Here's why I'm glad I left MN (Minneapolis, Austin: how much, house prices)

[Edward35]

I live in Brazil where never snows. So, after reading those comments I feel lucky living in a non-snow zone.
Here on the southern part of the country we may have some cold winter. I d like to move up north where its warm/hot all year long. We may miss having some snow, but I know that long winters are tough.

[Unsettomati]

Originally Posted by Silogram

Minneapolis is a great place to live, but I just couldn't take the cold anymore, so after 32 years, I left and now I live where it never snows (LA), which is all I've ever wanted.

Well, technically it does snow in Los Angeles almost every year. The city limits extend just beyond the summit of Mount Lukens, with its antenna farm and blanket of snow for at least part of most winters, in the San Gabriel Mountains.





Actually, for me the appeal of a place like Los Angeles (I would not live there, but there are some other southern California locales where I could see myself living) is the immediate variety of weather most of the year - the moderate strip along the coast, the foothills, the higher mountains, the desert - within a short drive or at most an easy day-trip.

[atler8]

This is an old thread that had ended in 2007 but got bumped back to active status yesterday.
I only went back a little ways to read some of the content but on the page preceding this one, writestuff hit the nail on the head about living in a warm, huge supposed urban "Shangri-La" location. I can't endorse those viewpoints any more strongly!
I've live in metro Atlanta & am so over it after 35 years here! If my blood pressure had been taken yesterday as I sat on my "express" bus during the 2 hour commute home, I probably would have been admitted to the emergency room right then!
My goal is to retire out of this h*** hole & back to the Midwest where so many features of everyday life are easier & so many basic standards of living & qualities of life are higher. I know that the climate there varies tremendously during the seasons but that is only one aspect of life there.
I grew up just below the Minnesota state line in a small town & later left Des Moines in search of the big city lights, so to speak & found them in Atlanta but I've run out of steam & patience in dealing with the insuferable & growing daily drudge of dealing w/ a vastly diminished(ing) quality of life. There's just too many people & a completely inferior level of infrastructure in existence to deal with the 5.5 million population.
By comparison, when I last visited Des Moines, Iowa City, Ames, Dubuque, Rochester, St. Cloud, & Madison, I felt the tension lift from me & I appreciated the fresh, clean & vibrant ambiance of those cities.
Obviously the op has made his residential decision from a completely opposite viewpoint & come here to write about it so I can only say that I'm glad for his happiness but caution others that there can be a vast downside to life in a huge, sun belt metro setting.

[wushuliu]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

Los Angeles, where it neither snows, nor rains; nor where the ground stands still. I'll take my chances here.

Just moved back to MN after 8 years in L.A. What a bizzaro, stressfull, deluded nightmare of a place. And that's just the people and the traffic, never mind the unprecedented drought, heat waves, and earthquakes. Any sane person would come to the conclusion that you have to be self-absorbed, deluded, or in denial to live there - and they'd be right.

I will miss In-N-Out burgers, though.

[uptown_urbanist]

I miss LA, and if life hadn't intervened I'd be happily living there still. Can't say I miss the wildfires, earthquake risks, or droughts, however. Minnesota has horrible winters, but at least our risks from natural disasters are, overall, lower than a lot of places. No earthquakes, no hurricanes, no tsunamis, no western-style wildfires (a danger facing even city residents in LA).

[plain and simple]

Originally Posted by Silogram

Minneapolis is a great place to live, but I just couldn't take the cold anymore, so after 32 years, I left and now I live where it never snows (LA), which is all I've ever wanted.

Seven years later, I wonder if the OP is still happy? Not only do they not have snow, they don't have any water. Eleven months of water left in the state and they don't know where they're going to get it after that. Keep those ice bucket challenges flowing, California.

[wushuliu]

Originally Posted by plain and simple

Seven years later, I wonder if the OP is still happy? Not only do they not have snow, they don't have any water. Eleven months of water left in the state and they don't know where they're going to get it after that. Keep those ice bucket challenges flowing, California.

What's even more alarming is the sheer amount of water that's wasted there. L.A is car wash central as well as landscaping central. An insane amount of water is used just to keep people's lawns green and their brand new leased BMWs shiny. It's a city that is in complete denial that it's in the desert.

[iNviNciBL3]

Snow and bone chilling temperatures are a huge negative that we shouldn't ignore or shouldn't attack people who criticize us for it.

However i will say the extreme heat in the summers are probably more "dangerous" than any of the natural disasters that happen in Los Angeles.

[wushuliu]

Originally Posted by iNviNciBL3

Snow and bone chilling temperatures are a huge negative that we shouldn't ignore or shouldn't attack people who criticize us for it.

However i will say the extreme heat in the summers are probably more "dangerous" than any of the natural disasters that happen in Los Angeles.

Does LA traffic count as a natural disaster? Cause I think it does at this point...

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by wushuliu

Does LA traffic count as a natural disaster? Cause I think it does at this point...

They also have four seasons in LA: earthquake, wildfire, mudslides, and drought.