Fed up with winter...where to move?

"Reasons beyond my control"
I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley. You don't realize how great one place is until you've been many other places...

 

That's what I'm talkin about!

 

Im just sick of the cold...it makes my back hurt and the older I get the worst it gets...

 

F**K WINTER, COLD AND SNOW!!! Right now, here in Winter Wonderland its -16 (below zero), wind chill is -36 and its supposed get down to -24. And this isn't even the coldest part of South Dakota!

In two years, two months and 16 days when I can retire, I'm getting the hell out of here!

UPDATE: NEW RECORD LOW SET IN ABERDEEN, SD LAST NIGHT: -42 BELOW ZERO

 

Well, come on over...I'm sitting on the back porch with the laptop. barefoot, and its a beautiful evening...69 degrees at 7PM after another day in the low 80's...next to Pasadena...

 

Try www.findyourspot.com my $0.02 worth. Answer all the questions honestly and it'll tell ya were you should live according to your answers. Gives you a top 10 or 20 places to pick from...


Michigan Rick

 

I can't hardly make it through 3 months of relevitlly mild winter here in NC when it gets below 40 I want to hibernate.

 

That's a cool site....says I should move to Tennessee or Kentucky.

 

hey Muntz man, shh its already too crowded, specially when the arizonans come over in the summer!

 

This is probably one of the worst times to ever move to find a job with the economy but I heard Wyoming has 3% unemployment. Haven't heard anything on that area though, must be to cold.

 

I love going to the first page and look at fish tanks post. Helps me forget what's outside

 

funny I just did the same thing...all because its friken -9 out side and windchill who the hell knows what its at? and its just going to get colder they tell us..hell you cant even breath in thru your nose it it freezes all the hair to your nostrils...michigan joy

 

Right now it's zero (that's not very many, is it?). I had to fix my snowthrower today, which ate a drive belt after an idler pully shaft seized yesterday, so that was a fun job to do today. I had the wood stove stoked up in the shop, but it was still cold enough to see your breath, and the air lines kept freezing up using the cut off tool, so I came in and am now drinking a glass of wine and wasting time on the computer.

 

I can relate to this..at least your at 0...hahah
i didnt even bother lighting off the wood stove put in the shop..Im waiting till it gets back up to the high 20's or low 30's before i do that..aint worth the loss of wood.

 

Yeah, it's a heat wave here. Just got off the phone with my son in 'Vegas, it's 65. We're gong out in 2 weeks, and taking his '62 Impala up the Pacific coast on Highway 1. I may never come back...

 

Like i sayed in a earlier post wear is that global worming. We are having record setting cold. We need more green house gasses. Don't burn wood burn coal.

 

There are reasons California has the most population.

The economy seems a little in the dumps right now though.

 

I kinda know what you are going through. You yoopers ain't too far from us here in Green Bay. As I get older, I enjoy the snow and cold less and less. If all my family wasn't here, I'd almost be tempted to pack up and head someplace warmer, sure isn't the job market or the high taxes keeping me here. Specially after this weeks 30 below windchills. Last year was a doozy for snow, and this year so far we got hammered even more.
I'd like al gore to try telling me about global warming when I was lying on an icy snow covered driveway with a flashlight for light when I was changing the starter in my truck Wednesday night and the wind and subzero biting in to me. Could only take a few minutes at a time before my fingers and toes would be froze and would have to go in and warm up. Hate to imagine what the windchills were at. No wonder many of the old farts around here fly south for the winter.

But its all better come spring when you see all the snow melting and things turning green. Summer, not too many above 90 degrees extremely humid days, and can't beat how clean the area is, and all the forests and lakes, and doubt a lot of others places 100 to 200 grand would by a decent home with a fair amount of land, and without a neighbor on top of you. No emmision testing our cars. No hurricanes, and thankfully not a bunch of wacked laws like california. Your definately going to find any dry counties (ok I guess ephraim is from a search, where ever the heck that is) in beer central, maybe a bit too big a part of life in this state/area.
I don't think there is a place that will be perfect.

Yeah, its the preferred location for illegal immigrants.

 

If you do not like snow, come to Texas. My kids were 11 before they saw snow, (I took them skiing in Colorado.) It can get hot! Last week it hit the 80's here and was perfect. One word of advice- learn spanish! Good part of that- Mexicans love old cars as much as rednecks, and that is cool.

 

Anywhere along Gulf Coast... 50-75 miles inland.

Even as I speak I have my feet wrapped up inside a thermal blanket and its 41 degrees right now. Expect 27 before daylight.

I'm 60 miles north of (Houston) the coast. They are about 10-15 degrees warmed because of the gulf breeze.

When it comes to the cold, people form up north laugh at us.
They work and play in this cold because it isn't cold to most of them till after they been here for a while. Then they wear long sleeves.

1/2" snow every 15ish years... but 400 wrecks.

Hot humid summers. break 100 a few times but generally 90-100 mid June through July.

 

Here is a list of the states with unemployment rates highest to lowest
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment/

 

Born in Michigan, will probably die in Michigan. Been & lived down south - Texas, South Carolina, but keep coming back. Nice to go down to Florida in January for a week or so but nice to get back home too. Guess I'm as much Michigan as some of you all are where you come from. Just peeked out the window, 12 below zero and crystal clear with the moon sparkling the frost and snow. Definitely a Carhartt and Stormy Kromer morning. Crank up the Polka music & let's go ice fishing!

 

My week was the battery on my plow truck wasn't charging so I had it checked, needed a new one, put it in, still not charging, did the screwdriver test on the alt. and needed that also. i put them in and then the next day i am in town and the plow blade won't lift so i have to ride through town with the blade down till i get to a friends garage, was just a wire that came apart at the junction from salt corrosion, easy fix anyway but this crap always happens when it is below 0. By the way, we have over 160 inches of snow already.

 

Needed another look at fish tank's girl. It's been a bad day.

 

I just saw a news report of people surfing Lake Supeior in winter!

 

Alabama no sand, no salt, very little snow, car shows and swapmeets fairly accessible all year. wear shorts from march to november.IT DON'T GET NO BETTER THAN THIS.

 

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I don't think that one could deny that California is the place to be. It is the root of all the good stuff(and Meth and Violent crime). Can't beat the weather and Natural surroundings.

 

It's 18 degrees,snow is pounding down.Supposed to get 12 to 16 inches.I get to plow most of the night.
Damn,I hate this shit more and more.Why did I not move to SoCal in 66 when I got out of school.
Thats all I thought about when reading car books in school before getting a slap in the head by the nuns
and goodbye car book.
Don't know what happened,blinked and here I am.The wife and I have a game plan of 2 years
and NY can kiss our asses.Off to warmer climes.

 

'cept for those terrifying minutes while that tornado is headin' towards your house........