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I moved to NC this past July after being a New York-uh for 46 years. Actually I lived in Central New York for half of that time (a lot of people think "NY" ends at the Brooklyn border, but there is another 420 miles of NY past that
) Where I lived we had two seasons: Winter and August 25th.
I was literally indoors 6 months out of the year. We sometimes had sunshine 4-5 days...out of the MONTH! Average snowfall about 120 inches a winter. My snowblower was my best friend. Oh how I loved snowblowing a foot and a half of snow at 11PM in 5 below zero weather, only to get up in the morning to see that the Town's snow plows had left 2 feet of ice chunks at the front of my driveway.
The joy of it all, for 20 straight years.
Now...... it is Jan 16 and Im in shorts, and a light fleece!!
Im walking my dogs outdoors, there are blue skies and sun almost daily.
I barbecue out back at 9PM if I want. The snowblower and snow shovels are gone, gone, gone. (Another perk, my property taxes are 1/5 of what they were in NY, I LOVE that). So I am a yankee in the deep South, along with a lot of other yankees that have seen the light (literally) and moved down here. Life moves at a slower and more normal pace, people tell me to "come back again" at stores I go to, and they mean it. Family members come to visit us here in NC because they consider it a "vacation" being in the nice weather during the harsh Northeastern Winter. Im in NC and loving it.
One day I'll retire, and I won't even have to move.
Now...... it is Jan 16 and Im in shorts, and a light fleece!!