"Ice"tastrophy 2011

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

Up here, we got an ice storm-thing last week (point is that everything was encased in ice), we have snow up to the mailbox (my aunt in CT has it worse: her snow is so high that she had to carve out a small hole where her mailbox opens), my mom is highly considering leasing an SUV once the lease on her Accord is up (she's thinking of a small one, like a CR-V or a Subaru Forester) and I'm sick of this snow! Hell, I'm so tired of the cold and snow that, in the next few years, I might be leaving NY for a much warmer climate, Phoenix being very high up on the list

Sure, there are warmer and sunnier places in the country... and they are sure nice to visit this time of year. But living there year-round is another matter. I will take the crappy weather in exchange for culture, diversity, and the energy of the Northeast. All of the palm trees, sand and surf in the world will not make up for the xenophobia, vapidity and right-wing sentiment rampant throughout the southern tier of this country.