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Originally Posted by Catwoman
I've lived my whole life in the South. I've only seen it snow on a handful of occasions and it melts quickly without any time to even build a snowman. It is apparent that many of the snowbirds flee to the South in the winter to escape the snow and cold. We are considering the villages but Florida is exactly the same weather I've lived in my entire life. I want to experience something different! I'd like to make snowballs, have a white Christmas, ride in a sleigh, build a snow fort and have to bundle up! I feel like I've missed out on a big part of being an Earthling! My husband did take me skiing once so I could see real snow but there was a heat wave and the snow wasn't falling! So, I want to know from any Northerners what it is that makes it so bad that no one wants to stay there for the winter. Give me some things to think about before we make the decision to move to the villages for good instead of heading up north to experience four seasons!
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I think you should go North for a month in the height of snow season. A fresh snow is absolutely beautiful. Do those things you mentioned. You will have fun. Depending on where one lived up North the Snow is not the real problem. Its the lack of sun and the bleak grayish environment. NO green to be found just a brown and gray all around. Look at this for about 5 months and it will just depress the H out of you. I lived near the Great Lakes and the Lake effect was depressing. Gray sky, no sun for months at a time. As you get older the cold weather takes more energy to cope. The lack of moisture in the air dries out the skin. However when spring arrives its amazing to see life come back from the long sleep.