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raccoon

(31,089 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:11 AM Jun 2016

Anyone here a snowbird from the South? Or know of any? I mean, someone who relocates to

a place with a livable summer, such as ME, Canada, etc., during the summer months?

Because where they live is so hot as to be unlivable. It should be against the law for the temps to go above 90.

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Anyone here a snowbird from the South? Or know of any? I mean, someone who relocates to (Original Post) raccoon Jun 2016 OP
I'll be staying in the Great Lakes area for safeinOhio Jun 2016 #1
My parents. HuckleB Jun 2016 #2
I'm not, but know many who are unc70 Jun 2016 #3
I have friends who live in Chapel Hill from October-May mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #4
Lots of Fla winter residents live here in the summer alfie Jun 2016 #5
I live and work in FL mcar Jun 2016 #6
Making it illegal is easy.., JHB Jun 2016 #7
My sister and BIL Mendocino Jun 2016 #8
Love Mountains! Gamecock Lefty Jun 2016 #9
Bunch of Wimps!! GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #10
You sound like a friend of mine TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #13
Same here. I love Florida summers. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #16
Ugh! I am just the opposite! smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #21
GulfCoast - I would not survive! Gamecock Lefty Jun 2016 #11
25!!!! That can kill a person😵 GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #18
Maybe you should call them "heat" birds since snow birds traditionally fly away from snow. TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #12
I first heard the term when I vacationed at Pompano Beach in winter pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #14
I lived in Salisbury, MD TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #15
I may have been in that clog once or twice heading to Assateague or Chincoteague pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #17
The big jam was in summer TexasProgresive Jun 2016 #20
I was gonna say "Sunbirds" but yeah OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #19
I usually try to take a vacation in the summer to somewhere cooler Major Nikon Jun 2016 #22
"It should be against the law for the temps to go above 90" NOOOO FLPanhandle Jun 2016 #23

safeinOhio

(32,527 posts)
1. I'll be staying in the Great Lakes area for
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:17 AM
Jun 2016

the rest of my retirement. The only other place I'd live, for the weather, would be San Diego. Spent a year looking into it and found there is no way I could afford it. I do try to vacation there every year or so, both winter and summer are perfect there.

unc70

(6,095 posts)
3. I'm not, but know many who are
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:33 AM
Jun 2016

I am in central NC and know quite a few who spend the summers in cooler locations. I know quite a few in the academic community who have summer homes in Maine; others, out on Cape Cod.

The most common summer escape around here is to the NC mountains. In addition to being one of the top tourist destinations in the country, there are many people with summer homes all through that region. The most famous summer home is Biltmore.



mnhtnbb

(31,318 posts)
4. I have friends who live in Chapel Hill from October-May
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:40 AM
Jun 2016

and go back to an apartment in Ft. Lee, NJ, right across the river from NYC, for the summer and early fall. Don't know if it qualifies for 'cooler' but it sure qualifies
for having access to world class culture.

alfie

(522 posts)
5. Lots of Fla winter residents live here in the summer
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 09:11 AM
Jun 2016

I am in a small NE Georgia town with mountains and a large lake. We have many, many folks who have summer homes here.

Gamecock Lefty

(698 posts)
9. Love Mountains!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 09:40 AM
Jun 2016

I have lived in St Louis for the past 24 years, but I have been looking for possible retirement property in the mountains of NC where I did a couple of years undergrad work before finishing down at South Carolina (where I grew up). I love the mountains especially in Fall and Winter.

I have thought about the Northeast for retirement because I want to go somewhere cool (Iceland, maybe?), but I’ll probably end up staying where I am because of a nice circle of friends and my own home.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
10. Bunch of Wimps!!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 09:56 AM
Jun 2016

Louisiana native, Florida resident. It is approaching my favorite time of the year. Love the heat. Fish and do yard work all day long. Keep AC no cooler than 78.

Drink lots of water, wear long sleeves and a big hat and all is good.

Now temps below 60, shoes on the other foot!

Have a great, cool, day!!

TexasProgresive

(12,148 posts)
13. You sound like a friend of mine
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:37 AM
Jun 2016

He is not from Texas but is an expatriate of South Bend, ID. He hats it when the temp is <70. Loves his 90s. I did hear him complain once about heat but it was above 110.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,081 posts)
16. Same here. I love Florida summers.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:59 AM
Jun 2016

Lots of swimming, afternoon showers keep things green, and the cool looking huge clouds that billow on the horizon. It's my favorite time of year here.

I have no desire to try to escape the heat. Seems ass-backwards to me.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. Ugh! I am just the opposite!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:00 PM
Jun 2016

It is a breezy 64 here in Boston today which is perfect for me. I love it when it is in the 50's and 60's. I am miserable if it goes above 75 especially if it is humid. I spend most of the summer inside with the AC blasting.

I would love to migrate with the seasons, because I don't like extreme cold either. I can handle it down to about 30 degrees but if it gets much colder than that i'm not happy, especially if it's windy.

Gamecock Lefty

(698 posts)
11. GulfCoast - I would not survive!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:21 AM
Jun 2016

The older I get the more I hate summer.

My Sis lives in FL and while it is pretty and green pretty much all year when I visit, the heat and humidity is just too much. I'm drenched walking from her house to the car!

Give me temps between 25-55 and I'm happy as a clam.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. I first heard the term when I vacationed at Pompano Beach in winter
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:44 AM
Jun 2016

My hotel was full of Canadian snowbirds, lol! And most of them had been coming there every year for a couple of decades or more. I had so much fun with them that I made a point of going there for vacation again.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. I may have been in that clog once or twice heading to Assateague or Chincoteague
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:03 AM
Jun 2016

From McLean, Virginia in summer. Though we usually went to Rehoboth and spared you.

TexasProgresive

(12,148 posts)
20. The big jam was in summer
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:53 AM
Jun 2016

Weekends from DC to Ocean City. We would head to the Beltway to eat at our favorite Greek restaurant, and a little shopping. It was nice seeing all the cars going the opposite direction.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
19. I was gonna say "Sunbirds" but yeah
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:07 AM
Jun 2016

either way, it's the opposite of snowbirds.

I loved visiting Denver in October, Maine in February, Indiana at thanksgiving and all the other places I've been at the wrong time. It always reminds why I'm so happy to get home to Florida.

And then I crank down the AC. go figure lol.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
22. I usually try to take a vacation in the summer to somewhere cooler
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:00 PM
Jun 2016

Last August I was in northern Maine and it was quite pleasant.

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
23. "It should be against the law for the temps to go above 90" NOOOO
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:59 PM
Jun 2016

I love the heat. I live in Florida and rarely use the Air Conditioner.

Ceiling fans and open up the house to the seabreeze and I'm one happy guy.

Air Conditioning ruined this state. Brought in all these people who hate the heat. I mean, WTF? It's FLORIDA!

If it was up to me, A/C would be banned.

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