I’ve been talking to all of my old friends and family in Buffalo, and most of them have just had it with the weather this winter.
Anybody planning on moving down south this year?
I just mowed my lawn today, then had a cigar on the patio.
The final straw for me was two years ago the area of south buffalo I was living in was getting shitty, as was the weather and my job prospects.
Drove down to central Texas with nothing but garbage bags of clothes in my trunk.
It’s been a good couple years. Winter here is not tropical at all, more of a roller coaster. I did have to scrape a little frost of the car one time this year.
I think my natural gas bill was 49 dollars last month, it has been pretty cold.
I just started thinking about it, mainly because I enjoy cruising around, and if i’m going to finance a summer car, it sucks to not be able to use it half the year, but still pay for it all year long.
I’ve been thinking about Texas as a potential place to move in the next 5-10 years. I want to cut my teeth on home ownership here first, but ideally I’d love to be down there in my second home/with children.
having lived in Arizona, where it was sunny 363 days out of the year… I will tell you, being a WNY native, you miss the seasons.
I now live in North East Washington state… our winters are not as harsh as Buffalo, and the weather is much more consistant (except this year)
I could never see myself moving back south again… I guess when I retire and the cold hurts my bones… i’ll move south.
The thing I love about 4 seasons is, once you start getting sick of winter, it becomes spring… and with summer, comes fall.
I’m going on my 4th year here in Denver, love it so much that we decided to buy a house. I don’t have any issues with Buffalo, I just like living in Denver more and what the mountains have to offer.
yeah these last 2 posts are good points. some seasonality would be good nice but i figure you could travel back home to shovel some snow if you wanted to
Texas and Denver are more affordable than LA area or Miami area right?
Since I do heating and air conditioning, I need to live somewhere that needs both, I just feel that I would make more money by having more needed skills/more valuable.
But it can suck working in this super cold weather. I don’t even check the weather much, but since today was in the negative, I’m thinking tomorrow will be very cold as well, and I might have to work on a roof.
If I lived in florida it get so hot in the summer I think Id have to have a swing shift(i think thats what its called), have to work real early until it gets too hot, then wait til it cools down in the later afternoon and go back to work. seems shitty to me. I would think texas would be the same thing.
Closer and closer every yr. After my Dad died last yr there isn’t too much holding is back now (properties can be sold) . Thinking Tennessee/Kentucky border area.Had paperwork in last yr to go to corvette plant (thank God that didn’t happen now) but not sure I want to have a day job much longer. Really want a bowling alley and as good as the lil guy his getting (he’s 6 and bowling 80s regularly without bumpers after 4 weeks) may be pushing more towards that . I guess only time will tell But think south is in our future somewhere
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Also a buddy of mine is doing very well In the foreclosure cleanout/maintenance area around here now and said he could instantly get me in it anywhere down south. Does cleanouts (gets to keep everything in there, sometimes complete households), lock changes, etc and it pays pretty well.
Everyone has different taste but IMO late spring, summer and early fall is miserable down south.
Lived in Dallas for a little while which was great other than the heat. Been to Florida during the summer time for work travel and it’s miserable. The last trip to Orlando it was 98 or 99F with probably 100% RH in June. Noooooo thank you.
No plans to move until I retire…30 years from now. I love Buffalo and for the longest time winter was always my favorite season. Nowadays I’m a bit more balanced and can get sick of winter but I still love our regular snow storms.
When I was in the RV biz, this was the time of the year I would travel to Tampa, Daytona, Louisville, and various other places for shows. I really miss that part of the job, but the hours were awful. Towards the end of my career there, I had gotten used to the idea of busting my butt in the summer and taking a nice long vacation in the winter when it was slow.
As much as people complain, what other place can you partake in all the activities that Buffalo has to offer, without traveling a great distance to do it? For as bad as this winter has been, it hasn’t been this bad since what 2004ish? It’s only a few weeks on average that we have to deal with temperatures this low, this year maybe a couple months.
If you have 4x4, a decent snow blower and a fireplace, you probably don’t mind it too much. I have the first 2, but the last will be a definite in my next house. I can’t believe that I even bought a house without thinking about a fireplace, but I guess you learn.
I change my mind often but for me it is often more career related. I find every winter around this time I say I would move south but in a month or so that will change. Ideally I will retire young and get a home in PGA village in Florida where my Dad has a home so I can split my time from NY and FL.
