You're right JG, PNW usually has entirely too much winter. This winter has been mild for a change. There have a been a couple of storms that were nasty but over all it's been better. I really like the weather in California but I can't stand living there. Too many people = too many idiots and assholes. I lived in California growing up but as soon as I was able to I got the fuck out of there and moved to Oregon, where my mom was from. I've been here ever since except for a couple of short stints that I gave California another try.

I have visited some of the southern states but they seem too warm and humid to me. It would be nice if I'd have grown up in that region and was accustomed to it though. I like the people there. Oregonians are a lot like southerners in many ways.