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).
- Shady_Shiroe ( @Shady_Shiroe@lemm.ee ) English28•1 year ago
I would love to leave the south for cooler climates but I have too much family here so heat stroke it is.
- runninghazard ( @runninghazard@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
I am one who would love to move south to avoid the snow and have more time outside
- Scrof ( @Scrof@sopuli.xyz ) 28•1 year ago
I think absolutely yes. I’d give up a lot to move to Finland or some shit just because the weather there sounds like haven to me. I live in the Middle East and it’s not as much the heat that kills me (it’s “only” a factor for about a third of a year and it sucks too of course) its the goddamn dust storms, I’m so sensitive to these things. I still have no idea why some people like living in deserts under a scorching Sun, with all the sand and dust in the air, it’s dreadful, not to mention the nature is super boring without proper fields, forests and rivers and stuff.
- sndrtj ( @sndrtj@feddit.nl ) 6•1 year ago
Please realize Northern European winters are… dark. It’s not the cold that matters much, it’s the darkness for months on end that can be seriously detrimental to mental health if you’re not used to it.
Saaame, tho Finland sounds too extreme.
- Mr PoopyButthole ( @MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee ) English24•1 year ago
It’s a great reason. Especially with climate change.
I met someone the other day that said they moved from Portland to Cincinnati because of their climate change concerns.
Over the next 50 years, we’re going to see MILLIONS of people in the U.S. moving for the same reasons.
- GBU_28 ( @GBU_28@lemm.ee ) English17•1 year ago
Move sooner than later, before folks catch on that it isn’t getting colder
- LongPigFlavor ( @LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml ) 17•1 year ago
Yes, especially if it’s likely to worsen over the years due to worsening climate change.
- haohao ( @haohao@lemm.ee ) 17•1 year ago
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.
- Square Singer ( @squaresinger@feddit.de ) 9•1 year ago
I don’t get why a condition like that is still called “good weather”.
- Valmond ( @Valmond@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 year ago
If it’s chill at night then it can be quite nice, if it’s 23°C at night you feel like you are dying all the summer.
- haohao ( @haohao@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
~25 at night these days
- ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English1•1 year ago
Where are you moving?
- haohao ( @haohao@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
Canada
- ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English1•1 year ago
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?
- haohao ( @haohao@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
It’s definitely an issue. I’m saving up some money before moving there next year.
- tleb ( @tleb@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 year ago
IT in Canada doesn’t pay that great, not compared to the salaries you see in the US at least.
It’s incredibly unaffordable in BC, Ontario, and Quebec. Maritimes and prairies are decently affordable.
- ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English1•1 year ago
Really? IT doesn’t play enough to rent a decent apartment near work? That’s not great.
- Sternout ( @Sternout@feddit.de ) 16•1 year ago
You’re talking about your local climate, not weather, which can change any day
- Anamana ( @Anamana@feddit.de ) 6•1 year ago
Thanks for the reddit flashback
- Sternout ( @Sternout@feddit.de ) 17•1 year ago
I just think the distinction is important. Especially because climate change deniers try to confuse people about the two terms.
- Anamana ( @Anamana@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
All good, makes sense. Thanks for elaborating
- Call me Lenny/Leni ( @shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee ) English15•1 year ago
When I was little, we had a saying, “go to Heaven for the climate, go to Hell for the people.”
- synae[he/him] ( @synae@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•1 year ago
San Francisco it is!
- ExLisper ( @ExLisper@linux.community ) English11•1 year ago
Weather is a way better reason to move than family or job are to stay.
- Wild Bill ( @clark@midwest.social ) 11•1 year ago
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.
- orca ( @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ) 11•1 year ago
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.
- blindbunny ( @blindbunny@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 year ago
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.
- orca ( @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ) 4•1 year ago
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.
- blindbunny ( @blindbunny@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
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.
- LongPigFlavor ( @LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
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.
- Frater Mus ( @fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org ) English10•1 year ago
Do you think bad weather is a good reason for moving?
I’m probably not your target demographic (I live in a campervan) but I move regularly to follow mild weather.
Like a bird migrating depending on the weather! Love it
- Square Singer ( @squaresinger@feddit.de ) 10•1 year ago
Any reason that’s important to you to warrant the costs and downsides of moving is a reason that’s obviously good enough.
- OldFartPhil ( @OldFartPhil@lemm.ee ) English9•1 year ago
Sure, why not? Everyone has their own reasons for moving and climate contributes to an area’s quality of life.
When I moved from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest, the benign climate here was a factor. Didn’t want to live somewhere where it was blazing hot every day for months, where it was a steam bath all summer or where I had to shovel snow every winter.
- m-p{3} ( @mp3@lemmy.ca ) 9•1 year ago
A bad neighbor is a good reason for moving, I don’t see why bad weather wouldn’t be.