Because yes, I'm a wimp
It's no secret to the people who know us that Kevin and I are planning on moving out of California sometime within the next 5-7 years. Neither of us has lived outside of the state since we were born, and I've never lived farther north than Los Angeles. We want to live somewhere with actual seasons at some point in our lives.Right now the two top contenders on our Places To Move list are Wisconsin (probably Madison) and Georgia (probably outside Atlanta somewhere). We've been to Wisconsin and we like Wisconsin. We have friends in Wisconsin and we'd still be close enough to Chicago for me to get my big city fix but with enough space to satisfy my husband's craving for less people. On the other hand, we have family in Georgia; my Most Awesome Aunt & Uncle are there, along with their kids and grandkids. Our company has tons of offices in the state, so it'd be easy to transfer. We've been there, and Kevin has declared Georgia acceptable.
Lately, it's been a pretty neck and neck race between the two states. Compared to California, it's worlds cheaper to live in either of them, we're familiar with both of them and we know people in both of them.
But then today I saw this:
Temps rise in storm-stricken Midwest
...and I have to say, I think Georgia just eeked a little bit forward in the polls.
(But don't tell my husband, because I think he's already dreaming of white Christmases.)
Labels: holidailies, life, moving
posted by Melinda @ 6:06 PM
5 Comments:
I couldn't imagine living in someplace like California or Georgia (I don't think of anyplace south of the Mason/Dixon line as having real seasons). Having said that, I must add that Wisconson (not to mention Minnesotta or North Dakota or Montana, or Michegan, etc.) just may have too much winter for me. After a lifetime of living in upstate New York, I've spent the past decade in coastal Rhode Island have have some to appreciate the ocean's influence in keeping winters milder than what I knew for many years.
(Okay, must confess I definitely could see living in Hawaii. Everday the big question -- is today going to be 80 and sunny or 81 and sunny or 82 and sunny? -- why, I bet that after just thirty or forty years of that, it would get boring.)
Pennsylvania is nice...
As a fellow born-and-raised California girl who has just moved to go to Grad school in Indiana, it snowed today. I have never been this cold in my life. And yes I have seen and spent time in a cabin in the snow. It is nothing compared to living in it. The snow mostly melted for today with the sun, but the temperature remained. It really is beautiful, from inside. I love it here, the school, the people, the education that I'm getting. But seriously if I could move it all to California for the average temp of 65 degrees(ish) I would.
Going from San Diego, Wisconsin might be a bit extreme for the climate change.
I've been to Atlanta-- it's okay, but.. eh... it's not my thing. Great place to visit, but would never ever want to live there. I hate Southern summers with a passion. I'd honestly rather be cold in the winter, where I can at least put more layers ON. There's only so far you can go in the other direction, you know?
Aw, is isn't so bad here in the land of beer and cheese. We've got that global warming thing going on, and winters now are nowhere near as cold and snowy as the ones I remember from my youth. Besides, you get used to it (well, some do). Just the other day--I kid you not--I saw a man Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart in shorts. The outside temp? Upper teens. Oh, and misery loves company!
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