Have you thought of moving to a warmer state??

[slonezp]

My reasons for relocating, if I ever do, are not weather motivated. We can't mention politics here so I won't.

[N Florida Mike]

NO !  Too hot already!

Seriously though it’s really only bad hot here .between june and september .

[12poundbass]

I complain about the winters, but that’s because that’s all there is to do in the winter is complain about the winter! 
 

Michigan is a pretty good state to live in, there are four seasons albeit some way shorter than others depending on the year. There’s a lake around almost every corner, and some decent fishing too. 
 

The place I’ve said in the past I could move to is NW Nebraska, the only issue with that is there aren’t any lakes around, so I’ll stay put. 

[N Florida Mike]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Wow. The farthest I’ve ever moved is 1 county over. And unless something crazy happens, I believe that’s how it will remain 

The farthest Ive ever moved is 2 1/2 miles, unless you count the 2 years I lived in an apt. in Gainesville, which is 75 miles. Ive only moved 3 times in my whole life. I live half a mile from my childhood home.

[NYWayfarer]

I lived in NY my whole life. Brooklyn and Staten Island. Shortly after 9/11 my son was born and I moved my family upstate near the place I vacationed almost every year when I was young. 
 

This area is much different weather, snow instead of rain and cooler nights, even in the summer than the sweltering city. We have a few months a year where you don’t need to turn on the heat or air conditioner. Don’t worry much about tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, bugs, gators or poisonous snakes.
 

The only thing I don’t like is the December-February times when anything other than ice fishing is possible. November and March suck as well for fishing most years up here for Bass anyway. There are plenty of winter activities to enjoy. Skating, snowmobiling, tubing skiiing and hockey. 
 

We have friends and relatives in Florida and my In-Laws have a timeshare in Tennessee we love visiting. I would consider moving south however my wife hates the heat and my job is tied to the state.

[whitwolf]

There's always been a certain pull to live in Florida. In the end though North Carolina is my home. It has and always will be home. I retire in five years and at that time we will move to the swamps of Eastern North Carolina. I fish there at least once a month and to me that region is magical. 

 

I will fish in Florida each year but live my life out in the swamp. 

[DitchPanda]

So I've spent the past 20 years in Northwest Iowa. But I grew up on the Texas gulf coast. I traded in hot humid summers for hot but not as hot and humid summers and cold winters. Take for instance this past week...woke up Monday and the temp was -29 without wind chill...don't care how "tough" you are that's nasty cold. The way I deal with winter is I work alot...stock up on tackle...do a fair amount of ice fishing and do a crazy amount of whining about the weather! In all seriousness you get used to it and its just something you deal with and even enjoy in a perverse glutton for punishment way. One thing about it is you really learn to enjoy and appreciate the changing seasons.

[Bankbeater]

Right now moving to a warmer state just for the weather is a no. After retirement, add in some better bass fishing locations, and that no will turn in to a maybe.

[Teal]

Yeah, I dream of somewhere sunny and warm everytime I clock in at work

[ThatZX14Fella]

I live in a, "warmer state," (Alabama), and it has been snowing here for nearly a week. Warmer states are just states that get hot in summer, but still freeze you during the winter time.

[Bluebasser86]

My wife and I have talked about it quite a bit. I'm too far along in my career to relocate now. We don't want to go somewhere that gets completely miserable for a large portion of the year, just somewhere that it doesn't get routinely subzero temps like it does here. I enjoy winter fishing. Fishing in 30 degree weather while it's still outside with fat snowflakes falling, it's magical.

[N Florida Mike]

9 hours ago, whitwolf said:

There's always been a certain pull to live in Florida. In the end though North Carolina is my home. It has and always will be home. I retire in five years and at that time we will move to the swamps of Eastern North Carolina. I fish there at least once a month and to me that region is magical. 

 

I will fish in Florida each year but live my life out in the swamp. 

North Carolina is my family’s roots. If I ever left Florida I would either go there or upstate SC. 

[OCdockskipper]

11 hours ago, Slipknot_Fan666 said:

I live in a, "warmer state," (Alabama), and it has been snowing here for nearly a week. Warmer states are just states that get hot in summer, but still freeze you during the winter time.

 

Not necessarily.

 

As WRB & others on this forum can attest, Southern California (south of L.A.) really doesn't have hot or cold weather until you get inland (30 miles or so).  Cold winter days are when it is in the 50's and hot summer days are in the 90's, no humidity.  The Pacific Ocean on one side and a mountain range on the other is a great equalizer, not allowing our temperatures to get either extreme.  Since it is a desert, we don't get much rain either, maybe 10 days worth in a year.  Weather here is not a factor in day to day life, rare is the day that it is not pleasant outside.  The weather here is actually boring.  90% of the time, the weather forecast is "pretty much like yesterday".

 

That said, people are moving out of California faster than they are coming in.  When push comes to shove, bad weather appears to be far down the list as to where people choose to live.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, OCdockskipper said:

 

Not necessarily.

 

As WRB & others on this forum can attest, Southern California (south of L.A.) really doesn't have hot or cold weather until you get inland (30 miles or so).  Cold winter days are when it is in the 50's and hot summer days are in the 90's, no humidity.  The Pacific Ocean on one side and a mountain range on the other is a great equalizer, not allowing our temperatures to get either extreme.  Since it is a desert, we don't get much rain either, maybe 10 days worth in a year.  Weather here is not a factor in day to day life, rare is the day that it is not pleasant outside.  The weather here is actually boring.  90% of the time, the weather forecast is "pretty much like yesterday".

 

That said, people are moving out of California faster than they are coming in.  When push comes to shove, bad weather appears to be far down the list as to where people choose to live.

I don’t know, there’s still about 50+million left haha

[N Florida Mike]

@OCdockskipper The earthquakes and fires there offset the good weather In my opinion. Not to mention other reasons....  but Florida isnt perfect either. I can take the heat, and lightning, plus all the critters, and crazy people ( usually anyway ) but I really dread hurricane season..?

[OCdockskipper]

On 2/19/2021 at 3:26 PM, N Florida Mike said:

@OCdockskipper The earthquakes and fires there offset the good weather In my opinion...

 

It is funny you say that, I have heard other people say the same.  However, the news reports the rest of the country get are misleading.

 

The last major earthquake to hit Southern California was in 1994, over 25 years ago.  Even though it did significant damage to those close to the epicenter, 99.99% of the people in Southern California had no damage.  Like tornados, earthquakes do tremendous damage to a small area and leave the rest of the area untouched.  You actually can figure out whether or not you are in a "danger area" if you just check out the locations of fault lines.  If you compare deaths in the US from earthquakes to deaths from tornados or hurricanes, I would expect the latter to be more dangerous.  I believe what scares most people about earthquakes is having absolutely no warning before they hit.

 

The fires are also misleading.  If you live in an urban city or the suburbs, the chance of a fire doing damage to you house is minimal.  What you aren't told on the national news is that those homes destroyed in fires are in rural locations that have a history of burns, both prior to people moving there and after.  In that way, the fires are much like floods that happen in other parts of the country.  You pretty much know whether or not you are at risk based on the location of your home.

 

I have lived in Orange County (CA) my entire life, 58 years and have felt dozens of earthquakes and seen dozens of large fires.  Only 1 fire ever did any damage to property of  anyone I knew and no one I know personally has ever died from either of those type of events.  They are a bit of MSM folklore, sensationalized by the media.

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The reasons thousands & thousands of people are moving away from California doesn't have to do with natural disasters, they really don't affect a majority of the people who live here.

[Columbia Craw]

My parents were from Alberta and Saskatchewan and moved from Calgary to escape the brutal winters.  We ended up in Eugene Oregon when I was three. I moved to SW Washington in 1974 and the PNW is home.  I can’t think of a place I’d rather live than here.  The only thing missing is good bar-b-que.

[DaubsNU1]

Grew up in Nebraska, moved to NE Missouri after college for a job. Met my fishing buddy...he was from Texas and really got me in to fishing. Learned a lot. Spent two years in St. Louis...that is as far south as I ever want to live. Not a fan of heat an humidity. Winters in Missouri were not as bad as Nebraska...more ice, less snow.

 

Our family is very close...after 15 years in Missouri we finally got the opportunity to move back home to Nebraska. No way I'm moving south.

 

Primary reasons:

• Family: Mom passed away 7 years ago, I help my Dad a lot, see sister's and brother's families often. My kids are in college, one in HS. Very close to my nieces and nephews. 
• Love the change of seasons: Fall is my favorite time of the year.
• Hunting is my #1 passion -- waterfowl, upland, deer, turkey. Nebraska isn't the best, but pretty d**n good. And I have good friends and places to hunt. 
• Sports: Been a Cornhusker fan since I can remember...even had season tickets for 10 years. This might be the year : )  Always make a few College World Series games a year...good fun. 
• Acreage: finally moved back to the country after years living in the suburbs. I've got a 40x30 shop, plenty of room for my ATV's, boat, 1972 Chevy 4x4 project truck

Yes, it was -29 last week...but it's 30 degrees this morning...and will get in to the 40's by mid week. Is what it is. 

 

[N Florida Mike]

2 hours ago, DaubsNU1 said:

Grew up in Nebraska, moved to NE Missouri after college for a job. Met my fishing buddy...he was from Texas and really got me in to fishing. Learned a lot. Spent two years in St. Louis...that is as far south as I ever want to live. Not a fan of heat an humidity. Winters in Missouri were not as bad as Nebraska...more ice, less snow.

 

Our family is very close...after 15 years in Missouri we finally got the opportunity to move back home to Nebraska. No way I'm moving south.

 

Primary reasons:

• Family: Mom passed away 7 years ago, I help my Dad a lot, see sister's and brother's families often. My kids are in college, one in HS. Very close to my nieces and nephews. 
• Love the change of seasons: Fall is my favorite time of the year.
• Hunting is my #1 passion -- waterfowl, upland, deer, turkey. Nebraska isn't the best, but pretty d**n good. And I have good friends and places to hunt. 
• Sports: Been a Cornhusker fan since I can remember...even had season tickets for 10 years. This might be the year : )  Always make a few College World Series games a year...good fun. 
• Acreage: finally moved back to the country after years living in the suburbs. I've got a 40x30 shop, plenty of room for my ATV's, boat, 1972 Chevy 4x4 project truck

Yes, it was -29 last week...but it's 30 degrees this morning...and will get in to the 40's by mid week. Is what it is. 

 

My oldest son was stationed at Omaha for years. Being from Florida, it was very different in some ways. I really enjoyed our visits there. It seemed clean and the air was good. The food there is outstanding, even equal to our southern cooking.It seemed nobody was in a hurry either, which I like. Enjoyed the weather ( we didnt go in winter) Got to a minor league bb game at Rosenblatt., which was a treat. As for the ‘ huskers , the fans Ive met were gracious to us Gator fans after y’all blew us out in 95.

I have a high opinion of Nebraska .

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

My oldest son was stationed at Omaha for years.

His and my experiences differ - I got 'stuck' there for 4 years, courtesy USAF - hated it...couldn't wait until I got discharged and skedaddled out of the state ASAP.

[DaubsNU1]

5 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

My oldest son was stationed at Omaha for years. Being from Florida, it was very different in some ways. I really enjoyed our visits there. It seemed clean and the air was good. The food there is outstanding, even equal to our southern cooking.It seemed nobody was in a hurry either, which I like. Enjoyed the weather ( we didnt go in winter) Got to a minor league bb game at Rosenblatt., which was a treat. As for the ‘ huskers , the fans Ive met were gracious to us Gator fans after y’all blew us out in 95.

I have a high opinion of Nebraska .

 

Thanks for the kind words Mike! There is some cool stuff here in "fly-over" country...but sssssshhssssss...don't tell anyone ; ) 

 

[Jigfishn10]

On 2/18/2021 at 1:55 PM, roadwarrior said:

Looks like the closest big water is Texoma. Anyone 

have anything to say about the town or lake? 

Back in 2000 I worked for a construction company based out of Chattanooga, TN. We had a Dallas office and we traveled there for our safety meetings. We always spent a day fishing Tacoma. Very good largemouth and stripe bass fishery.

Stripe bass get quite large.

[Choporoz]

On 2/18/2021 at 10:36 AM, gimruis said:

 

I often wondered why older people always left the north and headed to Arizona or Florida for a few months in the winter, my own Grandparents included.  Its pretty easy to see why they did that now.  

Same here.   I grew up in WI and it wasn't uncommon to never consider that people could travel and actually move around.   The snow bird concept seemed really strange.   After more than a dozen moves to different countries,  states, and territories I no longer have the sense of being anchored somewhere.   Snow birding sounds awfully appealing right now. I suspect that the newfound remoteability of many jobs will increase that sense in much of the population.   

[Jigfishn10]

Would I move to a warmer climate...Naaaaahhhhh.

Where can you live and have hurricanes in the summer and fall, nor'easters in the winter and heavy rains during the spring...I mean, if you can move and be entertained more than that then sign me up, where do we go? ?

[N Florida Mike]

4 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

His and my experiences differ - I got 'stuck' there for 4 years, courtesy USAF - hated it...couldn't wait until I got discharged and skedaddled out of the state ASAP.

My son didn’t enjoy it like I did. He got himself transferred to Colorado spgs, where he is now, and loves it.