1. 02-02-11 02:05 PM #1
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    Seriously considering moving to get away from this climate--any serious suggestions

    I am getting really sick of NE Pa weather. Too old to put up with it and really considering moving. If it weren't for family I would have been gone already. Must sell my property first. Now, I want some place with decent weather but would consider still having the seasons. West coast is obvious but I am eliminating that area because of travel concerns for family. Florida is out, and so is Miss and Louisiana. I am thinking maybe some of the not so crazy Southern states. What about Kty? I did some research and discovered that it is rarely lower than the low 30's in the winter months.

    How about some serious suggestions guys. What are the drawbacks, I don't want to jump out of the fire and into the... meaning giving up this weather for horrendous hurricanes or constant flooding or worse. Where in your opinion is the ideal state or states in this wonderful country of ours? Considering all including crime.

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  2. 02-02-11 02:08 PM #2
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    What about Charlotte or Raleigh? I've heard North Carolina is a really nice state and it seems like they have decent winters
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  3. 02-02-11 02:11 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by dante1 View Post
    I am getting really sick of NE Pa weather. Too old to put up with it and really considering moving. If it weren't for family I would have been gone already. Must sell my property first. Now, I want some place with decent weather but would consider still having the seasons. West coast is obvious but I am eliminating that area because of travel concerns for family. Florida is out, and so is Miss and Louisiana. I am thinking maybe some of the not so crazy Southern states. What about Kty? I did some research and discovered that it is rarely lower than the low 30's in the winter months.

    How about some serious suggestions guys. What are the drawbacks, I don't want to jump out of the fire and into the... meaning giving up this weather for horrendous hurricanes or constant flooding or worse. Where in your opinion is the idea state or states in this wonderful country of ours? Considering all including crime.

    thanks
    What do you mean by travel concerns in the west coast? Stage coach bandits or what?
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  4. 02-02-11 02:14 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swinging Johnson View Post
    What do you mean by travel concerns in the west coast? Stage coach bandits or what?

    See this is the reason I said "serious.".

    Thanks anyway Swinging.
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  5. 02-02-11 02:16 PM #5
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    Anywhere south of the Kentucky/Tennessee border will give you great winter weather. Mild winters in the 40's-50's and occasional snow so you can make a snowman at least once a year.
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  6. 02-02-11 02:16 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by VegasInsider View Post
    What about Charlotte or Raleigh? I've heard North Carolina is a really nice state and it seems like they have decent winters

    I have a young daughter-in-law that teaches and is constantly taking about moving to I believe it is N Carolina because of a children's book publishing company I think.
    Not sure about that, she wants to write kiddie books.
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    Mobile AL it's right on the beach
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  8. 02-02-11 02:19 PM #8
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    Move to San Diego. I moved here from Wisconsin about 8 years ago and never looked back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swinging Johnson View Post
    What do you mean by travel concerns in the west coast? Stage coach bandits or what?


    Hahahahahahaha
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  10. 02-02-11 02:21 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by thericker7 View Post
    Move to San Diego. I moved here from Wisconsin about 8 years ago and never looked back.

    God I would love SD. Wouldn't see family enough though. Maybe I will still consider it. Like heaven living in SD, I know that.
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  11. 02-02-11 03:03 PM #11
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    I want out of the Northeast, ( Ct) too !

    Have lived in SD, it's nice but expensive and bad traffic. I don't really want to go back to LV. NC/ SC seem like decent options, I'd consider anywhere on the coast from NC counterclockwise to San Diego, maybe even Texas or arizona, can't afford Vancouver, BC.....don't want to have to learn Spanish and move to central America, would like to be able to find a job, too !
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  12. 02-02-11 03:19 PM #12
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    If it was like that no one would live in the northeast.
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  13. 02-02-11 03:27 PM #13
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    Whats wrong with Florida?
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  14. 02-02-11 04:41 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by elgreco View Post
    Whats wrong with Florida?


    Don't like the summer climate.
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  15. 02-02-11 05:57 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by thericker7 View Post
    Move to San Diego. I moved here from Wisconsin about 8 years ago and never looked back.
    Good for you man! I love it there- Hows the job market there these days?
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  16. 02-02-11 06:09 PM #16
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    What's wrong with the LA region? That is my likely destiny.
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  17. 02-02-11 06:11 PM #17
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    i have 2 homes colorado and here in west palm. i like colorado better but i love the climate here. honestly if i could move back to east tennessee,knoxville area i would thats were i was born and raised. cheap and you have 4 seasons and its actually really nice because you can even find women at your family reunion
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  18. 02-02-11 06:14 PM #18
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    I lived in LA as well as SD area. No comparison. SD is MUCH nicer. LA is freeway hell.

    I would suggest Arizona, by the way. Wide open spaces. And you can wear guns in public here.
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  19. 02-02-11 06:26 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Horse View Post
    I lived in LA as well as SD area. No comparison. SD is MUCH nicer. LA is freeway hell. I would suggest Arizona, by the way. Wide open spaces. And you can wear guns in public here.
    As for me, I couldn't handle [or want to] the hot Arizona weather. Also, no water forever. SD is hotter than LA, right?
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  20. 02-02-11 06:30 PM #20
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    No. If you're in 'the Valley', which is much of LA, the heat gets trapped. SD often has a nice ocean breeze, and the area, in summer, is cloudy in the morning with the sun breaking through around noon. Keep things cool. (this caused a major track bias in Del Mar).
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  21. 02-02-11 06:43 PM #21
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  22. 02-02-11 06:43 PM #22
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    If possible from a work perspective live in Northeast 8 or 9 months and go to Florida for 3 or 4 months. I am planning to do that starting next year. I am selling my house in Bucks County PA, buying a place in NE PA and buying a place in Jacksonville FL.
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  23. 02-02-11 06:54 PM #23
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    coast of Carolina is beautiful
    but no jobs and hurricanes
    usually winter is mild here but not lately. normal snow is twice a decade, last two years has been about 5 storms.
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    Dante, whereabouts in NE PA do you live?
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  25. 02-02-11 08:05 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackbart View Post
    coast of Carolina is beautiful
    but no jobs and hurricanes
    usually winter is mild here but not lately. normal snow is twice a decade, last two years has been about 5 storms.

    I agree, I live in Myrtle Beach, SC. Sitting here now at 9:05pm with the windows open enjoying the ocean breeze.
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    I had the same issue with the weather in Canada.
    So I ended up in Chile.
    Lots of American ex pats are here actually... living in either the capital or near abouts, or down south. Apparently down south in Chile is very similar to the West Coast in the US, so a lot of Yankees like to retire down there.
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  27. 02-02-11 08:15 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by philswin View Post
    If possible from a work perspective live in Northeast 8 or 9 months and go to Florida for 3 or 4 months. I am planning to do that starting next year. I am selling my house in Bucks County PA, buying a place in NE PA and buying a place in Jacksonville FL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by robmpink View Post
    Dante, whereabouts in NE PA do you live?
    Moscow
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  29. 02-02-11 08:29 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by robmpink View Post
    Dante, whereabouts in NE PA do you live?


    Hazleton
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  30. 02-02-11 08:31 PM #30
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    Not far from Moscow actually
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  31. 02-02-11 08:36 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by dante1 View Post
    Hazleton
    scranton/wilkes barre area for me
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  32. 02-02-11 08:38 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by robmpink View Post
    scranton/wilkes barre area for me

    We're neighbors, how about Patti's sport bar getting hit? lol
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  34. 02-02-11 08:43 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by philswin View Post
    Gotta love Mohegan Sun - spend a lot of time there

    Can't win there, actually hate it. Trump Plaza I have luck Mohegan no and Mt Airy no.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dante1 View Post
    We're neighbors, how about Patti's sport bar getting hit? lol
    yeah, I moved in w/ my wife into an apartment in Wilkes Barre 9 years ago. She is a CT transplant and the company told her Wilkes Barre is nice. It was the worst 7 years of my life living there. I couldn't stand it. We finally bought a house 2 years ago in a nicer location about 8 miles away.
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