[DrPhred]

Hello.
Anyone have any suggestions? My wife is letting me choose the location, but those are her two requirements.

Now we are from Minnesota (home of Frostbite Falls!). It's -3C right now. So anywhere in NZ will seem mild by comparison. But If we are moving right around the world....

I personally like the sound of Wellington, but the "Windy Wellington" description doesn't sound like a selling point to her.

I have a 4 and 6 year old boy, so quality of the schools is also very important.

Thanks in advance.

[mechidna]

I made a post along those lines myself. Being in Nebraska for several years has made me tired of cold, snow (sleet, freezing rain, etc) winters. I'm ready to move somewhere far more mild.

A friend of mine did confirm the windy, yet wonderful climate of Wellington. But how windy is windy?

For those of you who don't feel like breaking out a map...Nebraska and Iowa are neighboring states and Minnesota is the state directly north of Iowa, bordering Canada. Basically, the great plains regions.

Michele

[DrPhred]

And the plains can very windy.

My kids like snow, but I figure we can always head up somewhere that has snow when the want to play in the snow, then go back somewhere warm.

[mechidna]

Oh yes, great minds think alike. But I don't think she would miss the snow much after her first mild winter (above 20 deg f)

[deebat]

Dr. Phred, if you've ever spent any time in the Fargo area, you'll have a pretty good idea of what the breeze is like in Wellington (I almost wrote "Wellington Wind" -- which probably would elicit a few smiles from our UK friends :laugh ). In other words, if you like cycling in Stillwater (I'm originally from Anoka, BTW), you'll probably have to work a little harder to enjoy it in Welly.

But on the bright side, at least you won't get a wind-whipped blizzard in Wellington!

-Dan

[DrPhred]

Well, as long as it's not as cold as Fargo! One of our many reasons for wanting to move to NZ is to get away from the bone-chilling winters.

[sweetpea]

Now we are from Minnesota (home of Frostbite Falls!). It's -3C right now. So anywhere in NZ will seem mild by comparison. But If we are moving right around the world.

Too funny. I am from Chicago originally, spent my college years in Minnesota and one masochistic chilling semester in Russia. Six years ago I decided I'd had enough of winter and moved to Northern California. Of course, it has hit 32 degrees F here the last couple of nights :uhoh and the pilot light in our heater is out, so I'm renewing my acquaintance with wool sweaters, scarves and hats. Haven't had to break the mittens out yet, thankfully.

I"m moving to Palmerston North at the end of next year, because I have to. Long term, because weather is a priority for me, I'm looking at Nelson, Marlborough and other wine-growing regions. I think Bay of Plenty is mentioned as having exceptional weather too.

Laura

[Raeven]

A friend of mine did confirm the windy, yet wonderful climate of Wellington. But how windy is windy?Michele

Hi, mechidna,

Put it this way... when I was in Wellington last April, if I'd been wearing false teeth I wouldn't have opened my mouth. When Wellington is windy, it is W-I-N-D-Y with a vengeance!!

It bears mentioning that I presently live in a climate that never changes from 70 degrees year round, so I am woefully ill-prepared for annoying weather of any kind.. my tolerance level for such things is probably lower than most. We're moving to Oregon next week... I'm sure I'll complain about the weather there, too!!

All the best, Rae

[Carol]

A friend of mine did confirm the windy, yet wonderful climate of Wellington. But how windy is windy?Michele

Hi, mechidna,

Put it this way... when I was in Wellington last April, if I'd been wearing false teeth I wouldn't have opened my mouth. When Wellington is windy, it is W-I-N-D-Y with a vengeance!!




Well - yes I suppose when she blows she really does blow.

But.........you get the impression it is like that all the year round which of course it isn't.

It is gorgeous today - and it's only 7am!!
Sunny still and beautiful.

Looking forward to a wonderful day. We are going up to Waikanae later for a BBQ with my husband's golfing buddies.

Cant wait.
:nice1

[Juniper]

It bears mentioning that I presently live in a climate that never changes from 70 degrees year round, so I am woefully ill-prepared for annoying weather of any kind.. my tolerance level for such things is probably lower than most. We're moving to Oregon next week... I'm sure I'll complain about the weather there, too!!


what town in the central coast? we are practically neighbors!
i went to school in oregon as well, so my perspective on that is, the weather is kindof a drag. the thing that got to me was that half of the year seems to be a perpetual overcast. no sunshine, can't even see the stars most nights. in cali, there's always a sunshine break after a couple of icky days, and the central coast has it especially good i think, but oregon takes it's winter more seriously. -and- summers can be pretty hot, unless you're on the coast i guess.

otherwise oregon can be quite nice, especially during the other half of the year :P it all depends on your area though. i hope you aren't moving to eastern oregon (dry boring yuck), or one of the crazy conservative parts (grant's pass comes to mind)?

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