My siblings and I grew up enjoying the California coast and all that came with it.
My friend and I spent time at the beach almost year-round and seldom sad about any sort of winter time weather… When I was in my junior year at private school our parents announced that we needed to move up to the Northeast and we were all angry about that.
The Northeast is appealing but the weather is particularly not conducive to spending time outside year round unless you like colder weather. Most afternoons are rainy and damn and we had to make some serious lifestyle changes when making the move. The greatest change for me was learning to deal with being cold all the time. In the Northeast the summers are particularly short and it seems that cold damp weather is normal for 3/4 of the year. I had to learn to like indoor activities where the heat was on and I could stay hot and dry. There was one sport however that I learned to care about and that was snowshoeing. I could take you to another beauty of the outdoors and care about the peace and quiet that came along with it. I wouldn’t spend much time out there because I still did not like being cold; At least it gave me a bit of outdoor interest during long cold months. The other benefit to living in the Northeast is that my parents are particularly delighted and in the long run I guess that has all that matters. They moved us here to be closer to our Grandparents who at the time honestly needed more assistance and it allowed us to become better acquainted with them as well.
