Now that I have a stay-at-home job and don’t have to commute at all...I don’t think winter would be as bad. As long as I could stay snug as a bug in a rug inside, I could live in Michigan winters.
The one thing I do not miss though in Michigan is the dearth of decent food...Mexican and fast food places....food is so much better in Texas. And, of course, the people are so much friendlier here....present company excluded.
I also would not want to live in the Detroit suburbs where I did before...western MI, where you live, sounds great.
Can’t have everything all in one place....darn! lol
I don’t have to drive too much in the winter and we use wood heat so that’s nice. But as we get older it’s harder to keep up with all the chores. Many Michiganders go south for the winter, that’s starting to sound good to us.