would you relocate to a warmer climate to avoid the winter cold?

I did. The icy breezes off of Lake Erie were aggravating my arthritis. I knew I wouldn't be able to continue to care for myself in that climate. Snow shoveling? No way. And I am a walker. I like the option of being able to walk everyday. I moved to a small town in Arizona. It is bliss. Even during the recent heatwave, I can still get up early and enjoy a cool morning walk. I get one snowfall a year that thaws by noon. Perfect. There are many small towns in Az that are very affordable and the state offers so much in beauty and actitvity. Ninety percent of the population here is over 40 so it is safe, uncongested and quiet. Don't all come at once but think about it. I haven't regretted it in the six years since I came here.

I hate these Ohio winters, and if I had the financial means to do so, I'd relocate to a warmer climate faster than the ' Blizzard of '78 ' stormed through here. I'm 59 and have never known another storm of that magnitude, before or since. The storm began at around 2 A.M. on a Thursday morning. I had been out late ( until about midnight or so ) and it was actually raining at that point, with the temperatures hovering right around 32 degrees Fahrenheit. A few hours later, things had become so bad that they weren't even able to get an Army tank ( from the tank plant here ) through to fight a house fire, after the folks living there had opened it up to those with no place to go. They actually tried for six hours without any success. The home, a very lovely one, burnt completely to the ground. I tell ya, I don't wanna ever see another storm like that one for as long as I live. However, living here in Ohio, I know the chance always exists and I absolutely dread even the prospect of it!

Yes am planning to later this year. Not for that reason but hopefully it will help my arthritis and be very nice to get outside and be more active all winter long, and get some sunshine and fresh air. I don't like the long months of cold weather here and the wind that goes along with it makes it miserable. If I didn't have arthritis I would get out anyway but it affects my joints and want to avoid them getting swollen and distorted. The only things I'll really miss is seeing the flakes of snow falling (I'm like a young child with excitement when I see that) and feeding the winter birds when there is snow all over the ground. The rest I think I won't miss a bit. And I will bake all year round, but more so in the winter....cornbread, meatloaf, biscuits, muffins and yeast breads especially.

Unfortunately I have to move from my cool climate to a hotter one. I don't run my air-conditioning more than 10 days in the summer. With a little care, I can keep the temperature of my house tolerable the rest of the time. But I have to face summer weather of heat and humidity where I'm going. I hate it. The snow is beautiful and I'm glad it's shoveled by contract. I don't like driving in it. Nor do I like driving in blinding rain in the summer. Both are dangerous. I dislike the darkness of a northern location in winter but really enjoy the long days in summer. It's always good to get a change of weather. Going to a warm sunny place in winter is good; so is going from a filthy hot place to a lakeside cottage in the north is good in summer.

every place has it's pros and cons. The ideal is to have enough money (but do our seniors have it anymore) to spend your summers in the midwest and winters in Florida.

Moving gets expensive. The north has it's cold, the south has its humidity, both are just as bad. These days both get the heat, some longer than others but just as high. Florida gets a couple of cold weeks in winter too, just that one doesn't have to dig the snow but one still needs the car. Here a tropical breeze means look out for fires. Your paragraph suggests you need a vacation. If you wanted to, you could protect your home from the winter cold where you are and spend $10,000 or less in a 9-12 month rental (that figure includes rent, food and electric) and bring your car and test out the sub-tropical weather in Florida.

I already live in a warmer climate. I live in Texas and we're having a heat wave, but the temperature is coming down a little. I'm looking forward to fall now and cooler days and nights. Our winters are usually pretty mild. Some winters we never see any snow but last winter we had the most beautiful snow that I can remember in my lifetime. I had rather live in a climate where the summers are hot than in a climate where the winters are extremely cold.

there are many problems with the warmer climates and they are so many illegals in florida that they take up all the nice space here along with the non workers who do nothing but drugs and crime plus if you want to live aroound the water prepare for high and I mean high property taxes plus expensive house ins.

we now have sink hole problems in the tampa bay area so that is their excuse for high house ins.

If I were to move here I'd just rent each winter for a few years to find out exactly how you like it and than the choice is up to you. I have been here 12 years and sure regret it now, but it wasn't like this when I moved here just the last 4 years have been bad. as they say the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

I did just that. Originally from Ohio, lived more than half of my life living in Massachusetts. I was one who always loved the winters. The more snow the better. Then I retired, all of a sudden the winters became a burden to me, even my living in a Condo, where all of the clearing and clean up was taken care of. Most of my friends were shifting back and forth, 6 months in the North, 6 months in the heat. They were always complaining about the high cost of maintaining and paying taxes on two homes. I picked up and moved to Honduras, built a beautiful house, 4 bd 3 bath, pool. Hired my son and his 6 kids to take care of me and my daily needs. When it gets to hot, I take a nap in my hammock and let life pass by. 10 people and we live on less than $3000. a month. Everything included

Maybe for a few weeks, mid December to the end of January as long as it's warmer not hotter.

Much as I love beef stew and dumplings and cuddly, woolly jumpers, it's the heating cost I dread the most, also the ice - I've slipped up on that once too often for my old bones.

I hated the the cold even as a kid.Have been in the tropics most of my adult life,with the exception of 4 years at a cold northern university.I can take a 110 degree heat index without air conditioning better than 4 weeks of cold with heat.