If you had a choice to live in only cold states, which one would you select and why?

[raccoon]

Just imagine that you can only select hard coded cold states to live in …which one will you select and why?

(I thought of putting a list of cold states here to choose from, then decided not to. I leave it to you to decide which states you consider “cold states.”)

For myself, I would say VT or MA. They are both so blue! NH would be all right too.

(Thread inspired by: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2602455 )

[Xyzse]

1. Heck I'd move to Canada

If I can only live in a cold state.

[rurallib]

22. I second your choice

[Myrina]

2. Yep, up East for sure.

I like the thought of being close to the coast, being able to be snowed in for a week at a time, and having lots of nature around when the snow isn't so deep.

Oh and the generally liberal politics help, too.

Montana/the Dakotas feel too 'cowboy ish' for me, and I grew up in WI and have friends/family in MN & don't really consider them 'hard coded cold' because they do actually have all 4 seasons.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I would rather live in New Hampshire or Maine.

Instead of New York.

[Agschmid]

4. VT

Lived there and loved it.

[pipi_k]

5. I already

live in my favorite cold state...MA.

If I had to switch, though, I'd choose Maine.


Beautiful state.

[dawg]

6. North Carolina.

Brr!

[mnhtnbb]

24. LOL. It has been cold here this winter!

[LeftishBrit]

7. Massachusetts if it has to be in the USA; otherwise Norway,

[Arugula Latte]

8. I think Massachusetts or Vermont.

I can't handle the mountain states in winter (that elevation kills me with the dehydration, etc.). I can't handle the extreme wind and extreme chill factor of the plains states in winter. I'm definitely a coastal person (I think Vermont would be close enough to the ocean for me).

[bigwillq]

9. I like living in CT

You really do get all four seasons.

[Wait Wut]

10. Illinois

Chicago, Illinois. Leaving was the worst decision I've ever made.

[fizzgig]

11. it gets pretty cold in colorado

and it's lovely living here

[Callmecrazy]

28. I was stationed near Colorado Springs...

at Fort Carson and loved the winters.
I should havegone back but I never did.

[lastlib]

12. Alaska or Montana

for the sheer beauty of the wilderness.

[RebelOne]

15. Yes, I prefer Alaska. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

25. Those are my two top picks, too.

If one could consider Washington or Oregon to be "cold" states, which I do, they'd be tops. But, I think they'd generally be considered more moderate.

[talkingmime]

13. New Hampshire. I loved it there and all three of my daughters were born there.

In the same bed, in the same house. There are two seasons - winter and the 4th of July.

[sarge43]

16. Four seasons: winter, mud (when the frost heaves are in bloom), the 4th, and foliage.

I love it here.

[talkingmime]

18. We just had two seasons. The fucking black flies were NASTY!!!

Fortunately, we don't have black flies in PA. Just mosquitos. The swallows and bats take out most of them, but they still get through.

[sarge43]

19. Black flies are Satan's air force.

Japanese beetles are the assault teams.

[talkingmime]

20. I agree on the black flies. Japanese beetles are cool. Stink bugs are cat toys.

[sarge43]

23. Jay beetles eat my roses. They must die! n/t

[Blue_Tires]

14. Rhode Island

Lived there before, and loved it...

[kwassa]

39. went to college there ...

[rrneck]

17. New York. Might as well have culture. nt

[olddots]

21. Walpole Mass

Burlington Vermont Camden Maine ?????

[Bucky]

26. I would live in a state of emotional rigidity

[Moondog]

27. Any one of these three would work for me -

The North Shore area of Massachusetts.

The I-25 corridor from Denver to Ft Collins, Colorado.

The Bellingham, Washington area.

My preference depends upon my mood.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. live in nyc, love it

would only move for work and that too begrudgingly

is NY state a cold state?

[raccoon]

50. Decidedly! nt

[MADem]

30. We get temperatures in the nineties in "cold states" in the summer.

I think temperature-wise, Alaska might be a cold state...but Massachusetts? The commonwealth has four seasons--only one of 'em is really COLD.

[Moondog]

31. Everything is relative.

I live in FL. To me, MA is cold. And I have lived in the Lexington / Concord area for about 18 months. It's damned cold. But nice. And I prefer the North Shore from, oh, Salem up through and north of Marblehead.

[MADem]

32. FL is hot to me--especially in summer! So's Puerto Rico!

I am in NYC this week, and it's....brisk! I just came from CA (south of LA) and everyone was complaining that it was "cool"--I spent a lot of time in the pool.

Head down towards the Cape--it's usually warmer in that end of MA. Even the south shore is milder, usually, than the north shore. In the eastern half of MA, Worcester and the Merrimack Valley get the worst winter weather.

Boston is the windiest city in the US...windier than Chicago!

[Moondog]

34. It is. But MA gets as hot in their very brief summer.

The FL summer just lasts longer.

I have spent time on the Cape. In summer and in winter. Weirdly, I actually prefer the winter. Because I prefer my beaches to be deserted.

What I miss, in FL, is spring and fall. And there is no fall like a New England fall.

So I am toying with getting a smallish condo / pied-à-terre up there, that I can lock and leave when the cold ceases to be amusing.

[MADem]

36. I like winter on the Cape, too. Fall and spring, too. We do Thanksgiving there.

Christmas too, often as not. I have a ton of family who are year-rounders there. Easier to go to them now than they come to us, which used to be the norm.

I like to go to northern Maine in the heat of summer sometimes...also the dead of winter when there's a ton of snow on the ground--it never seems "as" cold up there for some reason. I guess it's because the air is less humid..!

[DFW]

33. Massachusetts

When we take long vacations, we ALWAYS head back to the States and Massachusetts.

Like that old Standells song, we love Boston, and we go search out a sparsely populated part of the Outer Cape for the rest of the time. The living is not cheap in Bosstown, but there are a LOT of very pleasant people in that part of the world, and we feel right at home there.

[Scuba]

35. Florida. I live in Wisconsin now.

[mrmpa]

37. Massachusetts or New Hampshire.......

Both have a coastline (very important). I could live in a quiet town, where I could walk into town and to the library. I would have a wood burning stove for the winter. The summers are hot, but tolerable. They also have 4 seasons.

[union_maid]

38. MA or VT

I already have friends in the Berks, so if I didn't have to make a living that would be just fine. My son would love to end up in VT and I'd like to end up somewhat near him, so that would be fine, too.

[kwassa]

40. New England or Colorado.

and NYC, if someone else will pay large amounts of money for me to live in the lifestyle I'd like to become accustomed to.

My ancestors settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636.

I like New England because of scenery and history, my family on my dad's side was from Maine, I lived in Connecticut and went to college in Rhode Island. I also lived many years in the Midwest, and never wish to go back again.

I could see living in Toronto, too.

Colorado is just beautiful, great skiing, and enough cosmopolitan aspects to make it interesting.

[Kali]

41. Alaska, but

hell even AZ, NM, and CA have cold mountainous sections so...what exactly is a cold state?

[Ptah]

42. I was thinking Show Low or Prescott.

[Kali]

43. and Flag

(I was born there)

[Ptah]

44. Flagstaff has too much snow for me.

When we moved here from Montana in 1967, I was a junior in high school.
My oldest brother was a student at Northwestern University in Illinois.
The family move was a sudden thing. Besides traveling to a state he had never seen,
he had no idea the move was even being discussed.
He came to Arizona for Christmas, by train.
When he arrived in Flag, there was an epic snowstorm.
Everything shut down, I think there was six feet of snow.
He recounts the plastic seats in the station that were designed to prevent comfort.

[IrishEyes]

45. Michigan or Montana

I have already lived in VT, NY, WI, NJ and IL. I haven't lived in a warm state yet.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

46. I lived in Madison, Wisconsin when I was a kid in the 1950s

where it got pretty cold in the winter time. I've lived all over the place since then. It seemed like as good a place as any and the people were nice.

[Blue_In_AK]

47. Well, Alaska, of course.

There are other cold states?

[Thegonagle]

48. The one I live in now, of course.

That's Minnesota.

I didn't vote for Michelle Bachmann, so don't blame me!

I did vote for Al Franken and Keith Ellison though.

[Bigredhunk]

49. I Live In Iowa

As a cold weather/dark early at night - lover, this winter was pretty good. Last winter sucked. Most people like warm, sunny weather. I hate it. Summers here are BRUTAL. Every day last summer was 85 - 105 (heat index) with high humidity. It blows. I love the winter though. I love it when it gets dark at 5 PM and there's a nip in the air. Cold weather puts me right. If I'm in a store (or wherever) and I'm feeling like shit, stepping outside almost always puts me right but quick.

I'd live anywhere cold and liberal. Madison, WI is nice. Minneapolis was nice. Chicago's nice. I haven't traveled enough to speak on the Eastern states. I imagine I'd love Colorado. I watched the movie "Bag It" the other day. I think most of the filming was done in Telluride, which is where I assume the director/star lives. Holy gorgeous!

[geardaddy]

51. My home state: Minnesota

[AsahinaKimi]

52. If I wanted cold...

I would move to Lake Tahoe.

[KamaAina]

53. New York for NYC.

Along similar lines, Mass. for Boston and Ill. for Chicago.

Then there's Maine. No big cities, but one terrific college professor.