Thanks right back at you for your prior response to me. you'll find that I can and will converse with someone without calling them a dickfaced fucktard at every percieved slight or minor disagreement. :D
Now, on to your latest comments...
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Originally Posted by davidd
Mexico is NOT Costa Rica.
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I know.
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Originally Posted by davidd
You mentioned weather in passing like it was nothing to consider.
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Wrong. I mentioned weather in passing as if it was a given. I know full well that the weather in his "tropical nation" would be better than where I am, overall. Don't get me wrong, Canadians see some pretty damned fine days, incredible sunrises & sunsets, hot sunny days and clear cold winter days, amazing fall days with all the leaves turning, and spring days like nowhere else on earth.... it just depends where you live is all.
You took my meaning all wrong on that point. Let's continue....
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Originally Posted by davidd
Weather as proven by study after study drastically effects mood. I lived in the NE of the USA and the weather fucked me up. When I finally moved out of the Tundra and into a place that I could actually live for 10 months of the year, the attitude change was a paradigm shift. People often retort with "I love to ski" "I love to ski mobile"... Okay, these are fine recreations, but what about the other days of the week you need to put on 5 layers, have your fingers so cold you can not move them, and deal with Cabin Fever of having to stay inside to remain ALIVE.
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I take it you're not a hockey player then? lol... I grew up eating, sleeping and breathing hockey. When we weren't on skates we'd be out on the front street playing road hockey, or down the basement taking shots on the net. (the hockey net I got for christmas)
Snowball fights.
Outdoor winter festivals (we have them hear in Winnipeg every winter, Festival du voyageur etc)
Winter is a part of Winnipeggers, and anyone who really hates the length of our winters here are of course free to fly south and vacash for 2, 3, or 10 weeks. I did so more than a few times in past years.
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Originally Posted by davidd
I could go forever, but trust me when I say, if you put down your instilled nationalistic pride (or city, state, etc) and look at another area with a clear mind... only then can you evaluate an area.
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Agreed, but I hesitate to admit that I suffer from that affliction. My pride for where I live is born out of A) living here and knowing what it's like first-hand, and B) having travelled and breifly lived in several other places over the years, I can actually compare here to there. If I'm not first-hand familiar with a location I always seem to be able to find someone who is, and I get my information on that place/city/country that way.
I'm not really looking to move, but I am open to it, if that makes any sense. I realize there are other places in the world that have a lot to offer a person, it's just a matter of finding one that fits my idea of "better". I am a traveller at heart, I love seeing and experiencing new places and different people, but having said all that the thing I'm left wanting to say is that we have it pretty damned good right here where I am, for many reasons. It's a tough place to beat, and I'd miss it if I ever do move away.