Thread: you yankees are CRAZY

I just saw this article:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbea...x?ocid=U270DHP

y'all CHOOSE to live in places that still have snow in July...crazy. smh.

Yeah, they got hit pretty hard last winter...you've got to be a really hardy yankee to live in Buffalo in the winter. ;)

We may be crazy but our bugs don't get as big. And we get beautiful snow. We can still get around if we get an inch of the stuff, unlike the south where everything shuts down for days.

I'd like to move to the Pacific Northwest - Seattle/Portland - no snow, and small bugs

Originally Posted by Quest

Now flipt that coin over...we GET to stay home and enjoy the snow and don't have to get out in it!
But you have us on the BUGS

Now the only issue is clearing the snow. I'm bugging DH for a tractor with a blade for pushing snow on the front. I've been snowblowing our long driveway for two years now. It seems it only dumps hug amounts of snow when he travels. Thankfully our snob lower is self propelled.

The good news is that DH has sold his zero turn mower, so I'm one step closer to getting a new tractor with the toys I want.

Originally Posted by Highly Favoured

We may be crazy but our bugs don't get as big. And we get beautiful snow. We can still get around if we get an inch of the stuff, unlike the south where everything shuts down for days.

Michiganders rock...well done!

I saw a tv program from Alaska where they claimed that their state bird should have been a mosquito. The situation in Northern Norway is a bit similar. Annoying bugs aren't exclusively an Australian or Southern US phenomenon. Mosquitos are known to have killed animals in Northern Norway.

Originally Posted by njtom

I'd like to move to the Pacific Northwest - Seattle/Portland - no snow, and small bugs

From another thread I gather Seattle has it's own set of problems...

Originally Posted by Colonel

I saw a tv program from Alaska where they claimed that their state bird should have been a mosquito. The situation in Northern Norway is a bit similar. Annoying bugs aren't exclusively an Australian or Southern US phenomenon. Mosquitos are known to have killed animals in Northern Norway.