What's the big deal with snow? (raise, older, travel, tax)
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I love the snow and moved to Colorado for it. Sadly it hasn't snowed much at all where I live now. It could snow 4 feet over night and I would be out with the dogs playing in it. I own a Jeep so if needed, I could go anywhere in anything. The more snow and cold, the more I like it. I am not looking forward to these 100 degree plus dusty hot wind summer days here.
I live in Wisconsin where we just got 17 inches of snow. In April we have more snow on the ground then we did in January. I am not retired but my job allows me to work out of the house when the weather is bad.
I hate snow but we will never leave WI. I love WI in the spring and summer and we like our country life. When we retire in the next few years we will probably spend a month or so in the warmer weather. Maybe leave in January and come back in March.
If you don't have to go out snow is beautiful but driving stinks.
My thoughts are opposite of the op though. My thought is why would anyone want to live in a cold area where the trees die every year. Give me a warm area with lots of sand and sun, and palm trees that stay green all year.
Nothing I like better than a nice big woodstove cooking in the living room and a shed full of split spruce and birch out back. I have osteoarthritis and a titanium hip already so there are times when I get a bit paranoid about ice. There is a pretty impressive assortment of shoe cleats and snow boots in the front hall closet, buckets of beach sand by each door, a Subaru in the garage, a property that doesn't require maintenance in winter, the local pickup-with-a-plow-guy can clear the drive in less than 10 minutes, and the main arterial road to town is a school bus route so it's plowed and sanded long before the dog and I roll out of bed. Life's great, but I could still use more snow even now
Here, here! I so agree with you! Nothing better than frigid weather and SNOW to keep away the bugs, weeds and mud.
I just sang this song to my son last night when we were under a tornado watch and have had several inches of torrential downpours this week:
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the cold is so delightful. And if you can't stand to mow, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"
I live in Tennessee. We typically don't get all that much snow, but if we get more than a couple of inches, the town basically shuts down. People run on the grocery stores. If the power goes out, it can be out for quite some time. You can lose the contents of your fridge/freezer. If you're in a rural area, good luck with getting your roads plowed.
I've never seen things go to pieces on a 90 degree day like they do with three inches of snow.
If there is snow outside, you can put the contents of your freezer and fridge outside, or in an unheated garage.
People are afraid of dangerous falls on ice and snow. They happen.
No one wants to shovel. I'd hire people.
So live in an HOA where someone removes the snow for you (or hire someone). What's the difference between that and hiring someone to mow your grass all summer in a warmer climate?
I have enjoyed both climates. I lived for awhile in St. Paul, MN and X-country skied every day; had an ice-sailer for the frozen lake; walked everywhere. I did not enjoy riding my horse in the snow due to his slipping on the ice---much bigger deal than if I slipped (had a horse do that once on slick asphalt and he fell on me, breaking my ankle). But I always hated driving in snow---especially on remote I-70.
But as so often happens, aging changes a lot of things. If I face-plant in the beach sand, no biggie. But on ice, probably crack my artificial hip. I feel much safer here on the coast.
OP in Cebu----I have a friend here from Cebu and in 85 degrees she's wearing long pants and a shawl, LOL. She even gets cold here where it's never below 80---
So live in an HOA where someone removes the snow for you (or hire someone). What's the difference between that and hiring someone to mow your grass all summer in a warmer climate?
I can sit on my porch in my shorts and flip flops and watch the guy mow my lawn, glass of wine in hand.
We both HATE snow and cold. It was apparently an accident of birth we were both born in Wisconsin. Thank the Lord we're getting out of here soon. We bought a house in SW Florida and are leaving after Christmas. As Ellie said, summer is great in Wisconsin. I think it was on a Wednesday last year.
What's the big deal? Let's see....heating bills. Snow plow bills. Hazardous road conditions. Numb fingers and toes. Bulky clothes. Snow boots.
If we retired in Wisconsin, we'd sit in the house day and night! There's NOTHING to do! We love to boat, drive around in the convertible, go hear music, go barefoot, wear shorts and t-shirts....can't do any of those things in the snow.
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