chazas wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:56 pm
I moved to Hawaii for four years. I don't regret it - it was an interesting experience - but I didn't last. Weather was one of the issues, it just got really boring.
Boring?
I moved from the Midwest to the Santa Barbara area after initial college years, ages ago. I was raised in the Mid-Atlantic area.
I was told by almost everyone that I "would really miss the change of seasons".
but I had visited LA/SB area a few times, and had loved the weather. LOVED!
Did I miss the change of seasons?
Huh?
Did I mention I loved,
loved,
loved the weather?
IF it was "boring", i certainly didn't notice!
And then, after about 3 years, I moved to Seattle for grad school.
From sun to drizzle.
I always laughed when others said it was "pouring", when all that was happening was a "heavy drizzle". Those people obviously had never seen sheets of rain...
(I had previously hated that elsewhere, and I especially hated slush.)
We just got waterproof boots, jackets with hoods, and carried on, walking almost everywhere.
The gray skies didn't bother me at all, but for those who are bothered by that, it's probably not the right place...
But I'll admit, on those occasional crystal clear, blue sky winter days, I was among the first on the ski slopes.
That was back before the rest of the world "discovered" Seattle and environs. What used to be a long outing to a park for a full day is now... a close-in suburb.
I really enjoyed living in Seattle (mostly, see below), and DH and I have visited several times. If we didn't have strong ties where we are now, we'd seriously consider retiring there... or in the LA area, or Santa Barbara
Those
would be "for the weather".
I moved every time for personal or professional reasons, and the weather didn't factor into those decisions at all.
[The only thing I minded about Seattle was the very active murderer on the loose.
That turned out to be Ted Bundy. THAT was grim. Not the weather.]
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