I can't imagine living in the North....

[PandoraTaylor]

+5F outside right now, we had a week of -45F, I was not ready for fall/winter this year at all, my garden suffered from lack of warmth this summer it lasted only about 3 days instead of the normal....stayed fairly cool for the most part.

I live in Alaska, I was born here & this is home. I have lived in Minnesota, Florida, Washington, Missouri, Nevada, Arizona.......I would not give you 2 cents for most of them. Nice to Visit but not Home to me....even when it was.
I can't say that life is easier/better ANYWHERE, there are drawbacks to everywhere.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Amen

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I'm one of those that doesn't really care for living with snow. If I want the white stuff I'll pack up the family, drive for 3 hours and be in it just long enough for the family to start complaining... then it's back home to our super moderate climate.

I was in Massachusetts for 2 years during the "Blizzard of '96" and got enough snow to last me a lifetime. Just boggled my mind to see everyone outside shoveling snow, dealing with driving in it, dealing with power outages, frozen pipes, ground, etc.

Regarding the whole "bundling up" and enjoying the cold... IMHO you can get the same enjoyment coming in from 30 degrees as you can from -10 degrees. I won't put people down for their choices to live where it snows a lot, but I just never understood the desire to live somewhere that you have to deal with lots of snow for days on end.

 

[Tala]

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Gasoline takes care of the fire ants, don't waste your money on anything else that says "fire ant killer" because nothing else works
Snakes really aren't THAT bad, and chickens, cats and dogs all kill them for me so....
and chickens eat those giant roaches (they are actually water bugs, not kitchen-infesting roaches)

I just don't know what you're so afraid of

 

[Kansaseq]

SO tired of frozen water buckets, frigid arctic blasts and drudging through snow to get to my coops. I'm ready for spring!!!!! (and this girl grew up in the Chicago suburbs--no stranger to snow, ice and cold)

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Shoveling snow is just one of those chores like mowing the lawn, it needs to be done and can be enjoyable at times. As far as power outages and frozen pipes and the such, it really doesn't happen that much because of snow. Ice storms do the most damage and we really don't get them up here as bad as they do in the more southern states.

Snow is a pretty good insulator, the ground doesn't freeze as deeply with a good snow cover. I actually had an exposed well line out behind the barn where I had taken out a heated stock tank and planned to replace it with a freeze proof tap. I didn't get the tap installed before winter and threw a couple of hay bales over it for the winter. After it was covered in a 4 foot snow drift, I was thinking "Well at least I won't have to worry about that for a while."

Regarding the whole "bundling up" and enjoying the cold... IMHO you can get the same enjoyment coming in from 30 degrees as you can from -10 degrees. I won't put people down for their choices to live where it snows a lot, but I just never understood the desire to live somewhere that you have to deal with lots of snow for days on end.

I don't bundle up at 30 degrees, unless the wind is blowing. 30 degrees can be a pretty nice day and is a rather nice temperature if you are exerting yourself outside, whether it be work or recreation.​

 

[kelidei]

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One word----- SEASONS------ I have lived in northern Illinois my entire life but have been many other places nothing beats the transitions from one season to the next. While winter is not always my favorite time of year it has it's own beauty and experiences that I would miss if I moved somewhere that didn't have a real winter. Like right now--- I am looking out at a BEAUTIFUL fresh, fluffy blanket of snow--- the wood stove is going and I am savoring my first cup of coffee and enjoying the view. Lastly, there is no better time of year then late summer and early fall in the northern states--- JMHO--- ripe fields, brilliant colors, the smell of burning leaves, corn mazes, hot apple cider, caramel apples fresh from the trees... bonfires--- days that are still warm--- nights with the early bite of frost--- nope--- nothing better!

 

[Reinbeau]

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The Blizzard of 96 was just a dusting

. The Blizzard of '78, now that was a snowstorm!

As for the 'dealing', I'll paraphrase the old Harley saying "If I have to explain you wouldn't understand".

I love the seasons, as I've said before, without winter and snow there is no Spring

 

[The Chicken People]

My Dh on his 45th Birthday...12-26 Playing in the snow.

 

[MissPrissy]

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Snow brings all that lovely nitrogen to the ground in preparation of spring planting and growth.