Could you consider living in a different climate zone?
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I've lived in several climates over the years.
IL - 4 seasons with fussy, often not snowy winters and hot, humid summers.
WI - Long, cold, depressing winters with lots of snow and all the other seasons are cool and mild.
TN - Very hot and humid most of the year, autumn is very rainy, winters are sort of cold, but mostly not snowy.
Texas (Northern part) - Hot and humid between April and Oct. (6 months), all other seasons are crammed into the other 6 months. Autumn is rainy and sometimes stormy, winter is mild and mostly rainy, with a few ice storms and sometimes snow, spring is stormy.
CA (Northern part) - Mediterranean climate. Hot, dry summers (somewhat more humid near the river delta), cool, rainy winters. Never snows, and rarely does it get stormy at all.
I'd say the Mediterranean climate is the one I find most tolerable, though I sometimes miss having snow in December.
I lived in the desert Southwest for eight years. The weather seemed nice, at first. But after a couple of years it became boring. Two seasons: hot, and not-as-hot. I swear I could have done the weather forecast for Phoenix. It was the same nearly every day: "High pressure dominates..." was said by the weather guy all the time.
I was thrilled to move back to a place with four seasons (I now live in central Minnesota). Sure, winter can drag on some years, but oh, when Spring finally comes, it's heavenly! 😊
I love visiting the Southwest and always thought living there would be great. Now I'm wondering if I would also get bored of Phoenix-style weather eventually.
shareSome folks do get bored, some don't. I would never live there now. They're already having water problems there and it's only going to get worse.
Coming from Minnesota, the winters there were great and it was kind of fun to brag about the nice weather while friends and family back home were suffering through cold and snow. But as I said, after a couple of years, I was really tired of the heat and unchanging weather.
Heck, I'd relocate to Antarctica for the right salary.
sharei like the four seasons.
shareNo. I've lived in a climate of cold winters and hot summers all my life. Even though I don't like winter or summer, Spring and Fall make up for them. I'd hate to be where it's always hot or always freezing cold.
shareI don't understand how folks can live in the far north where they hardly see the sun in winter, and there's little darkness in the summer. It has to mess with your Circadian rhythm. I suppose if you grew up like that it may not be such a big deal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
shareI don't live in Alaska if that's what you were thinking. I live in Illinois. Also you grow up where you grow up. Not all of us have college degree type jobs where you can just move wherever you want to.
shareSorry, I didn't mean to suggest that you live in Alaska. I just wonder how it is for folks in the far north.
I was born in IL and spent my formative years there. I still have a soft spot for the state and my hometown even though I haven't lived there for many years.
I live in central MN now and I wouldn't live anywhere else. MN is where I raised my three children. My daughter lives about 50 miles southwest of me. My two sons live in Grand Forks, ND. When I visit them, I notice some changes because they live farther west and north from where I am. Summers there have daylight until nearly 10 pm (daylight saving time exasperates the late sunset). Here, daylight fades just after 9 pm or so in the summer.
I see. I lived in Minnesota for 3 months back when I was a kid. Thankfully durring the summer and fall. I have heard of the brutal winters you Minnesotans have.
shareI suppose if you grew up like that it may not be such a big deal.
I wouldn't want to go any farther north than where I am now (I'm in the Columbus, OH area). My favorite seasons are Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter (in that order). I wouldn't want to go too far south, though, because I'm not a fan of humidity and excessive heat.
As much as I complain about Winter weather, I think I'd miss it if I moved. So...I guess my answer to the question would be "No."
I still have to work full time for another four and a half years before I pension out and my commute is awful. The winters can be wild in New York. Luckily, I get a bunch of personal days each year if it seems like a maniac storm is rolling in. I'd really rather avoid driving in that mess so I save my days...I have about 30 saved up;)
shareGood for you! I don't know how you do it living in the NYC area. I've never really visited NYC properly, but I've flown out of JFK and LaGuardia several times. One of our flights in the Summer was delayed several hours by a rainstorm...I could imagine what it would be like if it were a snowstorm.
Before I had ever gone to NYC, I never realized how so much of it sits along the ocean like it does.