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I absolutely would. If it were a realistic option I'd mine my family to somewhere like Scotland, Iceland, Norway or Canada to get away from the unpleasantly hot summers we have here (relatively speaking - most people would probably not find it that hot.)
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure my wife would happily move to the Mediterranean for more heat...
I'd mine my family to somewhere
You're tunneling there?
Well, of course! It's a good way to escape the heat - as long as you don't go too deep.
I'm on your boat. I used to get on fairly well with the british climate but as it's changing I do fancy going north. The issue for me would be the short daytime hours. I go to northern europe in winter quite a bit cause it's cheap then, but the 4 hours of daylight thing was hard.
I did go to Iceland in the summer once, no night at all, it was brilliant for my mood.
Absolutely could be. I've thought about moving just to get away from the winter ice where I live; I'm a delivery driver so it becomes a major occupational hazard.
Yes, with the caveat that the combination of weather and local adaptations is more important than weather alone. For example, the heat is worse in Florida than it is in New York City, but in Florida you can drive everywhere in an air-conditioned car and experience the heat for only a minute or two each day while in NYC you'll probably have to either walk or wait for mass transit long enough to become miserable even though the weather isn't as hot.
It seems that unless you can live somewhere with perfect weather like parts of the west coast of the US, you're probably best off looking for the most car-friendly place to live and avoiding the weather entirely.
Manhattan at the height of a humid heat wave is hell on earth. Just the smells, alone, are enough to qualify. Still a cool place to visit.
It would depend on how much I liked my job, friends, and family and how much I hated the weather.
Move. I moved to a country for work. It was miserable, and in turn, so was I. Moved back to Australia. Heaven.
However, I'm finding the humidity is too much for me here, so have my eye on New Zealand.
New Zealand is option 2 for me too, but australia and NZ feel like they are completely dosconnected to the rest of the world. Even tho I got some cousins there.
Yes. Totally a factor. I couldn't live in places with snow. A holiday maybe, but not a life
Yeah, it's pretty normal and will become more normal as agricultural strain becomes worse in equatorial regions. I suspect it will depend on the immigration context of more livable countries, in which case you might have more community moving with you and you can struggle together in your new home.
It depends really. If I lived somewhere where natural disasters were a common occurrence then I probably would. Luckily I live in the UK which, while not great in other ways, has a temperate climate. That said, if the south gets too much warmer then I am tempted to move to Scotland. I don't cope well in temperatures above 19 Celsius. It would be one of several reasons though, not the overriding factor.
Life is a rich tapestry and everyone is different but thatβs 66 degrees F and thatβs legit pretty cold to me from California. No oneβs right or wrong here, thatβs just so interesting to me.
Edit: typing is hard, apparently
UK's pretty bloody humid though, and we don't really have air con.
Thatβs super fair, we were at a theme park and it was 23c and 90% humidity yesterday and it was pretty gross.
Damn 19C! My apartment is 24 right now and it feels cozy. When I bake it gets to 27. Without heat in the winter it hovers around 16 inside.
I'd consider going somewhere with more extreme day/night cycles like the Northwest territories, but within Canada I'm basically happy where I am. I like the super long days in the summer and I'm also ok living in the dark most of the winter as long as I can stay active.
As someone who lives in a sunny place, and knows how much it impacts my general well-being when it's not sunny, I would absolutely move for the weather. If I lived somewhere known for being grey and rainy, I could guarantee I'd have depression. I need to live in a sunny place to function.
I havent lived in a grey rainy area (unless monsoon counts). But that sou ds like heaven to me.
I'd move to the south of my country just to escape the summer heat.
Unless you live in an extreme snow, flood, fire or tornado prone region, I'd probably think you're crazy if that was your only reason to move. But if weather is just one of many reasons, like job, lifestyle, housing, travel... I get it.
Or extreme heat. I've got family and friends fleeing Arizona every year
Yes. That was one of the reasons for my move.
Depends a lot of the severity of the bad weather. I wouldn't live in antartica or cities that are constantly being hit by earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc. That would be a big reason for me to leave everything behind.
But if its just like a mild weather that I am not too happy about, then I wouldn't want to lose friends and or family because of that.
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