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6. Having grown up in New York and spent a lot of time in Vermont, I think you made the right choice

It is beautiful here in the Northeast, but the winters, especially this year, can be brutal. Just last month (March!) we had four nor'easters - really fierce snowstorms - in three weeks and just last weekend there was a nasty ice storm. Summers are usually ideal, we get a lot of tourists in these parts, especially near the lakes, but they're way too short.

I've never been to New Mexico, but I did visit Arizona - my grandmother spent winters in Florence and it was like a different planet to me! Not only was the landscape so different - we have mostly woods and lakes and mountains in these parts - but the weather was amazing! My grandmother was quite friendly with her neighbors and I remember the wife of the couple next door venturing out in a winter coat when it went down to 70!

But you must have experienced New York winters living in Utica. I'm a graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton and winters there are arguably tougher than here in the Northeast.