After 63 years living thru upper midwest winters I've had enough. Think about not seeing sunshine for weeks at a time. This is most depressing. Minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit quickly freezes your extremities and frostbite happens real quick to any exposed skin. Cars are difficult to start, if they start, and take a long time to warm up. Snow shoveling gets old real quick and lots of seniors die from heart attacks while shoveling snow. Driving on ice covered roads is scary and dangerous. God forbid sliding off an icy road an getting stranded in the middle of the night. When it gets really cold the water pipes in your home can freeze up and break. Ever hear of cabin fever? It is real. Our main exercise comes from our daily walks of 3.5 miles. Too cold in the winter to do that so we have to use a treadmill which I really dislike to walk on.
Oh, did I mention that I fell on the ice last winter and spent five days in the hospital?
I will gladly trade Florida winters for upper midwest winters every year.
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