Do you like the climate/weather where you live?
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Alabama
Posts: 884
Alabama is a really nice place to live. It is HOT (triple digets sometimes) , it is COLD (sometimes snow) , it is DRY (our pond is down about 3 feet right now) , it is WET and it is HUMID. And sometimes it is PERFECT ! ! ! If you don't like the weather in Alabama, stick around a while and it will change. But have been here all my life and can't imagine being anywhere else.
#22
Originally Posted by genafan201
I'm originally from Florida, living now in Minnesota, and I can honestly say...I DO NOT LIKE IT...
Like Jim above, I hate winter (which is about 8 months up here), and when summer finally gets here, the bugs come out...we have mosquitos and these biting gnats here, and believe it or not, growing up in Florida with summers spent in southern Alabama, I never knew gnats would bite till we moved here.
If someone told me I had to choose between two places to live, it would be Hawaii (for obvious reasons), or central Tennessee...I really like that area.
Like Jim above, I hate winter (which is about 8 months up here), and when summer finally gets here, the bugs come out...we have mosquitos and these biting gnats here, and believe it or not, growing up in Florida with summers spent in southern Alabama, I never knew gnats would bite till we moved here.
If someone told me I had to choose between two places to live, it would be Hawaii (for obvious reasons), or central Tennessee...I really like that area.
I will also admit one more thing. We are surrounded by super neighbors, well almost surrounded, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Basically, they are like we are. It is a joy to visit their states for vacations which actually we do. What would surround our state then would be Canada and they serve McDonald French Fries with vinegar. We use catsup, and lots of it.
We have other sports in Minnesota - We have the Vikings, the Twins, the Wild and the Timberwolves. We have iceskating rinks and warming houses. We have snow shoveling in the winter and lawnmowing in the summer. I have learned that if you mow your own yard, you can walk close to a mile, which is 2,000 steps which equals 100 calories and that is good for an ice cream cone. We have Grand Old Days, we have the Marathon in October that is probably the most beautiful marathon in the whole United States. We have the Science Museum, the Museum of Natural History, we have a Railroad Roundhouse museum ("Head for the roundhouse, Nellie. He can't corner you there!"). We have the Mississippi River and most important, the headwaters of the Mississippi. We are the home of 3M.
One more thing, what I love the most about St. Paul is that they roll up the rugs and turn off the lights around 9:00 PM and are up again around 5:00 AM. That's my Minnesota!!!!! Edie
#23
Originally Posted by Cyn
North Carolina has it all and it's not hard to get from one end to the next :)
my folks live in the Asheville area and absolutely love it. it has lots to do, and lots for seniors. they are not wealthy and find the housing to be very affordable. if i didn't have my DGKs here in MN, i'd move to NC.
#27
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 3,536
This year has been horrendous - but so has every place across the country. I said originally that this was the BEST weather of any place I had lived. The bad part was the HOT HOT, HUMID HUMID in July and August only....not so much this year. It got HOT after winter (no spring)and am wondering about our winter this year.
In winter we have had mostly "dustings" of snow--maybe a foot once every 7 years which melts off within 4 days. I long for the weather that we have moved FROM - outside the Fresno CA area - it was hot but not humid...here we are "connected to...what...5 states? nice for traveling that doesn't take forever.
It's "different strokes for different folks" I would recommend to take a year and explore to get the feel first hand. No one should tell you what to like. Good Luck
In winter we have had mostly "dustings" of snow--maybe a foot once every 7 years which melts off within 4 days. I long for the weather that we have moved FROM - outside the Fresno CA area - it was hot but not humid...here we are "connected to...what...5 states? nice for traveling that doesn't take forever.
It's "different strokes for different folks" I would recommend to take a year and explore to get the feel first hand. No one should tell you what to like. Good Luck
#28
We live on the other side of the Sierras from you, in western Nevada. We have 4 seasons that come and go when they are supposed to. We do have winter, and occasionally we have snow in the valley here, but it mostly melts by noon, or at most within a few days. The summers are warm and dry, it gets up to 90F for a few weeks in the summer most days, but rarely gets over 100F, usually only a few days a year. It cools off each evening so AC isn't needed at night. Also, it's very dry so we don't have the humidity problems, or the bugs that we did in MN.
There is a reason that the valley is largely occupied by ex-Californians. We're ex-Minnesotans -- we like the climate a lot -- it doesn't have the extremes that Minnesota did.
There is a reason that the valley is largely occupied by ex-Californians. We're ex-Minnesotans -- we like the climate a lot -- it doesn't have the extremes that Minnesota did.
#29
Originally Posted by Cyn
North Carolina has it all and it's not hard to get from one end to the next :)
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,453
i think this past year has been one of the worst for cold and hot here in Michigan. i hate the cold..it makes my Fibro rear its ugly head, and i suffer in the winters..
i love the south..the people are so friendly.a different way of life..slower paced i think.
Michigan is beautiful...more lakes than any other state, the fall colors are my favorite.
if i could find a place that just had spring and fall..i would be there!
i love the south..the people are so friendly.a different way of life..slower paced i think.
Michigan is beautiful...more lakes than any other state, the fall colors are my favorite.
if i could find a place that just had spring and fall..i would be there!
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