Would you uproot your life, leaving behind your family, your job etc if you dont like the weather in a country.
(Obviously theres always more than one advantage of moving someplace but to build a life somewhere, would weather be top 3 factors in choosing where to live).
I absolutely would. If it were a realistic option I’d mine my family to somewhere like Scotland, Iceland, Norway or Canada to get away from the unpleasantly hot summers we have here (relatively speaking - most people would probably not find it that hot.)
On the other hand, I’m pretty sure my wife would happily move to the Mediterranean for more heat…
I’d mine my family to somewhere
You’re tunneling there?
Hey, hey, no shaming of mole-people or duergar here!
Well, of course! It’s a good way to escape the heat - as long as you don’t go too deep.
You should never delve too deep, and especially not too greedily.
I’m on your boat. I used to get on fairly well with the british climate but as it’s changing I do fancy going north. The issue for me would be the short daytime hours. I go to northern europe in winter quite a bit cause it’s cheap then, but the 4 hours of daylight thing was hard.
I did go to Iceland in the summer once, no night at all, it was brilliant for my mood.
I would love to leave the south for cooler climates but I have too much family here so heat stroke it is.
I am one who would love to move south to avoid the snow and have more time outside
I moved away from the south specifically to avoid my family
Those of us in the north want to move south so we can stay active for 6 more months.
Cross country skiing, downhill skiing/snowboarding, snow shoeing, fat tire biking, hiking, winter camping. Most of the equipment you can find at thrift stores or used sports equipment stores. You don’t have to become a shut in in the winter.
You become a shut in during summer because it’s constantly 90+°F outside and AC keeps breaking
Yeah fuck summer!
When I was little, we had a saying, “go to Heaven for the climate, go to Hell for the people.”
San Francisco it is!
Yes! Especially now that climate change is starting to have a serious impact. If it family truely loves me, they’ll come visit.
Honestly as the climate gets worse, I think this will be a lot more common.
Yes, especially if it’s likely to worsen over the years due to worsening climate change.
Unless you live in an extreme snow, flood, fire or tornado prone region, I’d probably think you’re crazy if that was your only reason to move. But if weather is just one of many reasons, like job, lifestyle, housing, travel… I get it.
Or extreme heat. I’ve got family and friends fleeing Arizona every year
Sure, why not? Everyone has their own reasons for moving and climate contributes to an area’s quality of life.
When I moved from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest, the benign climate here was a factor. Didn’t want to live somewhere where it was blazing hot every day for months, where it was a steam bath all summer or where I had to shovel snow every winter.
It would depend on how much I liked my job, friends, and family and how much I hated the weather.
A bad neighbor is a good reason for moving, I don’t see why bad weather wouldn’t be.
It’s a great reason. Especially with climate change.
I met someone the other day that said they moved from Portland to Cincinnati because of their climate change concerns.
Over the next 50 years, we’re going to see MILLIONS of people in the U.S. moving for the same reasons.
Because of the rising seas?
moreso due to heat and violent weather patterns like hurricanes imho. rising seas are coming, but the heat’s going to kill a lot of folks before.
I moved from one corner of the mainland US to the opposite for 3 reasons:
- My toxic family was densely located in/around my hometown.
- I hated the weather.
- I lived in a relatively rural area and wanted to live in a city.
I could have accomplished 1 and 3 without moving thousands of miles away. I chose to move where did mostly because of the weather.
I live in Florida and want out for a multitude of reasons, the heat and weather being one of the main ones. You can’t enjoy anything outdoors when the humidity is so bad you’re instantly sweating when you walk outside and everything you own has condensation on it. I don’t know why people stay here. I don’t mind heat but this is a hellscape.
I’ve spent a lot of summers here and this has easily been the worst of them all. It’s much hotter than previous.
Just chiming in. I live in South Florida. I’m a homebody so I’m not out too often. I usually don’t mind the heat too much, but these past few months have been pretty unbearable. I’m glad I have a car now because commuting without one is becoming harder here as time moves on.
I got out of Florida in 2022 after Sally tore the roof off my house and insurance companies dropped and picked me up so I wouldn’t sue them for not covering the roof. I got the roof replaced and left only friends behind. I don’t blame you one bit. All my tools have a layer of rust on them from constantly being wet.
The way insurance companies act in this state is criminal. We pay them for a service and then in our most dire time of need, they drop us. We’ve been really lucky and have only had minor cleanup and damages. The worst issue has been loss of power, which regularly ranges from 3 days all the way up to 2 weeks.
Glad you got out. We have nothing holding us here except a handful of friends, but I really can’t stay here much longer. I’ve already told my partner that retiring here is absolutely 100% not an option.
I never knew house insurance was so dramaticly different from state to state. We had a wind storm at our new house. The insurance company called us to inspect our roof and replaced it. We’ve owned the house less than a year at this point. Florida doesn’t care about home owners unless you own one on a beach and you get federal money to rebuild it everytime it gets blown away.
Get out while your house value is up. No one knows what’s going to happen when the commercial property market crashes. People aren’t going to return to the office for a dollar more then unemployment and commercial property owners think they are going to get their way because they always have, they’d rather watch the market crash then undervalue their property.
Definitely don’t retire in Florida the state doesn’t care if you can’t afford to evacuate during hurricane. Now imagine trying to evacuate when you’re 65 on a fixed income. Sounds like a stressful retirement.
I’m going to move next year, and the weather definitely is one of the reasons (not the main reason though). At least half of the year the temperature here is above 30°c, 60%+ humidity and basically no wind. I somewhat got used to it after a decade here, but I’m sure I’ll spend more time outside when I move away.
Where are you moving?
Canada
Not worried about the housing crisis? I see a lot post about it but I don’t really know what is it like. If you have a good job in IT, is it still an issue?
It’s definitely an issue. I’m saving up some money before moving there next year.
IT in Canada doesn’t pay that great, not compared to the salaries you see in the US at least.
It’s incredibly unaffordable in BC, Ontario, and Quebec. Maritimes and prairies are decently affordable.
Really? IT doesn’t play enough to rent a decent apartment near work? That’s not great.
It’ll vary depending on the city, but generally not. Finding something affordable near downtown Toronto or Vancouver will be next to impossible, while in smaller cities like Edmonton, Calgary, or Ottawa, it will just be really, really hard.
Ok, I will stay were I’m now :)
I don’t get why a condition like that is still called “good weather”.
If it’s chill at night then it can be quite nice, if it’s 23°C at night you feel like you are dying all the summer.
~25 at night these days
Any reason that’s important to you to warrant the costs and downsides of moving is a reason that’s obviously good enough.
