Originally Posted by Gettingtheflipout

...but if you aren't born to the NE weather (ie, have no problem with going for a jog at 5 in the morning before work starts at 8 (what is it with vermont and 8am starts?!) in pitch black and the wind so cold your tear ducts and nasel hairs freeze), or love winter sports ...

Originally Posted by MrMuffin

Being just South of 'Gettingtheflipout' in Southern New Hampshire, I totally agree. Word to the wise for anyone considering moving to the Boston/New England area, is to strongly consider the weather.

Like 'Gettingtheflipout' says, the winters are endless. Shoveling snow is fun the first few times. But after you've been doing it day in, day out for five months, just to get in your driveway or receive the mail (because the mailman won't bother with your house if you have snow on your steps), it gets really old. Then you have a month (if you're lucky) of weather that you can actually go outside in (without wellies, big coats, and wooly hats). All the trees pop leaves and it's Spring. You quickly get the house fixed up for next winter and garden sorted. The garden just starts to look good when it gets unbearably hot and humid, with torrential rains and heavy storms every few days, and you lose half your plants and flowers to the heat.

Then if you're lucky, in September it starts to cool off so you don't have to run the AC during the night to sleep comfortably. Hopefully we'll have a month or two of reasonable temps. What's left of the garden after the heat will come back until we start getting heavy frosts again in October. If we're lucky we won't see heavy snow until December. But that won't be gone until April and off we go again.

I've only been here since 2002 and I've seen heavy snowfalls as early as late September and as late as my Mum's birthday, May 25th.

Like I said, anyone considering a move to this area should think about the weather situation with eyes wide open. And if you're into any kind of outdoor activity, know that your activity period will be a lot shorter.

Originally Posted by Jandysi

I didn't particularly desperately feel the need to leave. It was an opportunity, and option that kept rearing it's head and I was too scared to do it but too scared not to..................so we did it. And in so many ways I regret it.

I am still weighing up what I lost to what I have gained.............they remain neck and neck. I don't yet feel I am at all better off personally, emotionally, financially, professionally...........but i have experienced being bitten by a jellyfish and 44.4 degree heat at Christmas. Should I be thankful????...........not sure.

This IS NOT my final resting place. I will return.

Originally Posted by coolio_carl

Where do you hail from now? what career did you choose that was so bad?

Originally Posted by Dukie

Went for work in Canada, as out of work in uk with no benefit left. freinds helped me get in, what a mistake. Work to hard here, miss the Pubs, no good curry houses either, beer weak like nats water, could go on and on just want to go home fed up. All they talk about here is money and there big houses and cars, well they can keep it all. I even miss the rain, little rain here in summer also to hot cant move at 30. What I give for a good curry and a few pints of real manchester ale.

Originally Posted by Danny B

Because I hated the yob & binge drinking culture that the UK has.
I also had a sneaky feeling that the housing market was about to explode so we decided to jump ship before it sank.

Originally Posted by needasmack

where are ya in canuck land?

Originally Posted by Dukie

At least in teh UK people can hold there drink. Candians cant drink worth shite.

Originally Posted by Danny B

I rest my case.

Thank God Canadians don't have this vile "drink to your drunk" mentality.

Originally Posted by coolio_carl

There there dear, we can't help it if we like to have fun by enjoying a little tipple and a dance

Originally Posted by Dukie

Went for work in Canada, as out of work in uk with no benefit left. freinds helped me get in, what a mistake. Work to hard here, miss the Pubs, no good curry houses either, beer weak like nats water, could go on and on just want to go home fed up.

Originally Posted by coolio_carl

Sure the UK certainly is'nt perfect, but for the past 6 year I had been hell bent on getting out of here and getting to Australia to start a new life. Towards the end I was trying to find any excuse to slag off the UK, I suppose to justify what a massive life changing thing I was about to do.
Now I realise the home really is where the heart is.(see thread "Moving to Oz from a gay point of view. Dislikes of Australia and why we came back" ) I'm in £10'000 worth of debt but I do believe it was worth it as I now have Australia out of my system and will never slag my country off about anything again... well apart from the weather! haha

Just wondering what it was that wanted anyone else want to leave the UK so much?