I was born and raised in the Midwest but have lived all over. My favorite was probably in the mountains near Durango Colorado. Stunningly beautiful and nature every direction you look. The summers were incredible. Perfect weather and no mosquitos or annoying bugs due to the altitude I was at (about 8,000ft). The mountains created almost daily little thunderstorms. By little, I mean you could legit actually walk around them. Almost every afternoon around 3pm you could plan on it. It was very cool. Fire danger wasn’t cool though and the winters could get a little depressing. The mountains made the sun disappear by 2pm so it was just cold and dark most of the time.
I also enjoyed San Diego. Absolutely amazing beaches and pretty much perfect weather daily. But I really started missing changing weather and season changes. Going 6 months without rain was something I could never get used to. I heard thunder maybe twice in those 6 years I lived there. I know it’s weird to complain about perfect weather all the time, but the lack of variety was torturing me as a weather weenie.
As with most of you, I’m just a midwesterner through and through. I’d like to move to the northwoods of Wisconsin someday as I don’t mind the cold and snow and move it up there, but the job market keeps me further south. Maybe I’ll retire up there someday.
But as someone who has lived all over the country and travelled it extensively (49/50 states multiple times), there are many places I love to visit, but the Midwest has always been “home.” I will likely spend the rest of my life here.
we are very fortunate to live in this big, beautiful country though. Anything you want, we got it.
photo of one of the Durango thunderstorms I was talking about…
