Do you think bad weather is a good reason for moving?
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).
Yes. It’s actually the main factor in why I’d like to move from where I am currently. It’s unbearably hot, and every time a hurricane forms, it’s basically pointing towards my house. I’m going somewhere further north.
Lmao your story is the opposite of mine. I moved several years back because I was tired of being in a dark winter hellscape for half the year.
But I mean I suppose winter was somewhat tolerable. Alternatively, I could never imagine living in wildfire land and constantly worrying about whether or not my place is going to burn down.
And don’t forget your vitamin D. Most don’t realize you need it as a supplement in Canada winters period, even if you get outside regularly. It can be a major contributor to winter blues.
Ha, yea I guess the grass is always greener. I just can’t physically handle this heat and humidity combo. I hated it 30 years ago when it wasn’t even this bad.
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.
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’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.
If you feel that the weather is affecting your day-to-day life for the worse, absolutely. You are not obligated to stay for family or for a job. Prioritise your health, you can always visit relatives.
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'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.
Depends a lot of the severity of the bad weather. I wouldn’t live in antartica or cities that are constantly being hit by earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc. That would be a big reason for me to leave everything behind.
But if its just like a mild weather that I am not too happy about, then I wouldn’t want to lose friends and or family because of that.
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.
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.
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.
Weather wasn’t the only reason I moved from New Jersey to California, but it was one of the top three. Seasonal depression is a real thing and I definitely had it.
I think the weather where I live now is not bad enough to move as the only reason, but if I was looking to relocate anyways I would for sure take it into account. I do not well in heat, especially humid heat, but cold doesn’t bother me that much. So somewhere north would be great.
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