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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLive in Florida, but miss the whiteness and quiet nature of snow
Don't miss driving in or shoveling that shit though
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Live in Florida, but miss the whiteness and quiet nature of snow (Original Post)
packman
Nov 2018
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shraby
(21,946 posts)1. Snow looks great on Christmas cards and postcards. Beyond that, it's
got nothing going for it. It's cold, sloppy and slippery.
we can do it
(12,190 posts)3. I agree
mitch96
(13,924 posts)2. I like the fact I can visit snow but don't have to live in it
The winters of '77 and '78 put a cap on it for me.. I was only stay one year...... 1979
I'm still here!!! Too much fun for a 29 year old guy...
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LeftInTX
(25,504 posts)4. It snowed in San Antonio last Dec - 5 inches!!!
Loved it.
If you don't count the dusting of graupel that fell in 2011, this was the first time had any snow since 1985!
handmade34
(22,757 posts)5. my back yard and coop
it came way too early this year...
llmart
(15,550 posts)6. There's a car in that picture somewhere.
You are very lucky that have a view like that. I live near a metropark and consider that my backyard. I love walking at the park after it's snowed or even during a snowfall when I spot deer and it's so quiet you can hear yourself breathe.
By March I've so over it.
Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)7. Yes, that is the beautiful ideal
Reality, however, looks more like this:
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)8. That's my Dad's snow blower!
And I remember he got it from Montgomery Wards back in the day! And it still works!
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)9. You'll still have the whiteness of the sand on the beach.
The sound of the surf is so soothing.
I live in Colorado and do think the snow is pretty for a day or so, then it becomes a big mess.