Born and raised in Erie, PA....'nuff said!! I remember my father saying if we had less than 50 inches of snow by Christmas it was a mild winter.

I can think of no reason to go anyplace where there are no palm trees.

Mainly it's the ice and the real threat of slipping and falling.

Grew up in NJ and lived in WI for 13 years. Also lived in WPB, FL and San Francisco area for many years. I have lived it all. When I was younger, I loved the snow, snow skiing, snowmobiling, playing with the dog in the snow etc. Now that I am older, I don't want to deal with it anymore. Go to the grocery store or Mall in winter and come back to a freezing car. Better have a mud room off the garage as in the winter, the floors get very dirty, especially if you have a dog. Shoveling the sidewalk and driveway. (If you can pay someone, then this may not be a problem and we have but they don't always come by when you need them too as they are busy plowing other people's homes). Also can get Ice jams at your gutters of your home that can over time cause problems. The salt destroyed the muffler on my car. Had to get a new muffler when I moved here. Traffic hazards when driving too. I am not fond of the summers here but I treat the summer here as I do the winters in WI, Stay indoors here except to run errands June-Aug and stay indoors in cold Dec-Feb. Best for you to rent somewhere in the winter first and see if you like it.

People of all ages here seem to enjoy snow at all times of the year. Picture taken this last Saturday while on a visit in Homer to stay with good friends.

Although I do not stay in the villages from June until October. I guess I am a snowbird but I do take one trip back in the middle of the summer just so that if the idea of ever spending a summer in the villages .................

Nice pic, where was it taken? :cool:

THAT was a blizzard. We lived in Winthrop. You could pick up fresh fish in the street near the water. We WALKED through the tunnel to see a movie in Boston. Winthrop is a peninsula, so when the governor closed the roads it only took one cruiser at each of two entrances/exits.

I worked for First National Bank of Boston. The data center staff in Dorchester were trapped and raided the officers’ dining room to feed the staff. If I remember correctly, the bank was closed for FOUR DAYS.

Explorer Glacier off of side road on the way to Homer from Anchorage

If you have to clean snow and ice off your car in the morning before work, then drive on icy, treacherous roads to get there then do the same to get back home you may not see the same beauty you see now. It looks much nicer from here.

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Bone chilling cold.
Icy roads causing treacherous driving conditions.
Damage to trees and other landscaping.
Hindrance to emergency services.

Soft Christmas card snow, lovely! Nasty horizontal snow bad!!

Not to mention falling and getting hurt.

A friend of mine had a heart attack shoveling. RIP - Serge

If one has lived in a snow state, one gets tired of all of the above.

It's not fun!!!

BTW - I hate snow!

Except for the first hour of snow, there was nothing to like. In addition to what others said, I hated the filthy garage. Our cars would drip muddy snow and the whole garage was a mess. I love my epoxy floor down here - can walk out in socks. I found cold painful. I love the heat down here in the summer. I can go in the golf cart every day. I play tennis or golf every morning and am in the pool several afternoons. I'm sorry it's getting toward fall because cooler weather will be coming here. January is too cold for me.