Any ideas on where we should move?....

[Kate in VA]

Just wondering if anyone lives in an area that has snowy winters with mild summers.....

We like the snow but don't want it cold all year ..... It is February and it is 70 degrees here !!!!!! :eek: I want some snow!!!!!

However i really enjoy cool breezy summers.... cool nights and not too hot during the day (it doesn't even need to get to swimming weather at all in the year)

Any ideas? What's it really like where you live?;)
Thanks,
kate

[Amy in NH]

Yup. That would be Northern NH. Southern NH is much more hot and humid in the summer, but up here in the mountains there are only a handful of days when you'd want to keep your ceiling/attic fans on at night. We find we don't need air conditioning up here (coming from FL where we used it virtually year round).

[Robin Hood]

Do you really have the option to move anywhere you want?

[Cadam]

Oregon. :)

[LizzyBee]

Garrett County, MD

Their average annual snowfall is more than Fairbanks or Anchorage, Alaska, but the summers are mild and pleasant. Deep Creek Lake and the Wisp ski resort are both in Garrett Co. Unfortunately, good jobs are hard to come by there, but Cumberland, MD and Morgantown, WV are both nearby. If you're looking for a bigger city, Pittsburgh, PA has a similar climate.

[3lilreds in NC]

New Hampshire is big enough to have differences in climate? I had no idea! :p

[MNClaire]

Everbody groans when I mention we live up here (ack..."too cold!" they say)

But...it's really only very cold January and February. We have mild summers. Because of all our lakes, we really have the most coast line in the U.S. Fall is stunning. Summers are relatively mild, but we do get some hot, humid days...nothing like like where I grew up (hot, steamy St. Louis). Lots to do here during all seasons.

[RoughCollie]

It's time for us to trade houses! Just kidding. Northern New England sounds perfect for you.

Just wondering if anyone lives in an area that has snowy winters with mild summers.....

We like the snow but don't want it cold all year ..... It is February and it is 70 degrees here !!!!!! :eek: I want some snow!!!!!

However i really enjoy cool breezy summers.... cool nights and not too hot during the day (it doesn't even need to get to swimming weather at all in the year)

Any ideas? What's it really like where you live?;)
Thanks,
kate

[Kate in VA]

Do you really have the option to move anywhere you want?



Not really but I am sick and tired of MD and My husband is having not luck with jobs..... :) So we might as well plan to relocate.....

He and I were going to move to Colorado 8 years ago and then i found out i was pregnant so we stayed to be near family and that has proved to be not worth it :confused: .... So it is time we move for us....

We keep talking about it but we get sidetracked with parenting and stress from money, etc. that we never can focus on it but I think it is about time we did!!!

[Melinda in VT]

We live in the mountains in Vermont and have plenty of snow in the winter and beautiful, mild summers.

Of course, the employment situation can be a little tough here. :rolleyes:

[Soph the vet]

I've been in Minnesota for 18 years and it has beautiful seasons, but it does get really cold for a couple of weeks...hee hee right about now. I grew up in Connecticut and it might be what you are looking for. More snow in the northwest mountains, cool breeze off the ocean all summer.

[kalanamak]

The higher up, the more the snow.

[RoughCollie]

If you go here:

http://www.bls.gov/

you may be able to find places that have good employment opportunities in your husband's line of work.

Once you find some likely places, you can go here and find out their climates, including yearly average snowfall:

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/states.slow.html

[lynn]

Flagstaff, AZ Snowy winters, decent summers We plan to retire there.

[Robin Hood]

Well, I am a CA girl and I LOVE California. You can find places like that here, but you pay for them in high taxation. Wages are high and living expenses have climbed with high wages. No matter for us - we love California. We are poor finacially but rich in every other way and we make it work for us. It's cold in the winter where I live and hot in the summer - we are in the high dessert - but nearer to the northern coast it is beautiful.

[Amy in NH]

Actually, the White Mountains act as a barrier between the Canadian air mass that we get, and the warm humid air coming up the East Coast that makes weather in the south. When the two air masses collide, we end up with a lot of snow, but also get the nice comfortably cool summers.

As a matter of fact, it has been snowing here since Tuesday night, with only a short break yesterday afternoon. The kids have been having a blast sledding down the driveway (not near the road ;) )!

[K&Rs Mom]

We love West Michigan for exactly that reason. Right now we have about a foot of snow - beautiful, lots to play in, but still manageable. We do get some very cold days, but most of the winter is still warm enough to play outside (if you dress properly). The summers get up to the 90s occasionally, but mostly comfortable 80s (except when it gets humid). I wouldn't want to live in the Detroit area again, but the rest of the state is wonderful. Of course, you can't find a job here at the moment, but houses are super-cheap because everybody is leaving.... :rolleyes:

[Holly in FL]

My sister has a house up for sale in Pulaski, Virginia...in the mountains! It's beautiful there!! However, I think good jobs would be in Roanoke...that's where she drives every day...45 minutes one way.

~Holly

[Mandamom]

[QUOTE=Holly in FL;39907]My sister has a house up for sale in Pulaski, Virginia...in the mountains! >>>>


That is beautiful. We were just there over New Year's and we'll probably go back.

I'm also feeling snow deprived.

[one l michele]

Central NY? I've lived in Texas and CNY. CNY seems to have two seasons, winter and summer. This year has been mild, but we've still had over 60" of snow. It's bad if you get caught on the roads during a Lake Effect Snow Squal, but I am quite impressed with how quickly the roads are cleared. Even our neighborhood streets are clear. In December the snow got so high we had to make the driveway narrower to have a place to put the snow, and then snow trucks came by and actually took snow away from the ends of our lot, they do this on the highways too here. I guess that is our tax money at work, taxes are 3X's what we were used to. We moved from central PA where 100's were stranded last February because of a snow storm, if they had under 6" of snow they would leave it, meaning for weeks you were driving in ruts. And we lived at the back of our neighborhood and it would take days for them to plow even a single lane, which made it very difficult to get out. CNY is a nature lovers paradise, so many "beaches", lakes, and trails minutes away. I'm glad we've had the chance to experience it.

[Kate in VA]

My husband has been to Vermont and he has been saying we should move there for years!!!! :rolleyes: ..... My dad also mentioned moving to Vermont about a month ago and I just brushed the idea off..... hhhhmmmm..... maybe someone's trying to tell me something!!!!!:p

Thank you all for your input!!!!