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Yeh, but you live in S. Carolina? Different culture, different climate. I've been to Virginia in the summer to visit my sister and I thought I would die from the heat and humidity. If I lived there I'd have to stay inside in a/c. I think the south of England has a good climate even though they don't think so. But they don't have catastrophic storms and extremes of weather. Cool with rain and wind in winter, I could take that. Cool summers that sometimes get warm, I could take that too. But it's just as expensive or even more than where I live.
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Originally Posted by Shooting Stars
Nooooooo. I don't live in South Carolina. I'm not a fan of South Carolina, except for Charleston because it's fabulous.
I live in the mountains of North Georgia, right up by the state line of North Carolina.
Our summer high temperatures average in the mid-80s. However, this year was cooler and rainier and we had tons of days in the 70s.
It all depends on what you are doing where you live in USA. If you have a job then a ton of places, which would be otherwise boring, opens up. I am living in the Piedmont area of South Carolina for the past 20 years and love it.
The summers are not too hot or humid and the winters are mild. No shoveling of snow unlike when I lived in NY. No toll roads or bridges that drain your wallet. Traffic jams are almost unheard of. No tornadoes or hurricanes. We have the blue ridge mountains for hiking. And I get paid the same as I would in NY or Boston, and get to keep more and spend less on housing.
I would never dream of moving to a big city with all its hassles.
It all depends on what you are doing where you live in USA. If you have a job then a ton of places, which would be otherwise boring, opens up. I am living in the Piedmont area of South Carolina for the past 20 years and love it.
The summers are not too hot or humid and the winters are mild. No shoveling of snow unlike when I lived in NY. No toll roads or bridges that drain your wallet. Traffic jams are almost unheard of. No tornadoes or hurricanes. We have the blue ridge mountains for hiking. And I get paid the same as I would in NY or Boston, and get to keep more and spend less on housing.
I would never dream of moving to a big city with all its hassles.
I'll have to look that up and read more about it!. I agree with you about moving to a city though--I have never lived in one and I hope I never will. Small towns or rural areas are the best.
I'll have to look that up and read more about it!. I agree with you about moving to a city though--I have never lived in one and I hope I never will. Small towns or rural areas are the best.
I've lived in huge cities, large towns, small towns and villages. I much prefer being inconvenienced a bit in order to live in a peaceful, beautiful place like I do now. Never moving!
As a New Yorker, I am actually kind of surprised, not just surprised, dismayed, that after skimming this thread, Paull might be the few who mentioned New York. Even worse he might just have meant New York City. Which is a shame because New York State contains New York City and a lot more - Niagara Falls, the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and the Adirondacks etc.
Those two are among my favorites. Who does not love Florida in the winter? Summer is a different story (never again!).
California is like a land apart. Around the size of Italy, she has a very long coastline, huge mountains, gigantic trees and a lot of public land and parks.
^Yeah, it seems like most are just heading for the really large cities and tourist attractions.
I think the best part of America is all the natural beauty, seeing the sunset in the Rocky Mountains, Hiking in the Daniel Boone Forest and Red River Gorge, driving through the Blue Grass Region and seeing the miles and miles of beautiful farms, visiting the Great Lakes, Yellowstone, Smokey Mountains, the Tetons, the Catskills and the Adirondacks, Walking in a small New England town in the Autumn, visiting Colorado Springs in the Winter, Springtime in the Holland Michigan!
But then again, I have always preferred the more rural outdoors, forested areas over the Large Sprawling cities.
^Yeah, it seems like most are just heading for the really large cities and tourist attractions.
I think the best part of America is all the natural beauty, seeing the sunset in the Rocky Mountains, Hiking in the Daniel Boone Forest and Red River Gorge, driving through the Blue Grass Region and seeing the miles and miles of beautiful farms, visiting the Great Lakes, Yellowstone, Smokey Mountains, the Tetons, the Catskills and the Adirondacks, Walking in a small New England town in the Autumn, visiting Colorado Springs in the Winter, Springtime in the Holland Michigan!
But then again, I have always preferred the more rural outdoors, forested areas over the Large Sprawling cities.
I totally agree with this!
Don't leave out the Texas Hill Country in the spring! It's not too hot then and WOW, the wildflowers are simply amazing. They could take in a little Willie and Waylon and Luckenbach as well! LOL
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, that after skimming this thread, Paull might be the few who mentioned New York. Even worse he might just have meant New York City. Which is a shame because New York State contains New York City and a lot more - Niagara Falls, the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and the Adirondacks etc.
Summer is a different story (never again!). 
