What should be expected for the winter??

[Rosevillebaby]

I really appreciate the feedback and will be starting a long term plan of action thread soon but for the life of me cannot find the Start a new Thread hyperlink..grr.

Mexican food in CA is a luxury. My husband said he never had Mexican food growing up and I was stunned as it was a college student's budget saver at UCLA and in SF. By the way, for anyone visiting Berkeley, we just went to Picante on 6th. Kid friendly hip. I had not been down there in years but had a relative in from Chicago on business so we drove in..Deliciouso!

My husband's good friend from Roch called him yesterday and said he has 3 feet of water in his backyard right now in July from a thunderstorm... my husband took a step back from the move but I am dismayed with the brittle leaves and shrubs in my yard due to the heat and drought, the horrific traffic news flash on the morning news, all of this will keep me strategic. I think it is imperative that I take my time and think it through. Moving cross country is a major move midlife. I was the one to pull us out of the immediate Bay Area for the children and quality of life but it is me who is thinking about improving on this. My husband is the sweetheart commuting and major breadwinner so I do not want to make a mistake. As you all know, once you leave CA, it is nearly impossible to return. I also know that I SAY I LOVE WEATHER...Rainy days, snow...but I want to be honest about grey skies... thanks all

[Rosevillebaby]

Let me try again as I just deleted my reply. Thank you all. I would still like to start a new thread for a long term plan to move. I have so many questions about Western NY, Central, Eastern, other surrounding areas, Grey skies , the happy medium..making my lists, doing my best to avoid a mistake and to be certain that this is really what is best because as you know, once you leave CA, it is very hard to buy back. We are not really taking much away with us as we live in the worst Real Estate market and our home value has dropped immensely since we purchased. A lesson learned.

[Rosevillebaby]

Originally Posted by Sgoldie

Roseville,

I have also lived in San Jose and LA and am familiar with Placer County. The Placerville area is not wholly unlike what you will find around Northern and Central NY. The snow is heavier here in that it is a wet snow and it's a bit greener. We are never subject to forest fires and rarely droughts. Taxes are high but schools are good and home prices are a fraction of what they are in California. You won't find as many progressive people then again crime is very low and gangs are unheard of other than in the inner cities.

Both Rochester and Syracuse have top notch hospitals, medical schools, and large private universities, and both are near Lake Ontario which is about as close to being on the ocean as you're going to get. There is less transience here than in California so communities have a family feel. There is a great variety of places to choose from ranging from urban to suburban to small city to village to rural. Just don't expect great Mexican food as someone else was wont of.

I live on the other side going to tahoe, 1 hour plus out of the Sierras; closer to the foothills. Very suburban, convenience mecca. You name it, we have it..and I should not complain but there is something empty for me in all of the stuff..need more history yet spoiled with access. need more dirt/land but not a fan of jallopies parked on the lawn..which in CA is often a trade off for moving out of the burbs with homes stacked on top of one another. We naively thought the home we are in now was going to give us privacy...there was open space, community rules for building limits but during the real estate hey day, all that was pushed aside and people OVERBUILT on their lots. It is embaressing to see these mega homes 3-7k on 6-12k feet lots...ours is much smaller and we endeavored to use our yard space well but neighbors just kept building and now there are so many for sale far below purchase price..just a mess.
We bought when our little boy was beginning medical intervention and were not totally focused on housing, just needed a house and we loved the wild turkey families running though the historic oaks, which quickly became a contractor speculator quagmire and hence, here we are nudged up against one another...although the turkey families prevail! I think I am looking for more nature..more natural senses and less noise, but still want my children to access activities, culture, music, sports. We are older parents and want to share as much as possible with them now...Maybe this gives someone out there an inkling into where the space and place will be

[Ellie C.]

Roseville - just under the subforums on the NY main page is a button called "New Thread". That will get you going so you don't have to hi-jack threads to ask a question. Rochester sounds like a good fit for your family if your husband can find work. You do know how long of a drive it is from the NYC airports to Rochester, don't you? I would strongly suggest flying into Rochester or Buffalo.

Koren09 - JFRRACING's pictures ought to give you a good idea of winter where you are. Get a snowblower so you don't kill your back shoveling. Here's Oswego in 2005:



YouTube - Oswego County Snow Week

Enjoy!

[faithfulFrank]

There have been some good suggestions here so far.
Keep an emergency kit in your car, and like was already said, have it serviced well prior to winter.
As to snowblowers, if you get one, know how to use it, and make sure you can handle it.
You get A LOT of snow there.....you may want to consider hiring someone to take care of the driveway and walks.
Have a well stocked pantry. When you shop, shop big.....you might not get another chance for awhile.

It IS all attitude. Some love it, some hate it. Also, make sure your heating system is in good shape, and have a good working CO detector.

Frank D.

[Rosevillebaby]

Hi Ellie,
Thanks, for some peculiar reason, the new thread button was not working orig but it is fixed. In many years of online discussions, I have never heard someone respond with the term hi-jack to someone who had a request. Know the drive. Similar to SF-San Diego and plan on a few days of stops..fall foilage etc. We plan to explore many areas, scenic. Typically we fly directly into ROC but have family and friends in Manhattan and my husband's corp office is in NJ ..Thanks

[Ellwood]

When my son and his wife were stationed up there, snow was a daily occurence. The Army supplied the apartment quad with a snow blower. All the men were deployed so the women worked together.

[Ellie C.]

I have never heard someone respond with the term hi-jack to someone who had a request.

I hope you didn't take that the wrong way. "Hi-jacking" a thread is internet slang for asking something for yourself on someone else's topic instead of starting your own. Glad your button works now! It sounds like you have a nice fall vacation planned.

[looking4home]

RosevilleBaby, I must look for your thread as this is someone else's! but anyway, you might like the Hudson Valley. It's only a couple of hours from NYC, very scenic, but the winters are not as harsh as CNY or Rochester.

[twentyfour01]

A response to the first poster (moving to Fort Drum area) about the notorious 12-foot lake effect storms...

While the North Country (where Ft Drum is located) gets a good deal of snow, those epic supersnowstorms really tend to center in a very small area east of Lake Ontario, around the Tug Hill plateau and specifically west of Tug Hill. The towns that get hardest hit by lake effect are Oswego, Mexico, Pulaski, Parish, and some towns directly north of Oneida Lake. Fort Drum is actually well north of this "extreme snow spot." Don't get me wrong... you'll get plenty of snow... but Fort Drum/Watertown typically does not get slammed with the serious lake effect. Syracuse, despite its fame as the snowiest city in the Northeast, also is not located in the extreme snow area. (Syracuse will get some lake effect storms a couple times each winter, but really never anything of the duration that you'll get in Oswego County.)

This is because lake effect snow manifests as long, narrow bands running mostly northwest to southeast, dumping tons of snow for days in one town, while the next town over might get hardly any snow.

Lastly, even in the case of extreme snow, the local road crews are well prepared to deal with it. (Even at the worst of the big lake effect event of a couple years ago, I don't think Oswego was paralyzed for anything longer than 36 hours.) You will learn to confidently drive on the snow and in the snow! (And you will know the true joy of spring when it finally arrives...)

If you want to learn more about the regional variations of Upstate snow, see the Golden Snowball Competition website at http://www.goldensnowball.com .