You can always make a trip up North during the winter and get your snow fix
As for me, I spent 26 years in Vermont and I've had my fill of 5 months straight of snow and ice covered landscapes. I also do not miss salty, slushy and dirty roads, or the cabin fever during weeks of sub zero temperatures.
We spent a week visiting family in Vermont last Christmas and I had forgotten how messy and nasty rock salt is. By day 4 our entire truck from top to bottom was covered, absolutely covered, in rock salt and gray sand. It made its way into the truck in large quantities, and in home entrances, etc.
Snow, freshly fallen, is gorgeous and romanticized by many. But then, you've got walks to shovel and roads to plow at 7am and 6pm. And then your kids spend 10 minutes suiting up for recess, and 10 minutes unsuiting, leaving about 15 minutes to play outside
And then there is the 10 gallons of windshield washer fluid you'll burn through. And the 300+ gallons of fuel oil that you'll burn through to keep warm. And the dangerous roads, the black ice, the snow plows trashing your mail box. And frozen water pipes. Oh yes, and if you own a dog out in the country and you let them roam freely in your 2-3 acre yard, there is the not so small matter of 5 months worth of their accumulated "business" that is unleashed ALL AT ONCE during spring thaw. Oh, I could go on and on. Instead, I'll go back to planning my garden plantings for this weekend. You know, the plantings that would still be a month away if I still lived in Vermont
Sean
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Checking in From Maine
...I have had enough of winter and I will be joining you Virginians in three years (Don't worry, I'll be leaving the "Yankee" in me here). When comparing regions and summer temperatures on City Data, I find that Maine summers are, on average, only 6-8 degrees cooler than Virginia summers. Give up 120 inches a year of snow for 6-8 more degrees in the summer? I'll risk it! I don't care if I never see snow again!
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