I hate, hate, hate, summer!! I live in inland central California where summer is 6-8 months long. 6 months of 90-100 degree weather, yuk. One month of beautiful fall, then comes winter, no its not super cold, but we get socked in with heavy wet fog, the kind where you can't see across the street, for 4 months. Then comes spring, for maybe a month, and we are again zapped by heat. I have never lived in snow but it sounds like heaven after months of searing heat. My husband retired last year and we do want to leave CA. We want to buy some land, it's too expensive here. We have visited Western North Carolina, how beautiful that was, and the finger lakes of New York, we loved it there too. Even though I love the "idea" of snow, I know that it isn't quite so wonderful as I picture it. So, HELP, all of you who live in the "perfect" place!!!