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Cost of living. Would love to live in San Francisco or Seattle, but both are too expensive. I'm almost debt free so I will probably give Seattle a whirl in a few years.
I'm pretty open. Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, maybe Halifax (it might be too small for my liking). I would be fine with Toronto and various southern Ontario cities—they're on the cooler side to the point where they get noticeably better weather year-round than where I currently am.
Vancouver has a lot of jobs in my industry, but then again I could go to Seattle and get similar weather. If I ever get sick of snowy winters, that region would be where I would go.
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Originally Posted by Spazkat9696
I'm not sure my preferred climes exists! I'd love summers in the upper 80s, and snow in the winters. I want all 4 seasons, and I want low humidity year round.
Sounds like Salt Lake City, Eastern Washington, and the Front Range.
Interesting post! Up until last year, I lived all my life in Illinois - hot and humid summers and cloudy, cold and damp winters with snow. The older I got, the more I wanted a sunny, dry, warm climate - especially after visiting many places over the years. The two things that kept us from moving were family and work.
As technology advanced, my employer became open to teleworking arrangements (one roadblock solved). I also convinced family to move with us (wasn't hard after they visited). So, last fall we all moved to southwest Utah, which is my ideal climate: 320+ days of sun, dry, mild winters with no snow, and plenty of outdoor activies year-round. Great for boating, hiking, skiing, mountain biking. In the spring, you can actually snow skin in the morning and water ski in the afternoon with very little drive time. During the hot summers, it's just a quick 30 minute drive to higher elevations where it's 20+ degrees cooler. Just interesting to consider - there are places where you can experience all 4 seasons within an hours drive, without having to live in all 4 seasons. We took a risk and it paid off. Where there's a will, there's often a way. My advice - find a way.
Interesting post! Up until last year, I lived all my life in Illinois - hot and humid summers and cloudy, cold and damp winters with snow. The older I got, the more I wanted a sunny, dry, warm climate - especially after visiting many places over the years. The two things that kept us from moving were family and work.
As technology advanced, my employer became open to teleworking arrangements (one roadblock solved). I also convinced family to move with us (wasn't hard after they visited). So, last fall we all moved to southwest Utah, which is my ideal climate: 320+ days of sun, dry, mild winters with no snow, and plenty of outdoor activies year-round. Great for boating, hiking, skiing, mountain biking. In the spring, you can actually snow skin in the morning and water ski in the afternoon with very little drive time. During the hot summers, it's just a quick 30 minute drive to higher elevations where it's 20+ degrees cooler. Just interesting to consider - there are places where you can experience all 4 seasons within an hours drive, without having to live in all 4 seasons. We took a risk and it paid off. Where there's a will, there's often a way. My advice - find a way.
I loved the area near St Goerge, lucky you!
I remember it being the city that the palm trees started, as you go south.
I remember actually shivering when having lunch in a restaurant in St George. The tenants liked their AC icy cold, I bet they didn't live there for climatic purposes! Stepping outside in the 100°F air was a welcomed relief.
Many people have a preferred climate but don't live there. If not, then what prevents you from moving & living in your preferred climate?
One or more of the following, to varying degrees:
1) Distance from family.
2) Uber-liberal politics.
3) Cost of living.
My ideal climate, at least for my own health, is met by several counties in the Smoky Mountains / Allegheny Mountains, and a bunch of counties on the Pacific seaboard. The Smokies are too far from our families despite generally conservative politics, the Pacific Seaboard counties are too liberal (and often very expensive), and the Alleghenies aren't much better. Alaska is a possibility but it's way too far from family. Unfortunately, the people who are most like me live mostly in climates that I couldn't tolerate easily.
Family and work .
If I didn't have either, I would have left this horrible too-frequent-arid/sunny and forsaken country years ago!
Where would you have gone? NZ? What about Tassy in your own country?
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Stepping outside in the 100°F air was a welcomed relief.
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