Living in cold vs. hot climate

Do you prefer living in a cold climate and put up with the snow and low temperatures in the winter or living in a hot climate putting up with the heat in the summer or somewhere in between? I prefer the first one.

No contest. Cold climate. Cool here all spring to now. I am thankful every day.

Grilling a steak...just takes a little more work....I’ll take the cold

I'd prefer it to be 100 degrees all day everyday. I hate the cold with a passion, the only thing cold weather is good for is trapping and making a fire in the fireplace.

I like cold weather. I know I live in the south.

No contest I prefer the cold

I'll take the cold. I can put more clothes on. I can shovel snow. Most of my outdoor interests revolve around cool to cold weather.

I like cold weather, but not the mess of Freeze/thaw, freeze/thaw that we usually have.

Temp here today is 68 with 20% humidity. Bout perfect.

Winter by far.minus 20c perfect weather.
Although I have a snow blower,I like to shovel snow-good exercize and good cardio.
I use the snowblower after a blizzard when there are hard drifts several feet deep in some places.
I keep my driveway,front steps and walkway,deck and about half the back yard clear of snow.
People here who live in the bush generally don't shovel any snow,just pack it down.

Cold, maybe not as cold as Boco likes but if it never got above 40 degrees Fahrenheit I would be happy.

Just move to ks and ya get both! Horrible high humidity in summers like right now. Winters aren't as severe as you guys out west and north but the wind never quits blowing in winter so it's never just the temps that chill ya

It could be worse.You could be on venus-avg temp 850f,due to all the carbon in the atmosphere.

That being said I was born to far south. I can always wear more clothes. In summer folks might not like what I want to wear

Monday looks awesome !

Depends when you ask: Now=100, humid, and windy OR Jan=negatives for several days and windy. Neither hot nor cold bother me it is just the moisture in the air summer or winter.

No question. I love the cold !! I don't even like it when the sun comes up !

No offence to the south but I love the cold north, if I move it would be further north or west somewhere. I've been south a few times , cool country but its too dang hot and humid.

I was born and raised in the deep south....I would gaze due north all my growing up life there and try to imagine the west....fall cool colours, big mountains, snow . I didnt have the foggiest understanding what low humidity in heat or cold was , or cold at all for that matter.

When I left I felt I had escaped to freedom....

I always hear people say you can always put more clothes on in the winter, you can only take so much off in summer ( that depends on if other people are around. )

But if I'm out somewhere shivering cold and don't have anything to put on, or I'm at work getting dripped on by nasty road salt snow under a vehicle, I'm screwed, I just have to shiver. If I'm out and about and it's blazing hot and I'm sweating, I can always just sweat more and deal with it. I just find the heat easier to deal with.

I will take the summer over the winter any day. Can't golf or fish (no ice fishing for me)or raise a garden, or ride a motorcycle when it's cold out. I guess you could do all those things and freeze while doing them but they wouldn't be as enjoyable. Plus in the summer, I hear that the women wear less and show more. Not that I look!!!

Golfing and gardening is gay.

I like both, warm winters in the south make it easier to trap. Better fur in the north. Even though southern beaver avg about the same in today’s market, all hatters. Lol. I’ve lived and trapped in both and find things I like and dislike in both climates.

I like our seasons we have here in WI, but if I had my preference having nice fall weather every day would be great. Low 40s at night and 65-72 during the day with about 40% RH.

I still like our winters here as I am very active in winter activities, but I know several fellow Wisconsinites who have winter homes in the south and the one thing they say the notice quickly is that there is much less joint swelling, arthritis and other body issues when they don't live through a cold winter. Note however most are not in the south from May to October. Never spent much time in the south when it was hot. It was hot in Nam but being in the early 20s one can adjust pretty well.

Bryce

Yeah, and next your gonna tell us it was man made! That right there ought to prove you can't pound that drum. Bunch of phoney made up logic.

What about living in both... 96-100 degrees in the summer and days in the -20 with out the wind chill in the winter (last year coldest temp was -21 with a wind chill of -44). Best of both worlds?

Love living with the four seasons and wouldn't have it any other way.

Aint no way that 96-100 degrees is the best of both worlds ! Even dry heat ! Not for myself, anyway Now, highs of 70, lows in high 30's, with rain intermittent through July/August would be purrrrrrrfect !

Checking tip ups ....the easy way....driving !!

I despise snow and ice or at least the wet mushy slippery mess we get down here. I'll put up with the heat and swamp like humidity to avoid having to deal with the slush. Besides I can have a garden year round here.

I'm not very good at it, but the "best of both worlds" comment was sarcasm. I am not too fond of temperature extremes,

I've always preferred the cold over the heat/humidity of a St. Louis summer. You can always throw another log in the stove and put on sweater, but once you're naked, that's it. However I've found over the last 20 yrs or so, freezing my butt off isn't as much fun as it used to be! (I'm 70 now))

Well, it is 96 here today and last January we had a couple days of 40 below zero.
Now if'n a guy could average that out it would be about perfect.

Zim

When I lived in Jackson County and was a sophomore in HS in 1964 we had 53 below in January and 104 on the 4th of July in the same year! We did not heat indexes then or wind chill calculations so some days were worse.

Bryce

Living 75 miles north of the Mason-Dixon line means I live in a moderate climate. Our average annual high temp is 63 F and our average low 45 F. We get an average of about four feet of rain each year and about two feet of snow.

We get single digit temps every winter and they're forecasting 97 F the next two days with high humidity.

Given my druthers I'd prefer to be a bit more north. I deal with cold much better than heat.

You are gay.

I used to golf and was very poor at it.
I have since devoted my time to gardening and I ain't very good at that either.
However, I would rather eat vegetables than golf balls.
Zim

Gonna be tough to be that flying dress salesman with that attitude.
Or is that altitude?

Zim

I wouldn't live anyplace but in the north country. I love winter and fall, way to many outdoor activities to do, I never get them all done.

I hate HUMIDITY!! And gnats!! With that being said, I love the cold but I don’t think being shut up in my house unable to leave because of snow is something I’d like. I do hate the heat, but it’s not as bad on days with less than 40% humidity. I would like to experience a sho’nuff cold winter down here though, at least something that would make me trade in my shorts for pants.

X2,
July & August the only two months I don't care for in Montana.

I am that guy who loves hunting and fishing in the rain and snow, and gigging on warm summer nights. But as I age with my health issues I can't handle the bitter cold or the extreme heat anymore. I'm sure there's somewhere out there where there's a balance, but I'm stuck here in Ohio. So when it gets real cold I get supplies in and wait it out. When it gets real hot, I get done what needs done early in the morning or at night. I sure don't want to be someplace that doesn't have Hickory trees and that beautiful smell when you walk into the woods.

Oh and, I agree with Aaron.
Boco is gay, Boco is gay, Boco is gay.

I like all the seasons. Fall being my favorite. I don't like the short daylight hours of the winter.

,,,no he’s not...I imagine he just figures that 20 $ is 20 $

Lol boco that is politically incorrect your going to offend someone.

Cold climate hands down. This marsh mellow don't do to well when it is hot!!

I don't do that gay stuff,golf and gardening.
And I sure don't believe people ever lived on venus.
Yous are all buggered from the heat.

Bow to the Queen gay boy.

Pogue Mahone .

We have both scorching hot 100+ degree days in the Summer and Cold below 0 temps in the winter. I much prefer the cold!

That's such a gay response, do you like men kissing your nether regions lol.

Figured you are well practiced at it.

Now boys! I think the heat has worked over a few people.

Not there is anything wrong with being gay, but i must concur.
I will add fly fisherpersons to that list as well. Most of them are as odd as golfers in my experience.

Hmmmm, shocking coming from you.....

I moved to Virginia from Michigan 30 something years ago, and every winter I wonder whether I moved far enough south, and every summer I wonder if I moved too far south.

Curling, now that's gay!

I agree hippie.

OK Hobbs, thank you ! I was wondering if anyone could be that tough !

I agree , extremes either way arent first choice

But if it had to go one way to the edge, Ill take the cold rather than melting heat !

Come on !!!!!!! That smell when you walk into the woods is tick repellent ~

Lets see-gay-gardening,fly fishing,golf,jogging,curling.
And the manly equivalents-mining,dynamite fishing,mma,car racing,hockey.

Now add the gay stuff and the manly equivalents to see if you pass muster.

Boco, you forgot rodeo

Those are a few off the top of my head,I'm sure theres lots more.

How about wearing shorts ?? Or Birkenstocks ?? Talk about GAY !!

LOL !!!!

Whats a Birkenstock?

You mean that?

LOL !!!! Heck yeah !! Up here it's mosquito repellent !

^^ and I'm trying to return to Idaho or Maine as soon as possible.

you left out motorcycle ice racing!

Well, then you speak of what you do not know here!!!

That could be. You don't have ticks ??

We're tough here, you can't smell ticks, you Zig!

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heck man our ticks are so big you can HEAR them !!!

Cold weather.
When it's -30 You adjust your routine .
I currently live in a sparsely populated area,
and the people here are the salt of the earth