How many folks here do live in a "Snowbelt" area? How do you handle it when your body starts aching from the cold/freezing weather that comes? Is the pain daily or only when a "colder than normal" winter Front hits? We have been seriously thinking about moving back to Eastern Colorado (Front Range/Eastern Slope) in a year or so. For the 5 years we lived there, we went thru some below zero temps and a lot of snow and even blizzards. Next year it will be 10 years since we moved from there. We'd both be retired at the time we move, so we wouldn't have to go out in the winter weather as much. We moved because I fell in our driveway after a blizzard had hit and that fall required surgery. I didn't want either of us to fall again, but I've fallen twice since living here in NE Florida and, obviously, neither time was due to snow and/or ice. We did/do love Colorado, but the daytime high yesterday was 13 degrees. We really want to make this our last move. We just don't enjoy where we are now living (NE Florida). Basically, we have found out, Florida just isn't for us. Any advice from those that currently live in a "Snowbelt" area, like it, no matter how the winter weather may make your body feel?
I don't live in a "Snowbelt area" @Cody Fousnaugh but I do have a body that starts aching whenever weather pressure systems start changing whether from sunshine to rain storms, or hot to cold. Once those systems stablize...so does my body aches.
I just read a Thread, in a relocating forum, asking about arthritis pain in Denver, Colorado. Higher elevations, like the Mile High City, is good for arthritis suffers. Where we live, it's close to "sea level". Also, lower humidity is good as well. Well, one thing we definitely have here is high humidity most of the time. It can get very sticky here! But, would still like to hear from some that actually live with "Old Man Winter" part of the year. Thanks.
We left the UK because of the cold and constant rain. You have a few nice days here and there but not enough for me.
We now live in northern Alabama, and love it, for the same reasons ------ too cold in the north ! ! I grew up in northern Idaho, and we had below zero temperatures and over 3 feet of snow for almost half of the year. In the winter, I shoveled snow around the base of the trailer where I lived for insulation from the cold, and had to either park out at the main road, or find someone with a plow on their 4x4 to keep my driveway plowed. Slipping and falling on the ice was always a winter hazard, as well as icy roads being dangerous to travel on. And even when I was younger, the cold just seeped into my bones and joints, and made everything hurt more, and harder to move around. We love it down here ! Although we occasionally get snow in the winter, it is only in inches,and not feet. It lasts for days and not months, and it seldom, if ever, gets below zero outside. It is humid in the summer; but we just get up earlier and do yard work during the cooler hours of the day. The weather still has 4 definite seasons, and a great growing season for gardening or just enjoying flowers. Alabama and Tennessee have many rivers and lakes for fishing and recreation, so there is a lot to do for someone who likes that, too. So, all considered, we are very happy living here in a moderate climate, and would never want to go back and live in the cold and snow again. Even if we lived in an apartment where we didn't have to go outside very often, we would still have to deal with the ice and cold when we did go outside, and that is not even considering a blizzard that puts out the power and heat. No...... no more snow for us !
We would want the fishing and power boating lakes, but many, like in Alabama, aren't close enough to cities that would offer part-time jobs. Lakes north and south of Denver have that. Sort of funny that some of us don't mind snow/cold at all, while others absolutely will not live in it again or at all period. When we lived south of Denver, we definitely got the snow and cold, but not like Wyoming and Montana would get.
I never liked the cold @Cody Fousnaugh even as a kid. It looks stunning but just not for me. Like warm bones these days. Denver wow what a location. On my to do list though
You guys simply don't know what living in the far north is.. I live in Massey, Ontario which is just above Lake Huron.. If that is considered a snow belt or not, I don't know however it is now December 10th and we have had already over 2 feet of snow.. as I write this post, it is about -24c out with a slight wind giving a wind-chill of about -30c.. I wouldn't live anywhere else as we simply love it up here.. As far as the cold goes, we not only adjust but we dress accordingly.. The cold weather doesn't bother us in the least.. Nothing like a brisk walk in this weather and even colder.. I BBQ almost all year long as long as it isn't windy during the winter.. Cold never really bothered us at all.. Hot humid heat is intolerable where one lives in an air conditioned world.. We have our heat in summer as everyone else, but not that sweltering hot weather.. If you like the hot sweltering, air conditioned life, don't move up here.. As far as fishing goes, we have one of the best fishing lakes area anywhere, depending on what you want to fish for.. Walleye, Musky, Pike, Rainbows, Salmon, Lakers, Bass, just to name a few.. Our fishing season runs from late May till late September.. Ice fishing runs from frozen waters till ice out.. I just recently sold my Bass Boat because at my age, I found it a bit much hauling, launching, loading, back home, etc....... Besides I also sold my pick-up truck and I don't have a vehicle to haul it with.. Life in the tropics, NO THANKS !!! ......You can have and keep that hot, humid weather....
Steve, we totally understand what you are talking about concerning "the tropics". We thought, when we first moved here, that we could handle the heat mixed w/humidity, but turns out we can't. It's taken us a few summers to figure that out though. The boating here is definitely harder than it was in Colorado, because of all the navigational stuff a person has to learn. Have taken two Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes and still don't know what we really need to know. Lake boating is much easier! Heck, we still have our winter parkas from when we lived there. Never got rid of them after moving here.
I love snow and hope to see some soon! It's pretty chilly this week in Illinois, at least by my standards. I'll be there til January 8th so will probably see some snow. I won't have to shovel it or drive in it and that's the way I like it. Living alone and in a climate that has snow would not work for me anymore. Can't picture myself shoveling my driveway just to go to the store ...now I just put on a sweater or hoodie and I'm good to go... I don't have arthritis or anything like that so weather doesn't affect me in that way, thank goodness. @Cody Fousnaugh, have you considered other states besides Colorado? There are a few that have lakes and don't get too bad in the winter.
First, you're back!? A lady member was asking about you. Other states, where? California and the West Coast are out. Nevada and Arizona too hot in summer. Texas and southern states are out. Definitely not the northeast. The Eastern Slope (aka as The Front Range) gets snow/ice, but many lakes are either near cities/towns for part-time job, if we want that. You get back pain, doesn't weather affect that?
I'm back...for awhile anyway. I'm thinking of some of the midwestern states but in the southern part of them...like Illinois and Missouri. They get winter but it's milder than the northern states. Cost of living is cheaper too. I'm sure there are lakes, don't know about part time jobs though, that would depend on different things I guess. No, my back isn't affected by weather. It's usually affected by standing too long, sitting too long or over doing it. Also lifting something too heavy.