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"A Miserable winter..." that would be one where it a) gets cold, and b) stays cold, and c) drops real precipitation on a regular basis and d) where said precip does not evaporate off if you breathe on it?

Sounds like bliss. The dry climate is not easy to take because we spend all winter worrying about the snowpack and if this nice sunny January day is going to ensure that we have to spend most of the summer cutting brush to prevent a forest fire.... and all summer worrying about drought restrictions. I don't mind being water-wise, and would do it anyway, but I do mind not being able to throw my dishwater on my petunias because someone further down stream has a claim to my dishwater. (Seriously.)

Rednecks are everywhere. Nothing to be done about them but hope they see the light eventually.

We don't ski, either of us - there are 12 legs in this house (2 cats, 2 humans) and eight of them have bad knees or hips. We do snowshoe, which can be done anywhere. I was born in Indiana, so cold winters are nothing new to me, but DH comes from slightly warmer climes and wants to get colder.