[coder2]

What I don't miss is the dampness and when it was cold that it just permeated the bones.

Much drier here -- just as SD is. Hubby has bad knees that just killed him back in MN --- here is it like "what bad knees".

Even if MN wasn't such a cesspool of liberal crap, I think we may have still made the move anyway for the kinder & gentler winters. People out here think we are crazy when we say "this isn't bad at all"

[defconw]

Yes, our last winter in MN was just horrendous. They had a bad one this year as well.

Now that you mention it. I have not heard my husband complain about his hands and shoulder hurting so much. He suffered in Minnesota.