Yep. I was an 8 year old Minnesota/Iowa kid who took one vacation to Florida in the middle of December and decided then and there I was sick of shoveling snow for my dad and when I was on my own I was not going to live somewhere I had to do it for myself either. After college, I was apparently still very committed to that thought.
After 20 years, I'm rather done with this place, been planning our escape for about 5 years. So far we've got a firm 'eh it might be better' on Vegas as possibility. We're about 18months away from trying to be somewhere else and haven't really made any firm plans yet. We've eliminated a lot of places we don't want to live, but haven't found anywhere we really do. :-/
Also, really really really really hate humidity. Both for my back and the plants, I've killed 3 dehumidifiers.