I’m from Rochester and have been in Colorado for ~13 years, and while a lot of my friends are semi-permanently back in Rochester and Buffalo I’m having a hard time committing (mentally, for now) to a very real winter again. Being near my family and friends is very tempting, as is being able to afford a house, but I’m very worried my anxi…
I’m from Rochester and have been in Colorado for ~13 years, and while a lot of my friends are semi-permanently back in Rochester and Buffalo I’m having a hard time committing (mentally, for now) to a very real winter again. Being near my family and friends is very tempting, as is being able to afford a house, but I’m very worried my anxious brain wouldn’t cope well with the lack of sun. My girlfriend is also from Southern California and can barely tolerate Denver winters 😂
Oh, I definitely understand that – especially given that Buffalo experienced a supposed once-in-a-generation blizzard this past December (and I lost power for 72 hours because of the storm!). But sadly, another part of my calculus in leaving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest was that the wildfires and wildfire smoke there have been awful the last few years – and will only get worse due to climate change. Though I will still miss summers in the PNW...
Yeah, summer in the PNW is hard to beat. My best friend from high school actually moved from Portland to Denver this year. And while that’s obviously great for me so long as I stay here, I do miss having a reason to visit Oregon a few times a year and having a free place to stay.
I’m from Rochester and have been in Colorado for ~13 years, and while a lot of my friends are semi-permanently back in Rochester and Buffalo I’m having a hard time committing (mentally, for now) to a very real winter again. Being near my family and friends is very tempting, as is being able to afford a house, but I’m very worried my anxious brain wouldn’t cope well with the lack of sun. My girlfriend is also from Southern California and can barely tolerate Denver winters 😂
Oh, I definitely understand that – especially given that Buffalo experienced a supposed once-in-a-generation blizzard this past December (and I lost power for 72 hours because of the storm!). But sadly, another part of my calculus in leaving Seattle and the Pacific Northwest was that the wildfires and wildfire smoke there have been awful the last few years – and will only get worse due to climate change. Though I will still miss summers in the PNW...
Yeah, summer in the PNW is hard to beat. My best friend from high school actually moved from Portland to Denver this year. And while that’s obviously great for me so long as I stay here, I do miss having a reason to visit Oregon a few times a year and having a free place to stay.
Oh hey, another one here originally from western NY (now in PNW) chiming in to say hi :)