Well, I've always lived on the northern periphery of the US -- born in Upper Michigan, reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for the past 35 years been in New England (2 years in Massachusetts, 8 in Maine and the past 25 in New Hampshire).

I LIKE the change of seasons and actually having a real winter.

But . . .

I get real tired of winter real soon. Too many snowstorms with the resultant tricky driving, etc. will get to me. Cold for too long will too -- we heat primarily with wood. (Great exercise, by the way.)

This year I got tired of winter very quickly -- first I hit a deer on the way home from work, then a week later landed my car in the ditch while blinded in a snowstorm. And this morning my car wouldn't start. (And it's not that cold! And it POURED over the weekend!)

Worse driving than snow, though, is when it rains and the temperature hovers around 32 degrees (Fahrenheit).

Linn