“Come to Idaho and help prevent its Californication, too!”
I have actually thought about going up north, but my wife says that it is too cold for her. Maybe a few more years of record-breaking heat and drought here in Oklahoma will change her mind...
Winters are tolerable in southwestern Idaho. I'm originally from Nampa (20 miles west of Boise - boy see, not boy zee). That area, however, does experience some nasty inversions in the winter that trap the cold air down low and all the clouds and pollution with it. It can be 15 degrees for a week with no sight of the sun, but a quick 30-minute drive up to Bogus Basin puts you in 30-degree weather with sunshine. You look down at the tops of the clouds and you're only at 3,200 - 3,500 feet. Kinda like looking at San Francisco when it's socked in with all the fog.