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Post by Zee on Apr 1, 2024 16:46:37 GMT
I would think hard about it. Just last week you said (I swear it was you) that you'd never leave the south for a Midwestern winter again. So give some weighted consideration to that perspective. I also don't know where your kids live. I am all about having an adventure, would not mind one right now actually, but I'd be hard-pressed to move away from my kids which is most likely why I'll never leave here. But if my Chloe moved, then I'd have no trouble leaving myself. It sounds so exciting though. I would love even this kind of opportunity to come along for me. Even to consider something like this gets your blood flowing. So all the above considered, if I still wanted to go, I would. Ha! Yes it was me! And this IL-raised former Iowan did say never again with the snow. But I do really love Wisconsin, we used to go camping there a lot and it's just lovely and close enough to "home" to feel like home. I can't say I don't love it here, but I'm all caught up in the idea of another adventure. ETA my son would be free to come with or not, up to him. Our daughter has been in CO ever since we all left PA so this would actually be a little closer. I was hoping to end up in NM. Maybe someday. |
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Post by Zee on Apr 1, 2024 16:51:45 GMT
We have friends whose parents did that very thing, moved from GA to WI to be closer to their kids and their lake cabin on the western edge of the state. They started out here but they ended up in GA after their kids were grown. They would spend winters in GA and summers at their cabin in WI. After the mom/grandma passed away, the dad/grandpa moved back up here permanently be be closer to his daughter and grandkids. The only thing I would shy away from is the “old” farmhouse. They can be an expensive nightmare of old electrical and plumbing, crappy insulation, asbestos flooring and lead paint. No thanks to that. I’d rather have a new construction farmhouse built to look like an old one but the rest of it sounds nice. ETA: The winters now aren’t nearly as bad as they used to be even 10-15 years ago thanks to climate change. We did have a ton of snow a year ago but the temps weren’t too bad. Last winter was a total nothingburger, it was the warmest recorded winter on record. If the article that Jeremysgirl posted about recently comes to pass with a mass exodus of people moving from down south up to the northern states, I think it would be better to be on the front end of that stampede. I know about old houses, our house in Iowa was an older (1920) farm house that didn't sit on a farm but you could see the neighboring corn fields just down the block. I love old houses but yes, they're not as convenient as a new one. I really love the history and the charm even though they are filled with "surprises" and every minor repair requires 15 trips to the hardware store for a different odd-shaped workaround. 😁 |
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Post by cbet on Apr 1, 2024 17:00:15 GMT
I actually live in "middle wisconsin" and have all my life. Every winter I complain about the cold, and I don't know why, It's not like I don't know it's coming  This last winter was exceptionally mild - although last Sunday-Monday we had a storm dump about 11" of snow Something that some of the "big city" transplants have mentioned is that even though it's higher mileage to get to some of the amenities, timewise it's less because of being able to get there at highway speed with less traffic. Used to work with a guy who moved from Chicago. He decided he could get a house anywhere within 2 hours of his job, since that was the length of his commute in Chicago. I can get to Green Bay (East) or Eau Claire (West) from here in under 2 hours. I would not recommend that as a commute in the winter, though, for sure! I do say that no one appreciates a sunny 40° day like a Wisconsinite in January |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 1, 2024 20:51:45 GMT
We have friends whose parents did that very thing, moved from GA to WI to be closer to their kids and their lake cabin on the western edge of the state. They started out here but they ended up in GA after their kids were grown. They would spend winters in GA and summers at their cabin in WI. After the mom/grandma passed away, the dad/grandpa moved back up here permanently be be closer to his daughter and grandkids. The only thing I would shy away from is the “old” farmhouse. They can be an expensive nightmare of old electrical and plumbing, crappy insulation, asbestos flooring and lead paint. No thanks to that. I’d rather have a new construction farmhouse built to look like an old one but the rest of it sounds nice. ETA: The winters now aren’t nearly as bad as they used to be even 10-15 years ago thanks to climate change. We did have a ton of snow a year ago but the temps weren’t too bad. Last winter was a total nothingburger, it was the warmest recorded winter on record. If the article that Jeremysgirl posted about recently comes to pass with a mass exodus of people moving from down south up to the northern states, I think it would be better to be on the front end of that stampede. I know about old houses, our house in Iowa was an older (1920) farm house that didn't sit on a farm but you could see the neighboring corn fields just down the block. I love old houses but yes, they're not as convenient as a new one. I really love the history and the charm even though they are filled with "surprises" and every minor repair requires 15 trips to the hardware store for a different odd-shaped workaround. 😁 I totally get loving the charm of an old house, our previous one was built in 1908 and we ended up renovating about 90% of it in the 20+ years we lived there. We also basically tore down our 1965 WI cabin and rebuilt from the ground up with new construction. Having done both, it’s so much easier starting from scratch and knowing everything is all up to code when you’re done. |
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This last winter was exceptionally mild - although last Sunday-Monday we had a storm dump about 11" of snow 