I Love NY!
I grew up in WI, so I know cold! At least you get all the seasons, which is so cool!
The NW is kind of mild, but overcast almost all the time! Westy and I live in the same city!
I was born in Toledo Ohio.
Grew up just over the NY NJ border in Vernon NJ, and came to NY in 1988.
Currently the small dairy farms in my immediate area are being crushed out of existence by insane taxes, levies, and regulations stuck on them.
Your profile page says Seattle...I don't live in Seattle...
.....Westy....