Moving to Wisconsin Pros and Cons / 1 Year After Moving from FL to WI

50's is shorts weather

Sending you love from ❤Chattanooga TN. We definitely have some challenging mountain driving 🚘 compared to Florida. Come back and see the Tennessee Aquarium in downtown Chattanooga when you can.

Glad you made it safely to Wisconsin with your sweet little children!

My mom's from Tampa but lived in SoCal for 50+ years before moving to WI after I did. She's been here 2 years. Waving at you from the Fox Valley area.
We like it but the one thing I still can't stand after 21 years is the humidity. California is not like Florida; it's very dry. It's not unusual to have 15% humidity. My hair loves it (natural wurls) but I feel so uncomfortable today. Also, in WI we only have an average of 45 fully sunny days per year. We do have a lot of partially sunny days in summer and that's why I agree with you in regard to summer.
I find that not only do I have to have different shoes, but that I like various coat styles depending on the temperature and what I'm wearing.

Moving from Florida to Wisconsin!? Now, there's a first...lol

Nice to hear your story. My move will probably be in the other direction in a few short years. I agree with your pros and cons. Thanks.

If you were born in Wisconsin, you don't need 10 pair of shoes. One or 2 pair of sneakers is all you need. Toss in various thicknesses of socks, which you can buy in Wisconsin are available for purchase. Plus. Colder weather is about layers. Short, sleeve. Long sleeve, sweat shirts, a few pair of pants, jeans and sweats and you're all set! Remember when ypu move, most things can be bought in Wisconsin!

For anyone considering moving here when currently in a warmer climate.

YOU WILL SUFFER IN WINTER!

Very good list of pros and cons especially about the weather can relate to the summers in FL May to about half of October blast furnance weather and of course the snow into May in WI like we had today if you stepped outside also missed friends that i had in FL i lived in FL from April of 2012 to the end of July of 2016 before moving back to WI my relatives are here in WI Milwaukee area and friends in the Appleton area also missed my workplace I was very fortunate to have my old job back once i was settled back in WI

Gee, the "what I miss" part is to the tears.

My wife and I moved from Orlando (to Green Bay) in 2005 and we couldn't be more happy!

Wisconsin is complete trash

Lol watching this when living in Wisconsin and wanting to move to FL

Welcome to Wisconsin. Hope you enjoy being here.

Wisconsin is basically the Mississippi of the north. Coming from Florida I’m sure it was a shock. Not the most open minded people and not well versed at all in anything outside the stage. They live for alcohol and that’s it.

Thanks

Growing up in Racine, my mom used to purchase clothes and shoes (yes, shoes haha!) a few sizes bigger so that I could grow into them for a long time and she could save money.

Just read that Wausau is the No 1 booming and growing city in WI.

I'm NOT, originally, from Wisconsin...but compared to the East Coast, West Coast and "down South" places I've lived....Wisconsin is the best. What do I like about it? LAKE MICHIGAN & LAKE SUPERIOR (the beauty of oceans WITHOUT the smell and WITHOUT sharks)......SMALL TOWNS....(ALWAYS clean, with well kept homes and yards).....HILLS...(Believe it or not Wisconsin IS HILLY...especially on the western side)....WOODS....(wherever you go...even IN the big cities!)...CHANGE OF SEASONS....(I've lived in the tropics....BORING! Always HOT. Always UNCOMFORTABLE!...and the ONLY thing I don't like about Wisconsin...are the hot summers! I LOVE the WINTERS!)

Welcome to Wisconsin and thanks for video. No hurricanes to worry about here. We live only 30 minutes from you here in Sheboygan on Lake Michigan. Hope you got a chance to check us out.

Same exact experience, from FL to WI. WI is definitely more family oriented and less expensive to live.

We live in Wisconsin

Wow, you are so young to have 4 kids!!! Good job!!

Any suggestions on the brand/type of jackets we should get? Also, decent boots.
We know it'll be a big investment, but absolutely necessary.
We have cold weather jackets for the Sierras, but I know WI requires much more.

Thank you for this uplifting video! We are making a move from the West Coast to rural Wisconsin next month.
I know its going to be a steep learning curve, but we are truly looking forward to this quieter and more peaceful living environment.

From a nebraskan, midwest summers are the best!!!! Agreed to that, yes winters can be brutal but once may hits and memorial day rolls around and it's nice and warm out we have the best summer weather, yes some parts can get more on the humid side but nothing like Texas or Florida and it can cool down in the night time and we don't have droughts like the western states like Colorado or Wyoming or Arizona, NM, Nevada etc have. Fall is beautiful and I'd prefer swimming in nice freshwater lakes than saltwater ocean beaches (cause with beaches you can't really swim or do stuff as safely from my experience)

Disclaimer: midwest nice (everyone is so nice) is both real and not. It's real because you're a blind haired, blue eyed, straight white girl. They're nice to people. But their definition of people isn't as broad as you'd think. The darker your skin, the worse you're treated. If you don't present as cis, hetero, Christian, etc, you're not going to get treated so well. People in cars aren't even really people. Behind the wheel, people get aggressive.

There's no cons Wisconsin is amazing!!!

Where can we read your travel related articles?. You said you were a travel writer. I'd like to read them. Thank you for your very nice video

One more thing. I don't mind cold weather but Wisconsin is very depressing because it seems like it's constantly overcast and everything is dead. This will get you down if you've ever lived in a sunny warm weather climate . I did a lot of winter activities in northern Arizona and it was beautiful because it was sunny most of the time even though we had some pretty big snow storms.

I moved to wisconsin from Arizona. I love the lakes and rivers and Outdoors because I am a fisherman. I do find Wisconsin very depressing though. The people are very nice and very family-oriented but they are not worldly. Very narrow-minded and sometimes that gets to me. But overall it's a nice place to live. As long as you have a way to get out during the winter

Thanks so much for all this! I am moving from the Carolinas where I have been for 25 years to Wisconsin. Originally from Michigan, but my daughter lives in Wisconsin. The people are amazing! I find the South very reserved compared to Midwest jolliness. The food up there is wonderful. Produce so much better in flavor. Yes and the cheese and sausage! Glad you are adjusting! People here think I am nuts to brave the cold, but it's worth it and I can get away in the winters. Take care!!

My husband has two job offers one in kissimmee and other one in stoughton wisconsin. We don't know where to go, is fanny how people think. When I ask someone they say florida is too hot, wisconsin is too cold. Thanks for your video.

Thanks for this nice video! My family is looking forward to moving back to WI this summer.

Well done, born and raised here.
Whereabouts are you guys?
Just curious
Welcome to the great state of Wisconsin to you and your family

if you dont mind me asking, what moving company did you use to move your belongings? My family and I are moving out of state, and we are lost in this area

What town did you move to in Wisconsin. I'm from Wisconsin.

Hello there Exploring Mom!
...guess us moving from Wasilla, Alaska to Appleton, Wisconsin (in a few days) ought to make us ready for a 'Sconnie Winter as our Seasonal Mindset of COLD / long darkness we bring from AK will fit in there at WI.
Good video!

You’re right, It goes from Winter to Summer in a week! All the snow melts and it smells like life.

Lovely video thanks for sharing
❤ from New Zealand

Oh girl. I feel this. We moved away from our family when our kiddo was 3 weeks old to a state with no friends or family and it was truly horrible. Worst year of my entire life (besides having the best thing in my life).

Why would you move from a well ran state to this liberal controlled state, with a shitty Governor (Tony Evers)

As a native Wisconsinite, welcome to our state! Check out the driftless region by la crosse for some cool geography and get to see the Mississippi. Super fun area of the state.

I’ve never lived anywhere BUT Wisconsin why am I watching this

Lived in Wisconsin 30 years loved it but hated the long winter's

Really enjoyed watching your video! We are in PA, but hoping to move to WI, and ASAP, to be close to our daughter’s family. We’ve visited there about ten times and their small town is so pleasant. And, it’s where out grandsons are, so lIke you we’d be close to family and see them growing up. Thanks for sharing this…..like you, I’m sure we’ll find the weather a bit of a challenge! ❤️🤍🛶⛺️🌲❄️

Thank you so much for your video! I'm planning on moving to WI soon, maybe within the next few months. I may use a Pod to move my belongings since I do not own a car. I live in L.A., California. I have family in WI and I have been there a few years ago. I cried on my way back to L.A. from WI. I love WI so much! I want to find work and move to WI since I find it a more comfortable pace of life, not like the fast paced big city life in So-Cal. I am planning on moving with my cat. My cat loves the outdoors and is comfortable spending time outside here in L.A., so I believe that my cat will be shocked moving from sunny, hot, dry L.A. to a place in WI. Did you move with any pets? Do you have any recommendations for me? Thanks in advance! :)

Single college grad here. Interviewing for a job in Wisconsin and I'm from Miami. Nervous about going

I’ve been debating about moving to Wisconsin or stay in Illinois, My family is in Illinois, but I cannot stand the corn field and soybeans anymore. I’d be still 4hrs away from my mom and family so it’s doable for holidays or driving down every other weekend. I’ve fallen in love with Wisconsin. I love the rivers and lakes. It’s ideal for me since I love Kayaking. Wausau WI seems like a nice area, but I haven’t explored too much. I’ve gone North, and it just gets better and better as far as the views.

Fun to look back....still do that video on ur move.....u could teach folks what not to do :)

I would give my right pinky to move back to the Wisconsin area. Any tips on convincing my bf? Lol he likes kayaking, fishing and golf! I seriously am so over Florida after 10 years, but he is a native, so I will need solid bargaining tools!