Anyone Retire In A "Snowbelt" Area?

KingsX said:
I bloomed where God first planted me... Texas !
When you know you live in paradise... why leave ;)

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Texas is like Florida, NOT paradise, even though many think they are.
 

KingsX said:
Paradise is subjective.

For me, Texas has been paradise.

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For us, Colorado (The Front Range) was and still is. But, summertime in Wyoming is very, very nice also. Really, REALLY miss the pro-rodeo action and other things.

We thought Florida, northeastern part, was for us, but we were very, very wrong.
 

James said:
We live in Canada. Don't have a choice but to endure 6-7 months of crap weather.
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Wonder how many Seniors have to endure winters in Canada? A lot of Seniors endure winters here in the U.S.. Not all Seniors can, or want to, be “Snowbirds” and have two homes. A lot of Seniors don’t like the humidity of Florida or the summer heat of the
Southwest.
 
We're due to get our 3rd Nor'easter in a little over a week here in New England, with a predicted 14"-18" of snow due tonight and tomorrow. I think we're officially in a snow belt. :D Where's Spring??
 
When we lived 28 miles south of Denver, CO, our first snow could hit Halloween Week and last snow Mother’s Day Weekend.

Winter’s bother us, but high humidity, Tropical Storms and hurricanes bother us much more.
 
JimW said:
We're due to get our 3rd Nor'easter in a little over a week here in New England, with a predicted 14"-18" of snow due tonight and tomorrow. I think we're officially in a snow belt. :D Where's Spring??
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C'mon Jim - -toughen up - -we can handle this. As a kid, weren't you subjected to the "We used to trudge for miles through neck deep snow in order to get to school" stories? Haha

On a bright note, Boston's Ch. 8 shows the temps. to stay around 40 and above for the next 10 days. Not a quick melt but a steady one.
 
DaveA said:
C'mon Jim - -toughen up - -we can handle this. As a kid, weren't you subjected to the "We used to trudge for miles through neck deep snow in order to get to school" stories? Haha

On a bright note, Boston's Ch. 8 shows the temps. to stay around 40 and above for the next 10 days. Not a quick melt but a steady one.
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I don't know about you Dave, but I trudged through neck deep snow UPHILL both ways!!

Yes a steady dose of the 40's will be nice, 50-60's even better!

My new snow blower is getting a good workout!
 
JimW said:
I don't know about you Dave, but I trudged through neck deep snow UPHILL both ways!!

Yes a steady dose of the 40's will be nice, 50-60's even better!

My new snow blower is getting a good workout!
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Jim and Dave, here's CT's snow map- I'm far enough into the blue to enjoy the lower accumulation (I hope, SW of Hartford in Hartford County. Wish me luck and good luck to you, too!

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Good luck to you Radish Rose, hopefully it won't be too bad out your way!

I'm in the 14"-18" swath and I believe Dave is as well. On the bright side, won't be any work for me tomorrow!

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We had a couple of trees come down,, one hitting the house, tearing off a section of gutter but can't tell if it damaged the roof overhang. It's still leaning against the house. A lot of the rural areas around us are without power but as of now (3 PM)) we're still OK, and the wind gusts have diminished.
 
DaveA said:
We had a couple of trees come down,, one hitting the house, tearing off a section of gutter but can't tell if it damaged the roof overhang. It's still leaning against the house. A lot of the rural areas around us are without power but as of now (3 PM)) we're still OK, and the wind gusts have diminished.
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OMG Dave, sorry to hear this! Hope your roof is okay. The chainsaws will be buzzing up your way.

Oh, btw, yes, I was very calm when I went to the store for milk and bread, LOL.

Our snow stopped about 2 hour ago and melted off the pavement, but a band of something is coming up behind us, don't know what yet.
 
Upstate NYer here,south of Utica.
I can't stand heat,humidity and pollen so have never considered Florida,I was there in 72,wasn't impressed...Life was simpler in some ways when hubby was alive but have since relocated to an apartment,so maintenance and snow and lawn issues aren't an issue.
Grandson is 10 minutes away,grandaughters are a couple of hours South,makes a difference.
 
East Coast winter storms. West Coast fires. Atlantic and Gulf Coast tropical storms & hurricanes. Desert states sand storms. Midwest tornados. We are all in the same weather boat.
 
JimW said:
Good luck to you Radish Rose, hopefully it won't be too bad out your way!

I'm in the 14"-18" swath and I believe Dave is as well. On the bright side, won't be any work for me tomorrow!

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We definitely got more than the 18"+ north of Boston! After the 4-6 inches that fell overnight we probably ended up with about 22" total, maybe a little more. Big storm but the snow wasn't too heavy, that's a good thing! My new Ariens snowblower is a beast!
 

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