Poll of the Day > You know what weird thing I miss about living up north?

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Waking up early in the morning on a chilly fall day, drinking an ice cold beer with my friends.

I've been thinking about the Fall a lot. especially because I likely won't really see it for a long time. I'm gonna miss the leaves changing color.
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PK_Spam posted...

Waking up early in the morning on a chilly fall day, cracking a cold one with the boys.

Meme'd it for you.
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I specifically worded it that way but I was gonna meme it up myself but I felt like it'd take away from the sincerity of what I was saying.
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funny when I lived in VA people came from up north down to us to see the leaves change color. guess the mountains just made it look better?
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Thankfully I'm a northerner.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Thankfully I'm a northerner.

thankfully i'm not. you never hear about people retiring and moving up north now do ya?
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mooreandrew58 posted...

thankfully i'm not. you never hear about people retiring and moving up north now do ya?

The only stories I hear about folk retiring is when they go and live in some other country so eh. I wouldn't want to live down south though. Even more so London. *shudders*
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wwinterj25 posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

thankfully i'm not. you never hear about people retiring and moving up north now do ya?

The only stories I hear about folk retiring is when they go and live in some other country so eh. I wouldn't want to live down south though. Even more so London. *shudders*

actually a lot do move south. but its mostly for the warmer weather, old folks don't like the cold much because joint pains and what not.

I used to work construction in this huge neighborhood (over 1000 homes and over 1000 more scheduled to be built) and almost all of them where retired yankees.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

actually a lot do move south. but its mostly for the warmer weather, old folks don't like the cold much because joint pains and what not.

As I said I wouldn't know. I like colder climates anyway.
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wwinterj25 posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

actually a lot do move south. but its mostly for the warmer weather, old folks don't like the cold much because joint pains and what not.

As I said I wouldn't know. I like colder climates anyway.

I prefer warmer as to why I said I prefer the south. but I like where i'm at, its not blistering hot in the summer and it does get cold in the winter but usually not too bad.

also I like living in heavily forested areas and where I live is just that. one of the most heavily forested states in the country
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mooreandrew58 posted...

funny when I lived in VA people came from up north down to us to see the leaves change color. guess the mountains just made it look better?

Really depends on where in the North you live, though. In NY, for instance, you'd really need to go upstate or somewhere else for the foliage.

wwinterj25 posted...

Thankfully I'm a northerner.

You won't be so thankful soon. Winter is coming.

wwinterj25 posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

thankfully i'm not. you never hear about people retiring and moving up north now do ya?

The only stories I hear about folk retiring is when they go and live in some other country so eh. I wouldn't want to live down south though. Even more so London. *shudders*

Do you not hear many retirement stories then? >_>

w winter j25 posted...

As I said I wouldn't know. I like colder climates anyway.

Never would have guessed. Although I seem to recall that Winter might just be your last name
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but you have to rake leaves, shovel snow, and defrost your car
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What I really like about living up North(above the Arctic Circle to be precise) is that we have way less bugs than in warmer parts.
And especially where I live we have a really stable weather and no real risks of disasters.

Floods are impossible because my town is around huge mountains(and around 500m above sea level as well).
We might have very strong winds every once in a while but never near catastrophic.

During summers, the sun is up 24/7 and around December we almost don't have any sun at all.

Oh yeah, we also have Aurora Borealis. Pretty cool stuff.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

wwinterj25 posted...

mooreandrew58 posted...

actually a lot do move south. but its mostly for the warmer weather, old folks don't like the cold much because joint pains and what not.

As I said I wouldn't know. I like colder climates anyway.

I prefer warmer as to why I said I prefer the south. but I like where i'm at, its not blistering hot in the summer and it does get cold in the winter but usually not too bad.

also I like living in heavily forested areas and where I live is just that. one of the most heavily forested states in the country

America's south and England's south aren't really comparable. People retire in Florida because of the year long weather, access to the beach, and it's RV country down there.
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LeetCheet posted...

Oh yeah, we also have Aurora Borealis.

Localized in your kitchen?

Kudos for Winter is comming line.

Cept I love winter, I love rain, and I even like snow.

I almost actively hate summer to be honest, even though it's always 69 in my house (not in a dirty way!).

When I go shopping etc and it's freaking 90+ out, it hits me hard since I have the temp so cool in my house, I should change that, but meh, rather be uncomfortable a few times a week then all the time.
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LeetCheet posted...

What I really like about living up North(above the Arctic Circle to be precise) is that we have way less bugs than in warmer parts.
And especially where I live we have a really stable weather and no real risks of disasters.

Floods are impossible because my town is around huge mountains(and around 500m above sea level as well).
We might have very strong winds every once in a while but never near catastrophic.

During summers, the sun is up 24/7 and around December we almost don't have any sun at all.

Oh yeah, we also have Aurora Borealis. Pretty cool stuff.

What about blizzards?

SkynyrdRocker posted...

LeetCheet posted...

Oh yeah, we also have Aurora Borealis.

Localized in your kitchen?

I have just one more question: Can I see it?
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Zeus posted...

What about blizzards?

Yes we do get blizzards from time to time but it never gets catastrophically bad.
Other than an unusual amount of snow everywhere it's not too terribly bad.
The children are usually happy when they get more snow to play in though.

SkynyrdRocker posted...

Localized in your kitchen?

Yes. But you can also see it up in the sky at night ; )

Zeus posted...

I have just one more question: Can I see it?

Umm... No.

Unless you look it up on Google. Then I guess you can see it.
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we're all in a memeulation
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