[Stephanie P]

Okay. The economy and price of real estate might be better in Texas, especially in Houston, but the weather sucks! The heat and humidity are intolerable in the summer, which lasts from April through October. There are no real seasons, unlike in Michigan. The traffic is awful and so are the drivers. I look forward to the day when I get to move back up north!

[Bluefly]

Originally Posted by jamespeterson
Another part of why michigan sucks is again the weather and schools the kids cant enjoy their youth being in the house because outside its cold.Take my cousins for example(one is 7,the oldest is 9)both LOVE running around(typical kids)but since its cold outside they really cant go outside and im like dang they should be outside in the park running around now they are in the house playing video games,what kinda life is that?They should be in a park,or swimming,or riding a bike(but with snow)they cant ride a bike seriously my 9 year old loves his bike but with the weather he cant do that but if he was in texas or another warm state he can ride his bike,and the schools in michigan are TERRIBLE!Please dont send your kid to any public school in michigan,the schools are terrible and worthless.

That is just another reason why I suggest michigan sucks and people need to move I mean if any of you have kids would you want your kid to be in the house all day?or want him outside in the park playing tag and running around enjoying their youth?

And look at michigan's capitol city,what kinda capitol city is lansing?Lets face its a small city where nobody wants to visit how much say lets visit michigan?lol the nightlife in this state suck(MSU and detroit are ok)but really this is why michigan has a low tourist population,michigan has nothing to offer other states have alot to offer,nevada has las vegas(love that city and I visit it every summer),california has los angeles,etc texas has houston,michigan has what?detroit?Detroit really doesnt have much stuff to offer for anyone to visit or be interested in even thinking about moving here.

Wow. I know this is an old post, but wow. Grow up. I grew up in Michigan and you know what my fondest memories are?

Building snow forts and snow tunnels
Skiing (cross country and downhill)
Snowball fights
Building snowmen
Playing hockey on frozen ponds and using the snowbanks to stop (I really sucked!)
Crisp fall afternoons or clear nights under the stadium lights playing high school football with everybody bundled up cheering their heads off
Apple cider and donuts on a crisp fall afternoon
Raking leaves and then burning them
The first day of Spring when the warmth is so appreciated.
The first real snowfall
The long, sticky summer nights that don't end until eleven o'clock, lying in bed with the window wide open and a little fan doing all it can.
Feeling that first gust of a thunderstorm rolling through.
Even the comaraderie of huddling in the basement for tornados

I feel sorry for your children if they can't find enjoyment in a cold climate. They must not be very imaginative. Your idea of "outdoor activities" is sadly limited to what you have been conditioned to believe people do outdoors in only warm climates - not what people actually do outdoors in 4 season climates. You should stop projecting that on your children.

Also... the second largest industry in Michigan is tourism. It's not based on urban tourism, it's the millions of people who go to the beaches and cabins or the small arts towns or into the wilderness.

If you're a grown adult and the sensation saturation of Vegas is still your idea of the ultimate get away, then Michigan is not for you.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by Stephanie P

Okay. The economy and price of real estate might be better in Texas, especially in Houston, but the weather sucks! The heat and humidity are intolerable in the summer, which lasts from April through October. There are no real seasons, unlike in Michigan. The traffic is awful and so are the drivers. I look forward to the day when I get to move back up north!

I have to agree with you on the Texas weather. In the early 70's I moved down south of Houston to a small town called Stafford, in Fort Bend County. The humidity was so bad I could hardly breath.
I got the hell out.


From what I've heard Stafford is nothing like it use to be,

[wanderer74]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

I have to agree with you on the Texas weather. In the early 70's I moved down south of Houston to a small town called Stafford, in Fort Bend County. The humidity was so bad I could hardly breath.
I got the hell out.

Just remember though - the climate in Houston is considerably different than other parts of TX. Don't get me wrong: pretty much all of Texas is just plain hot, but the Gulf Coast cities like Houston are FAR more humid than north and central Texas (Dallas, Austin, etc.)

[malamute]

Originally Posted by wanderer74

Just remember though - the climate in Houston is considerably different than other parts of TX. Don't get me wrong: pretty much all of Texas is just plain hot, but the Gulf Coast cities like Houston are FAR more humid than north and central Texas (Dallas, Austin, etc.)

Yes, I live in Texas but the far west end of it and I agree that Houston and Dallas are way too hot and the humidity of those areas would do me in. Texas has two kinds of heat.

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

Wow. I know this is an old post, but wow. Grow up. I grew up in Michigan and you know what my fondest memories are?

Building snow forts and snow tunnels
Skiing (cross country and downhill)
Snowball fights
Building snowmen
Playing hockey on frozen ponds and using the snowbanks to stop (I really sucked!)
Crisp fall afternoons or clear nights under the stadium lights playing high school football with everybody bundled up cheering their heads off
Apple cider and donuts on a crisp fall afternoon
Raking leaves and then burning them
The first day of Spring when the warmth is so appreciated.
The first real snowfall
The long, sticky summer nights that don't end until eleven o'clock, lying in bed with the window wide open and a little fan doing all it can.
Feeling that first gust of a thunderstorm rolling through.
Even the comaraderie of huddling in the basement for tornados

I feel sorry for your children if they can't find enjoyment in a cold climate. They must not be very imaginative. Your idea of "outdoor activities" is sadly limited to what you have been conditioned to believe people do outdoors in only warm climates - not what people actually do outdoors in 4 season climates. You should stop projecting that on your children.

Also... the second largest industry in Michigan is tourism. It's not based on urban tourism, it's the millions of people who go to the beaches and cabins or the small arts towns or into the wilderness.

If you're a grown adult and the sensation saturation of Vegas is still your idea of the ultimate get away, then Michigan is not for you.

You forgot the aroma of someone's wood stove as you walk around the neighborhood in the evening.

...and the amazing brightness during a full moon with snow on the ground.

[Michigansnowflake]

Michigan isnt for the faint of heart, the soft, those in need of constant artifical entertainment, weather whoosies, or those who feel the need to be up to date constantly with the latest trends........its for people who embrace and love the outdoors, for those who love the 4 different seasons, even winter, its for those who find comfort in the old reliable and familiar, its for hardy people with a backbone.

[mkfarnam]

I agree 100% with Michigansnowflake
I was born and raised in Michigan, I haven't lived there since the late 60's, but one thing I remember is that almost every family we knew, including us, was Self Sufficient / Self Relient. We had a Dairy Farm and we cut pulp wood for the Forestry, and haul bolt to a paper mill in Filer City.
The change in weather and storms never held anything back.

[billyellieot]

1995, October end of, Pickerel lake and mud lake in Pigeon river forest froze over, Ice did not go off till mid April. I was standing on mud lake trying to ice fish first week of April 95. When I went in first ice off perch were floating all over the lake.
The winter of 95 we had 40 below 0 for a month. The mains froze 11 feet down in Cheboygan county. There was no snow and extreme cold.
Weather in winter is not "fun" and you do not go out and play in it when it is this extreme. I have to say that I have also seen weather in winter very warm for Michigan, that means 20 above in feb.
If you like cold and snow and all the trouble that goes with it fine. But you don't hear of many people retiring to the cold weather do you. There is a reason that Fla. has many millions more people than many cold weather states. Michigan has the population it has because of industry only, not because of the "weather" or any other such claptrap.

[Michigansnowflake]

blah, blah, blah, we get it, you cant handle Michigan Winters, many people can and many people love them, myself included.

Get thee to the South and leave us Michigan lovers in peace!