Are you a cold Climate or a Warm Climate person?

[OchoZacho]

Agreed! ^

[Duxnutz]

I'd never heard of negative Fahrenheit until I moved to Wisconsin. Yikes! Warm weather person, just have to do alot of travel during the colder months!

[tdlfoto]

...and we're just experiencing the beginning / easiest of it. like frank, i'm also growing tired of it with each passing year.

[NJP]

19C/66F comfortable operating conditions for me.

[Mckucci]

I'm from Toronto, and I hate it.... Yesterday was alright, it was not that bad out... However, today I wish I were down south.... I'm about ready to move my business to Florida

[bigfunkyg]

Where I live its hard-core winter 5 months of the year. The "polar vortex" last year saw temps around the -30c mark for most of the winter. That kind of sucked. I do enjoy the changing of the seasons but often find myself wishing for just a bit more summer and less winter.

I love traveling to warm climates and shocking locals by telling them how cold and how much snow we have at home, and then the ask "how do you live there?". I can't explain it but it what you grew up with and know.

I'm just thankful I have a place to smoke cigars in the winter months.

[gtejada]

Found this not so long ago. There is some good to living in cold climates at least for men. Enjoy!

A recent report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism1 looked at total and free testosterone, LH (luteinizing hormone— a brain hormone that stimulates the testes to secrete testosterone) and SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin— a protein that binds to testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol and serves to carry it through your circulation; changes in its concentration significantly affect the ratio of unbound [biologically active] testosterone to estradiol in plasma) in a group of 1,549 men living in Norway. (I didn’t know there were that many people in Norway).

What they found was intriguing. Total testosterone (T) peaked in the months of October and November, with a smaller peak in February. June levels of total T were the lowest. Moreover, free T peaked in December and reached a low point in August. The subjects’ waist-to-hip ratio followed the pattern for T. That is, they were highest when T was lowest. So, subjects were perhaps leaner during the cold winter months, which, by the way, also have the fewest hours of sunlight. Furthermore, the variations in hormone levels were quite large (31 percent difference between peaks and nadirs). So what the hell does this mean? Should you move to Canada and go ice fishing after a heavy session of back and biceps?

[HarveyBoulevard]

Grew up in North Carolina and went to college up in the mountains. Nice summers, cold winters. Moved to California for post grad and now just visit the cold. I do love to visit the cold for a week or two each year but don't miss living in it. At my current local, I can be on the beach in 45 minutes, the sand dunes in 45 minutes, or on a 10k peak with snow in 45 minutes.

[GottaBeKD]

Hoping this year is kinder to us Canadians. Last year we got -40 in Toronto.

[Ryan]

I like either but I need the right gear and about 3 days to adjust.

It can be 10 Celsius here any day of the year. The rain just feels colder or warmer. It gets boring.

[ImTripN2]

God I hate the cold, except for ski days that is. Three years ago the wife and I set a goal to never live anywhere where it's so cold we have to wear shoes, and can't spend the day laying in the hammock.... Finally comes true in February.

[MIKA27]

I'm a bit of both weather type of person.

I love the summers here in Oz however after enough months of sunshine, I really look forward to the Melbourne winter.

I recall you weren't too fond of that Rob when you came down a couple years back with Lisa

I've lived many years in Europes winters also, for some reason, even with -C temperatures in Austria, Hungary etc, Melbourne winters can come across colder due to chill factor.

[Colt45]

Boston, Newport RI, Portsmouth NH (and other places) are magical in the dead of winter. So are Sanibel / Captiva (and other places).

If you are able to take advantage, the seasons can be great fun. Sometimes the smallest bit of planning can offset any downside

Have fun Jackie.

(You too Robbo)

[airtrade]

Been in SW Ohio my whole life. Hot In summer cold in winter. No spring or fall it seems.

After visiting hawaii for our last three aniversarys. We swear to retire there! 14 years to go!

WARM weathe person here!

[stogieluver]

NOT happy below 55 dF. Really, below 65 dF and I'm not comfortable. I live on the Alabama Gulf Coast and tonight and tomorrow night the temps will just below freezing. HATE COLD WEATHER.

[earthson]

I could never live in a cold climate. To me it has no redeeming features. The truth about snow is that it is cold and wet! I saw a squirrel this morning on my walk. Well, while it was cute enough....I really pictured Daniel Boone and a hat that would keep my head warm

I am a warm weather person!

For me, there is nothing more peaceful than being in the woods (hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing) in the dead of winter. It's just so still and quiet - kind of like sitting in the dark in a cave.

And if you stick around long enough through the winter, the air usually dries out and then snow becomes cold and dry!

[maduro]

I was born and raised in Toronto and I must agree with the two previous mention.

With every passing year the cold becomes more and more intolerable.

We have to adapt to it because you can't really fight it.

Anyway my parents moved here from southern Italy,my blood is Mediterranean.

Therefore bring on the heat the cold be dammed.

Three months in Florida every winter is my retirement goal.

If I never see another snowflake again it will be to soon.

End of rant.

[shlomo]

For me, there is nothing more peaceful than being in the woods (hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing) in the dead of winter. It's just so still and quiet - kind of like sitting in the dark in a cave.

And if you stick around long enough through the winter, the air usually dries out and then snow becomes cold and dry!

We all love to sit in a dark cold cave by ourselves!! Thats perfectly normal....

[earthson]

We all love to sit in a dark cold cave by ourselves!! Thats perfectly normal....

Never said by myself! Matter of fact, I recommend bringing a woman of the female persuasion along...

[leftimatic]

I wear $425 inserts in my work boots and shoes because of frostbite. Nearly lost 4 toes. Two on each foot. The nerves are still shot in 2 and they turn black if it gets below -2 anymore. My fingers have a habit of going white and lack feeling these days, especially if I go near anything frosty and metallic, but I love a clear frosty full moon. When there is a million stars in the sky and the northern lights start to shimmer. The farther north you go the more amazing they become. Watching the hoar frost grow on the trees as the sun rises and turns them pink like cotton candy is nothing short of amazing. The crunch of snowshoes in an otherwise silent forest, breath billowing around ones head and body as he navigates through the trees. The Canadian north is nothing short of amazing in the winter, I love it. Now if I just didn't hate the bloody freezing gosh darn cold so much!!! Working in that hell has done nothing short of destroy me, I can't stand it! One thing my mom always said when we moved out west from Ontario and my Dad would ***** about the rain. She would look out the window and say "You don't shovel rain"

[Fuzz AI]

A warm 40^oC today in Sydney (that's 104^oF for you Yanks). A nice precursor for summer. Love bright sunny Sydney days, but personally, I prefer colder weather.

[Rushman]

lets see......ive lived in south carolina, north carolina, virginia, texas, california, mexico and grand cayman - what do you think

WARM, but to this day, nothing beats a Charlotte spring or a texas fall

[Bartolomeo]

Warm

[LLC]

Definitely prefer warm and agree the older I get the more I don't like the cold. I'll never complain about too hot because I choose to complain about too cold.

[joeypots]

Cold

I hate the hot seasons and would never think of going anywhere tropical except for the odd fishing trip. I love winter sports and would love to retire to the mountains if possible.