I travelled professionally from North Carolina for about ten years. Mostly I did laps by car between Los Angeles, Atlanta and NYC/Boston. Houston. Seattle. Orlando.

I love Fairbanks because I don't have to lock my house or my cars, we have parking spaces big enough to open the car door without scrathing or denting the fella next door, world class hiking, hunting and fishing. There was one time last fall I had to wait for a second green light to get my turn across the busiest intersection in town. It was -48 when I got up this morning, I think we might have gotten up to the minus 30s for a bit today, but what with only four hours of daylight each day in the winter it was kind of hard to tell.

What I have noticed is every place has some wonderful qualities about it, but those qualities always come at a price. Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, something. You'll have to decide for yourself, helps to have a short list of poisions you can't stand, and world class qualities you do want.

There is no bad weather, but there are inappropriate clothing choices.