OT: For Our Ex-Cuse Folks

[TexanMark]

http://www.movoto.com/syracuse-ny/leaving-syracuse/

 

[HtownOrange]

Agree. Upstate was always a great place, it just sucks in winter now that I am an adult. (NO ONE may ever report to my wife that I have admitted to being an adult!)

 

[FAL]

Great reminder for those who still live here, too. Even if we weren't born and raised here.

So when you moving back, Mark? I got a slightly used snowblower I'll let you have cheap.

 

[TexanMark]

Great reminder for those who still live here, too. Even if we weren't born and raised here.

So when you moving back, Mark? I got a slightly used snowblower I'll let you have cheap.

Sadly I won't need it...May-Oct for me and Upstate NY.

 

[Cheriehoop]

I worked on a company expansion where there were many out of state contractors. I know 2 guys from Louisiana, one from Texas who fell in love with the hunting, fishing, hiking and numerous affordable lakefront property who bought camps here and visit often from May through October too.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Just moved back. Wegmans, Doug's, relentless snowfall, I miss you a'll.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I've been in akron ohio since oct 2012, but I think my goal is to move back.

Syracuse is home.

 

[sufandu]

I love it in the summer and early fall. Hate it in the winter and early spring. Someday when I hit the lottery I'll have my summer home back there.

 

[rosconey]

most of my friends who went south have come back and i know some guys who came up for a construction job and never went back home

syracuse is a state of mind

 

[OburgOrange]

I worked on a company expansion where there were many out of state contractors. I know 2 guys from Louisiana, one from Texas who fell in love with the hunting, fishing, hiking and numerous affordable lakefront property who bought camps here and visit often from May through October too.

I'm not a big hunting/fishing guy, but one of my buddies was working here on the Thousand Islands Bride one summer doing welding work. He's from Maine. He moved here full time because he said the hunting/fishing in St.Lawrence County was better than anywhere in Maine. Thought that was interesting

 

[TexanMark]

I'm not a big hunting/fishing guy, but one of my buddies was working here on the Thousand Islands Bride one summer doing welding work. He's from Maine. He moved here full time because he said the hunting/fishing in St.Lawrence County was better than anywhere in Maine. Thought that was interesting

If he was interior Maine...the winters probably felt like home too.

Personally I couldn't see myself shooting Bullwinkle. I'd much rather fish. http://www.maine.gov/ifw/licenses_permits/lotteries/moose/

 

[OburgOrange]

If he was interior Maine...the winters probably felt like home too.

Personally I couldn't see myself shooting Bullwinkle. I'd much rather fish. http://www.maine.gov/ifw/licenses_permits/lotteries/moose/

Me either, just don't find the thrill in that. And, you can prolly cast from your porch at camp and hit the water with ease.

 

[Entropic]

Syracuse born and raised but between the job market and winters I had to escape. Richmond is fantastic.

 

[DomeStranger]

Awesome list but now I'm craving a headlight, lol, I did forget about those. Someone send me one of those and put it on top of a Harrison's half moon ... mmm, halfmoonlight ...

 

[kuethstheman]

Awesome list but now I'm craving a headlight, lol, I did forget about those. Someone send me one of those and put it on top of a Harrison's half moon ... mmm, halfmoonlight ...

Anyone else remember Abe's Donuts on Erie? Simply incredible!

 

[Marsh01]

Ive lived here all 44 years of my life. I cant wait to move to california when i retire.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Wegmans makes taillights too...but they suck.

 

[Cheriehoop]

 

[oldpinepoint]

I'm in Syracuse now, only thing that keeps me here is my parents and sister. we are discussing on moving to a different state

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Too cold. It was 9 degrees in norther Jersey Friday morning and I was freezing.

That's a normal high temp in Syracuse. After being gone for so long, not used to it.

I remember being a crossing guard in grade school and the school would provide the crossing guards with free hot chocolate if the temperature was below zero.

Now I freeze if the temp is below 20. I'm a wuss.

I want to spend 6 mos in Puglia and 6 mos in the US when I retire.

When my kids are both out of the house, I do want to buy both hoops and football seasons.

 

[tep624]

Ive lived here all 44 years of my life. I cant wait to move to california when i retire.

Can't beat the weather here, but if you live in So Cal, you will absolutely hate the traffic and pretty much everything is expen$ive comparative to Upstate. I've always made it a point to live 3 miles or less from where I work - keeping myself off the freeways here is good for my sanity.

 

[billsin01]

I love it in the summer and early fall. Hate it in the winter and early spring. Someday when I hit the lottery I'll have my summer home back there.

Early spring? How about late spring? I've seen many, many Mays that I'd love to forget. The problem with upstate weather is not winter (as long as you're OK with snow, which I am), summer or fall (both of which are perfect), but it's that spring that is brutal. March and April are generally dark and brutal, May can be nice but can be awful and even June is no guarantee. I was up there last year in June and we were wearing pants and sweatshirts while it was spitting rain. Ugh. That's rough. The rest of the year is really very manageable if not excellent.

 

[billsin01]

Can't beat the weather here, but if you live in So Cal, you will absolutely hate the traffic and pretty much everything is expen$ive comparative to Upstate. I've always made it a point to live 3 miles or less from where I work - keeping myself off the freeways here is good for my sanity.

You know what's weird -- I live in DC and do sales regionally. I actually have just gotten used to the traffic, which supposedly overtook LA for worst in the nation last year (not that there's any real way of measuring that). It's brutal but if you just understand that it's going to be brutal, you can deal with it. The bigger issue to me is cost of living, which you point out. Living in a house that is fine but far from great for $500K and then debating whether or not to pay for private/parochial schools is crazy.

 

[javadoc]

Early spring? How about late spring? I've seen many, many Mays that I'd love to forget. The problem with upstate weather is not winter (as long as you're OK with snow, which I am), summer or fall (both of which are perfect), but it's that spring that is brutal. March and April are generally dark and brutal, May can be nice but can be awful and even June is no guarantee. I was up there last year in June and we were wearing pants and sweatshirts while it was spitting rain. Ugh. That's rough. The rest of the year is really very manageable if not excellent.

I have lived in North Syracuse (through high school), Fredonia (college), Ithaca (grad school), Atlanta, San Francisco area (35 miles E, inland), and now Atlanta again. Done 3-4 month assignments in Newport News and Charlotte. Nothing beats central NY.

Syracuse has 4 distinct seasons. Spring is like a little Autumn, with multicolored leaves in subdued hues. Summer is hot and steamy and hazy. Autumn is cool and clear, while the world shuts down. Winter is Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back. Nothing is constant, nothing is static. Life always has you on a perceptible cycle. You appreciate each season for what opportunities it affords you.

Having lived in California for more than a decade, and having explored it and traveled it from top to bottom, I can dispel a myth. California does not have good weather - it does not have weather, in general. If stultification and ennui are your goals, by all means, have at it. Nothing is harder to endure than an endless succession of fair days.

 

[Toga]

I have lived in North Syracuse (through high school), Fredonia (college), Ithaca (grad school), Atlanta, San Francisco area (35 miles E, inland), and now Atlanta again. Done 3-4 month assignments in Newport News and Charlotte. Nothing beats central NY.

Syracuse has 4 distinct seasons. Spring is like a little Autumn, with multicolored leaves in subdued hues. Summer is hot and steamy and hazy. Autumn is cool and clear, while the world shuts down. Winter is Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back. Nothing is constant, nothing is static. Life always has you on a perceptible cycle. You appreciate each season for what opportunities it affords you.

Having lived in California for more than a decade, and having explored it and traveled it from top to bottom, I can dispel a myth. California does not have good weather - it does not have weather, in general. If stultification and ennui are your goals, by all means, have at it. Nothing is harder to endure than an endless succession of fair days.

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more ennui.