What is the opposite of a snow-bird, and where do they go?

Jumpmaster said:
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Warm days, beautiful lake and lots of surrounding lakes, usually pretty good flying weather. No bugs like Florida. Lots to do in the summer and if you feel crazy, fairly short drive to Seattle or Portland.
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Shhhhhh!!
 
Timbeck2 said:
Where are you in AZ?
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Gold Canyon, which is about as far southeast as you can go and still be in the Valley of the Sun-- the road uphill to Globe starts just four miles south of me.

We were fulltime RV'er's when I first retired from ORD, so wintered here for a few years. I bought a Buick and practiced driving slowly in the left lane of the freeway with the turn signal on, so was eventually rewarded with my snowbird (sunbird?) wings. Unfortunately, they took them away when we bought a house and started living here fulltime...
 
I built in Ohio for numerous years. Cleveland area, Columbus area, Canton, Zanesville, Steubenville, etc. I loved the summers up there, especially as compared to Missouri. A bit cooler and a lot less humidity.

I second the vote for La Jolla. I had a condo out there for over 20 years (was the PM on the Embassy Suites in the mid-80's...bought it then). Loved the SD area. Loved it more when there was still huge amounts of open space 'twist it and LA. Anymore there's not, except for Pendleton. Lots and lots of humanoids.
 
Maine mostly tolerable all summer.
 
I would be the opposite of a snow bird.

Grew up in the Phoenix area. Went to college in Maine. Spent the winters freezing my arse off and summers indoors with air conditioning.
 
Jumpmaster said:
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Warm days, beautiful lake and lots of surrounding lakes, usually pretty good flying weather. No bugs like Florida. Lots to do in the summer and if you feel crazy, fairly short drive to Seattle or Portland.
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It's an even shorter flight. Just saying... :D
 
Jumpmaster said:
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Warm days, beautiful lake and lots of surrounding lakes, usually pretty good flying weather. No bugs like Florida. Lots to do in the summer and if you feel crazy, fairly short drive to Seattle or Portland.
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What's the word on Boise? A friend is thinking of relocating there.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Not quite what you are asking but here in Carolina they have a term called halfback. It means northerners who moved to Florida and didn't like the heat so they moved half way back and settled here.
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Ah, yes. Charlotte, NC... that perfect mix of Southern efficiency and Northern hospitality.
 
DaleB said:
Ah, yes. Charlotte, NC... that perfect mix of Southern efficiency and Northern hospitality.
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And who's state bird is the mosquito.

And yes. I saw what you did there.
 
I’m a true snowbird. Three months every winter skiing in Steamboat Springs.

Used to go to Michigan UP, Keweenaw County when I was in high school and college. Stayed with a bunch of buddies in old copper miner barracks. Great place to escape the summer heat and freeze your n**** off in Lake Superior.

Cheers
 
SkyDog58 said:
What's the word on Boise? A friend is thinking of relocating there.
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Lots of people moving into the Boise area. Boise has often been listed as the fastest growing city in the west and certainly is booming. Employment is decent- lots of software and hardware developers and companies. Agriculture is still big in Boise with JR Simplot and other large agri companies. Lots to do there for outside activities - snow skiing in the winter, fishing in the summer, trail riding, hiking, just a ton of stuff. BSU ( or from where I come from BJC) football is pretty good and their men’s basketball program is picking up. They also have a significant Basque population and have one of the best Basque festivals outside of the Basque region you can find. Not to be missed. They have class A baseball in the summer. Cost of living is getting on up there and of course, you have a lot of migration from California which isn’t welcomed. Like most western states, Idaho is really two states with 2 very different cultures. Most folks in the north believe Idaho ends just south of McCall and the rest of that stuff is simply Northern Utah. Same with Washington (Cascade Curtin divides western and eastern Washington) and Oregon.
 
Northern MN. Lakes, woods, peace and quiet.

Was a nice 56 degrees here this morning and highs in the mid-60s.

Just watch out for the mosquitoes...

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chartbundle said:
Just because your mosquitoes are the size of Bald Eagles doesn't make them Bald Eagles... even if the mosquito is your state bird.
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And have "N numbers" stenciled on the side. One of the reasons I stopped discussions with a head hunter a number of years ago who had a great job for me, if I was willing to move to Wisconsin. Super cold winters didn't help, either. :D
 
Ghery said:
And have "N numbers" stenciled on the side. One of the reasons I stopped discussions with a head hunter a number of years ago who had a great job for me, if I was willing to move to Wisconsin. Super cold winters didn't help, either. :D
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They don’t have super cold winters in Wisconsin. Some years the snow is gone by July 1st!
 
JOhnH said:
We had snow here too.

Dec 22, 1989. We had a Trace of Snow.
But if I remember right, I still cooked steaks on the grill outside.
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My cousins are from Panama City, FL...the first time they saw snow was about 4” in our grandparents’ yard in MN. We borrowed boots, hats, & mittens from the neighbors for them. By the time they left, every flake of snow in the yard had been made into snowmen. :D
 
The opposite of a Snowbird would be a demonstration team from Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, but I don't think they have one.
 
Kenny Phillips said:
But just to watch the leaves change. Then they go someplace warm.
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The whole point of the thread is to go somewhere that is NOT warm. I get enough of that in Florida.

I'm still considering Tom D's suggestion of Alaska. Even if their mosquitoes are bigger and thicker than I saw in North Carolina.
 
Jim_CAK said:
I was in San Francisco for 10 days in July. I wore a hooded sweatshirt most of the time. I froze crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in an open air bus. I thought if I would be a great place to escape th summer heat if your main home was in Florida.
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Didn't Samuel Clemens say the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco?

You might try Flagstaff, AZ. It's at a fairly high elevation, so a lot cooler than Phoenix, etc. For year round moderate temps, I like Prescott, though I've never been there (except maybe drove thru there, but why is a whole nuther thread).
 
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