Idle question: who moved from sub-tropical/tropical to "regular seasons" kinda place ?

[steve2470]

I know a common template in the US is to move from north ("regular seasons&quot to south, possibly subtropical (Florida) or tropical (Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc).

How many moved north, to a place where seasons are distinct ? For the record, we do have seasons in Florida, they're just more subtle (from stifling humidity and 93 degrees F in summer to 72 degrees and lower humidity in winter).

[Downwinder]

1. Armadillos

[steve2470]

3. hm ? nt

[Downwinder]

7. Armadillos have extended their range from Texas to

as far north as Nebraska and central Indiana.

[steve2470]

8. ah interesting, thanks nt

[Galileo126]

2. Don't ask me, Steve

I went the opposite. Fours seasons in Rhode Island as a kid, to 2 seasons in SoCal as an adult. (We have summer for 8 months. and "non-summer" for four.)

Interesting question, though.

[steve2470]

4. to many people, we have summer for 51 weeks and winter for one

Some times, we only have "winter" for a few days. I hope you get more rain !

[Galileo126]

5. Ya know, the rain woke me up around midnight

and I promptly ran outside and got soaked doing a happy dance.

Then I noticed 3 of my neighbors were doing the same.

[steve2470]

6. very awesome ! :) nt

[d_r]

9. I graduated high school in citrus co. florida

we lived 8 years in Lansing Michigan for work, I live in Chattanooga, TN now.

In Florida, Halloween was like it was still summer basically. In Michigan it was already winter. I like Tn because Halloween is in FALL.

[freshwest]

10. Grew up near the Gulf, moved as close to Canada I could get. The seasons are much different.

But we seem to be more into a winter/spring/fall deal with not much summer or sun for the last few years. I have finally begun to miss both the sun and some of the heat, but only because of pains. For a long time, it was refreshing. Now, not so much. But I will only move if I have to.

[steve2470]

14. may I ask about the proximity to Canada ?

If too nosy, my apologies

[freshwest]

15. Midway between the Columbia River (OR) and the Canadian border.

In what is called the Puget Sound convergence zone. Not as misty and cold as the mountains where I lived before now. But I've lived 600 feet above sea level for half my life.

Before that, I was above 50 feet above sea leve with that Gulf. Hot, humid, with almost no breeze at all. The temperature of both open water and rain in the two regions are very different.

I prefer wet climates, north or south. Arid doesn't do it for me at all, I love greenery.

[Callmecrazy]

11. I spent thirty years in the Mojave desert...

and then moved to So. Fla.
There are four seasons in the desert, but never much rain.
I love the rain and I love the subtropics. The wildlife, the smells, the people. In the desert there is only dust and oppressive heat.
Summers in Las Vegas were brutal and potentially deadly. Here, summers are enjoyable. The humidity has made my skin more elastic and softer and I can tolerate the <100 degree heat easily. The Vegas heat kept me indoors most of the time and I refused to work outside.
Going to the beach is great. It's ten degrees hotter at Lake Mead than it is in Las Vegas.

[steve2470]

12. that's amazing it's hotter at Lake Mead, had no idea nt

[Callmecrazy]

13. It's at a little lower elevation...

and surrounded by bare rock mountains. I guess that causes it to become a heat island. And the water temperature gets into the low 90's. Not refreshing at all.
But the mountains mask the city lights and it's a great place to take a telescope and do some stargazing.