[michakaveli]

Originally Posted by DebbieF

Do what I did and leave CT. for NC. weather was great here today. Actually it rained here for days :-)

I did the same. Stumbled across SC. Granted it had snowed here today, anything sworth talking about ever since I moved here in '05. It was funny. All the schools were canceled. We had a dusting, the roads were wet, no accumulation. Municipalities were delayed 2 hours.

[Rickd203]

Originally Posted by michakaveli

I did the same. Stumbled across SC. Granted it had snowed here today, anything sworth talking about ever since I moved here in '05. It was funny. All the schools were canceled. We had a dusting, the roads were wet, no accumulation. Municipalities were delayed 2 hours.

I'm getting ready to leave but the biggest problem I have is trying to sell my house in this economy. I feel like it is a giant anchor around my neck. When the housing market was good, I could have sold my house for $234k. Now, if I could even get $180k I would be gone in a week.

[Rich Lee]

Originally Posted by Rickd203

I'm getting ready to leave but the biggest problem I have is trying to sell my house in this economy. I feel like it is a giant anchor around my neck. When the housing market was good, I could have sold my house for $234k. Now, if I could even get $180k I would be gone in a week.

Without knowing the details, that (23 percent) sounds drastic. In which town is the house located?

[michakaveli]

Originally Posted by Rickd203

I'm getting ready to leave but the biggest problem I have is trying to sell my house in this economy. I feel like it is a giant anchor around my neck. When the housing market was good, I could have sold my house for $234k. Now, if I could even get $180k I would be gone in a week.

I feel for you. My parents were able to sell their house (luck) last April. IF you have an atypical house, like they did, it's damn near imposible. Good Luck to you in regards to the sale fo your home! Good thing to note is the spring, and usually there is some activity in the spring, in Connecticut at least

[Rickd203]

Originally Posted by Rich Lee

Without knowing the details, that (23 percent) sounds drastic. In which town is the house located?

It's in Meriden a couple blocks north of the Broad St. Stop&Shop.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Rickd203

It's in Meriden

Yeah - that's why. Meriden has been suffering for years. Good luck with your home.

[lovinthegulf]

I don't blame you, I came from Michigan and like Conneticut it is cold. I now live in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico near Clearwater and go to the beach all the time and go swimming. I work in the air conditioning and only deal with the heat and high humidity about three months out of the year. The best part about the heat you can always go swimming to cool off.

If a person lives in the northern states they need to enjoy the four seasons and deal with the snow storms, ice storms and the cold a lot longer then the heat in florida. I would definitely deal with the hurricanes any day of the week then the snow, ice and cold.

[hml1976]

I've enjoyed this thread, we're considering a move to CT and the weather thread has me giggling.

We lived in TN for 5yrs and while actual horrible tornadoes aren't that common, little ones are and the warnings are extremely common. They did make me very nervous and we were without a basement. What I think the difference is is that in most places in the country you wake up to a thunderstorm and roll over and go back to sleep. In TN we would hear wind or thunder in the middle of the night and immediately get up and turn on the tv to see what was going on. It was nerve wracking.

Of course its all a matter of perspective and what scares you. I live quite peacefully now in the northwest but some would be very concerned about earthquakes and that volcano I can see from my bedroom window.

[JViello]

Originally Posted by lovinthegulf

I don't blame you, I came from Michigan and like Conneticut it is cold. I now live in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico near Clearwater and go to the beach all the time and go swimming. I work in the air conditioning and only deal with the heat and high humidity about three months out of the year. The best part about the heat you can always go swimming to cool off.

If a person lives in the northern states they need to enjoy the four seasons and deal with the snow storms, ice storms and the cold a lot longer then the heat in florida. I would definitely deal with the hurricanes any day of the week then the snow, ice and cold.

Mich is considerably more cold than CT. Sorry, but the comparisons do not add up.

I lived in Orlando for almost 5 years and found the heat very very oppressive from June through Sept - a good 4 month stretch and even then May and Oct were generally hotter then our average Summer temps here. I never wanted to go outdoors and enjoy things like I do here because you would turn red faced and sweat to death in a very short time. I felt like a shut-in for 4 months out of the year.

Our "Winter" is really only a two month period, Jan and Feb. Dec and March are not "hardcore" really.

In contrast from what you said, I find the cold easier to deal with as you can always warm up, put on a jacket or whatever while you can only shed so much clothing. Swimming helps, for the time you are in the water...then what?

Nothing like walking out of your house on a 95* day with a shirt and tie on, and by the time you get to your car you have sweat running down your forehead, and then the car takes 15 minutes to cool off while your t-shirt and over-shirt is soaked. Then you have cold air blowing on your skin making it cold, while the radiant heat still makes you hot. It's a very weird sensation IMO.

But to each his own.

[Antlered Chamataka]

Originally Posted by JViello

Mich is considerably more cold than CT. Sorry, but the comparisons do not add up.

J, you really like scouting around cyber-bullying, don't you?

Originally Posted by JViello

But to each his own.

You certainly knew that four paragraphs ago, hehe.

Besides, I am not really sure how you deal with fluid running from the nose every time you are out in the cold. If you have some frost tips, please let me know

There's nothing in the world like happily scampering around in shorts, round necks and flip-flops.