Letters to the Editor
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Way ahead of you, Salon
Wow, my wife and I are really on the edge of a trend, because we've already planned to relocate from California to Madison, Wisconsin this year. Of course, our friends look at us like we just announced our intention to allow ourselves to be sodomized with a rake while Ann Coulter pees on our faces. "Bbbbut, the cold!" they gasp in horror. Yeah, the cold. Whatever.
I'm a native Californian and I think I can hack a real winter. It'll be a nice change, especially if, in return, I get 4 seasons, the ability to pay cash for a cool old house near the capitol and have no mortgage, friendly neighbors who actually stay in one place for more than a year, great schools, a truly progressive and eco-conscious culture, and of course, no more drought worries.
My wife's from Kansas City so she's used to winters. But even if global cooling were going on, we'd make the move. Sure, I'll miss the beach and looking at the ocean and walking the dog in shorts and a t-shirt in January. But I'll also get playing with my daughters in the snow, getting to know my neighbors because we have to entertain indoors five months of the year, and discovering the upper Midwest, where I'd never spent any time before our Madison scouting trips. It's called the unknown. Change is a good thing. It's exciting, and sun ain't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you realize that California really isn't a very friendly place.
But I will never, ever, ever wear a cheese head. Or root for the Brewers. Go Dodgers.