I've lived most of my life in Houston, and I'm pretty content with it, but the one thing I really wish we had was snow. I always have enjoyed visiting snowy places. Yes, before you say it, I might feel differently if I grew up in it, but I didn't, so I can and do stick by it. I actually have a friend in Calgary who would love for me to visit, and you can bet I'd be up there right now if not for travel restrictions. Nothing else to do, and Banff and the Canadian Rockies are phenomenal at any time of year and an hour away from Calgary. For years, I've dreamed about someday having a winter house. Well, renting one or whatever. Some place where if, it's going to be cold, I'm absolutely going to get snow. Like Michigan or similar. Cold weather without snow is bullshit, and so is weather that dances above and below the freezing point. No, give me consistent cold weather that I can prepare for. The fantasy has always been to maybe spend 1-2 months of the year up in the winter house working remotely and just getting to immerse in a season we don't get down here.
Temps not too bad. Wind chill bad. Frozen/iced roads bad. Car iced/frozen shut bad. Scraping ice off the windshield bad. Frozen pipes bad. No power bad. *Lucky on the last two so far* Yeah, I’m good. Keep that **** up north. I’ll keep our hurricanes and hot ass weather.
That was 1 of my reasons for leaving Houston - I wanted 4 equal seasons and winter includes snow but snow that disappears in a few days - before Houston, I lived in Iowa and that weather was the anti-Houston - I wanted something inbetween. PreY2K was easy to pick and choose where I could live so I chose somewhere along the Appalachian mountain range on the most southern edge. When the kids were still kids we'd head out to sled on the streets before the plows or salt truck came by. Otherwise we'd head to the golf course. There are some good hills here too. It was a sad moment when the kids grew up and didn't want to sled with dad anymore. An old man sledding with his kids is cute. An old man sledding by himself is creepy.
It could be that insanely cold places are just romanticized better. One day you and your buddies are checking into a log cabin surrounded by pine trees all covered in snow. A couple of your friends are bringing the logs for the fire place while you bump heads with your ex setting up the Christmas tree. You notice that she is still wearing the jewelry you gave her last year. But the both of you have moved on and just exchange a glance. Who knows maybe later it turns into an orgy but for now the power cable cars will do. So you pack your ski gear and get in a snow fight, still exchanging glares with your ex. Oh insanely cold places, how I love you. not
This entire thread has been a complete lol fest for me...especially those the last couple of days. Don't get me wrong...I feel for all of y'all and I know its dangerous. Stay Safe! Having said that..the comments here today are just.....hilarious.
Winter north of the sunbelt does indeed suck. But the secret is 1) the other nine months of the year are amazing and 2) man up and stop being a b****.
That tweet on the first page with the Ukraine girl. I feel so bad but I was cracking up watching that.
uhhhh......having lived there for five years, I’d say that 50 degrees is on the extreme side......and the only thing that melts ALL the snow is July. And sometimes not even that.
if that place was Mercato, consider yourself lucky. Houston generally has good restaurants. Calgary generally has marginal ones. But Mercato is flat out awesome!
Do not ever move to Michigan, I’d say it doesn’t even have to do with the cold. The Midwest for the most part is giant steaming pile of dog ****. The couple years I spent there I wish I could’ve watched paint dry instead
