I was born and raised in Florida. Lived in Georgia and Texas, but when I got to Ohio, this hit me. I love the Midwest cause of the folks here are genuine and sincere, not merely polite. However, when we get our first cold snap, I have a day or two of doldrums.
Years ago, someone remarked why is it that I turn on every light in the house? I told them I need a lot of light, and most houses in the Midwest are dark and depressing to me, and they are. We decided that I was like a plant. You know how some things grow in the shade, semi-shade, or full sun? Well, I am a full sun person. I need light, and I like color, too. Grays don’t soothe me, they depress me.
After 35+ years in the Midwest, I am seriously considering moving further south for retirement.
“After 35+ years in the Midwest, I am seriously considering moving further south for retirement.”
Many of my wife’s siblings, cousins and adult children head south to Floriduh if they can from New Years to about Easter.
One sibling and the love of his life will be going to Texas this year as the owner of the Floriduh rental condos sold all the condos in the past Covid years. He couldn’t rent them at first Covid. So he sold them.
People like them are called SnowBirds.
Here on the west coast, the rain birds at about this time of the year from Seattle to S. Oregon get into their RVs and head south on I5 to S. California or S. Arizona.
Many have side trips with reservations made the year before into California’s Redwoods, North Coastal towns, wine counties, now they avoid Gay Frisco and go on the Carmel and south coastal areas before going to Arizona.
Washington and Oregon have severe SAD seasons.