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 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.
It depends really. If I lived somewhere where natural disasters were a common occurrence then I probably would. Luckily I live in the UK which, while not great in other ways, has a temperate climate. That said, if the south gets too much warmer then I am tempted to move to Scotland. I don’t cope well in temperatures above 19 Celsius. It would be one of several reasons though, not the overriding factor.
We are consistently in the late 40s for months without reliable power and with humidity etc. 19 sounds like heaven. I considered Scotland but that accent man, I dont wanna hear that for the rest of my life (no offense to anyome intended).
Life is a rich tapestry and everyone is different but that’s 66 degrees F and that’s legit pretty cold to me from California. No one’s right or wrong here, that’s just so interesting to me.
Edit: typing is hard, apparently
UK’s pretty bloody humid though, and we don’t really have air con.
Damn 19C! My apartment is 24 right now and it feels cozy. When I bake it gets to 27. Without heat in the winter it hovers around 16 inside.
I’d consider going somewhere with more extreme day/night cycles like the Northwest territories, but within Canada I’m basically happy where I am. I like the super long days in the summer and I’m also ok living in the dark most of the winter as long as I can stay active.
Yes, especially if it’s likely to worsen over the years due to worsening climate change.
Would you uproot your life, leaving behind your family, your job etc if you dont like the weather in a country.
Depends on the weather and depends on the country.
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I moved to get supposed better and warmer weather. Can’t tell you how much I despise summers now. The heat is relentless and I’ll be escaping back to “bad” weather whenever possible.
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
I grew up in a region with extreme hot and extreme cold. After living many years in a milder climate, I think my family are all nuts for staying. Not the climate asshole for wanting to enjoy the outdoors.
Absolutely could be. I’ve thought about moving just to get away from the winter ice where I live; I’m a delivery driver so it becomes a major occupational hazard.
if the weather is making you unhappy on a regular basis, I don’t see why that isn’t a valid reason to make moving away a goal.
With the ongoing climate catastrophe, it’s probably prudent to take such factors into account.
Yes. That was one of the reasons for my move.
Yes. Totally a factor. I couldn’t live in places with snow. A holiday maybe, but not a life
Yes, but I’m biased as I’ve considered leaving the UK just because I can’t stand the weather for about 1/2 of the year. The grey and wet really gets to me
There’s a reason why so many British people live on the Costa del Sol!
Also “Here comes the sun” by the Beatles makes a lot more sense when you realise that it was written by four guys from Northern England.
The UK was my dream weather location 😭😭. Even tho I know its famously hated for the rain.
I love the rain and cloudiness! It’s peaceful (flash flooding aside, that can suck depending on where you live)
I hated the heat in my home country, so I asked my employer to relocate me. Unfortunately they moved me to a place where the summers are even worse. lol. But at least the rest of the year is cooler than back home where it’s hot all year round.
Do you think bad weather is a good reason for moving?
I’m probably not your target demographic (I live in a campervan) but I move regularly to follow mild weather.
Like a bird migrating depending on the weather! Love it
