checking in to confirm. All you have to do is drive slower with longer following distance. Even the twin cities is a cake compared to northern Minnesota or the dakotas where they get ungodly amounts of snow plus worse infrastructure. It gets so cold in Minnesota that it skips the snow oftentimes, aka the polar vortex
It really is relative. Moving from Miami to NYC I would say it gets cold for way more than one month out of the year. :P
Spent more than 25 years in the Adirondacks in upstate NY where it would regularly snow feet at a time, hit temps so cold that parts of my car would actually break off and you could toss water into the air and it would freeze before it hit the ground. When all the snow melted in the spring, the river across the road would flood our yard and basement.
Eventually moved to Seattle where it did get fairly cold in winter, but I actually missed the snow. The fall and winter winds and rain were way more miserable than the cold and occasional light flurry of snow.
Now we live in LA and I complain about it being 45 degrees in the early morning, lol. I do still miss getting to experience those NY winters (those feelings are brief and short-lived, mind you) but my old man body ain't made for the cold any more.
Eventually moved to Seattle where it did get fairly cold in winter, but I actually missed the snow. The fall and winter winds and rain were way more miserable than the cold and occasional light flurry of snow.
Now we live in LA and I complain about it being 45 degrees in the early morning, lol. I do still miss getting to experience those NY winters (those feelings are brief and short-lived, mind you) but my old man body ain't made for the cold any more.
absolutely relative. My wife's family visits from Trinidad and are feeling cool in the 70's. Its funny, because i dont even consider winters that bad where im from because its coastal NH. But you drive a little north and inland and its not so mild.
Near to hear everyone's perspectives... I've only ever lived in cold Winter climates all my life whether that's in Ontario or PA and I can't really imagine life without it all at this point. It'd just seem weird I guess.
Though I'd probably be open to it since I've really grown to detest snow/cold as I've grown older.
Though I'd probably be open to it since I've really grown to detest snow/cold as I've grown older.