I lived in the upper north for almost 25 years, and my sister is what forced our whole family to move; She started complaining about how freezing our state was, however both of us do get winters in the -20s and it lasts for weeks at a time.
She didn’t want to go down south and sweat to death though.
My sister decided to transport to IL. My whole family was shocked by the ove. Both of us are a close family equipment and want to be together… So when she moved, we all did, but it seemed prefer most of us started out in Chicago since it was a major city. My sister loved it there and stayed, but for me, it was too city-like and fancy. I ended up moving a bit south to Libertyville. It is a haul if I want to see our sister, but doable. I prefer being in Libertyville, then rather than an condo with no square footage, we were able to afford a large house. My hubby and I have tons of yard for the adolescents to play in and a pond, however what is nice is that the weather in Libertyville is quite cold. It isn’t so freezing prefer where we grew up though. It is just freezing enough that the pond freezes occasionally for the adolescents to skate on. It is moderate enough that I don’t need to invest in hardcore snow gear. What I do is wear a thick coat and pair of pants. Inside the loft our hubby and I have invested in top of the line heating equipment.