Ana de Armas on why she left LA for Vermont

[genbu_no_miko24]

https://instagram.com/p/C_8Bg1StLYh

-After living in LA for 7 years, she moved to Vermont for a more peaceful lifestyle.

-“I feel like nowadays, we all want to go away from the craziness of the world,” De Armas told the outlet. “We all want to have the chance to build your own safe space. I’ve made that decision myself. I found a home where I

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[screamingintune]

I'm shopping for a blue state to live in when I leave Florida in a few years. Vermont seems nice. So does Minnesota. I'm worried about surviving the cold in either state, though. Maryland also seems nice. I'd LOVE to go back to Oregon or live in Washington but I'm not sure I can afford either state.

[marywebgirl]

I only lived in Baltimore so I can’t speak for anywhere else in Maryland, but I will say that I learned that it’s south of the Mason Dixon line the hard way (I was called a race traitor when I was holding my husband’s hand).

[thatcovergirl]

Were you in the county? That’s weird energy from the city. Considering we’re majority black… with sprinkles of POC here and there.

[anydoppelganger]

mte also I feel like it's different depending on whether she is Black or white. obviously it's a terrible comment either way, but there's levels to this...the latter is like some Klan shit

[thatcovergirl]

I mean...it's possible? I don't want to discount anyone else's experiences.That's a shitty comment, either way.

I'm just trying to figure out where they were when it went down. Cause Baltimore is still pretty segregated, and I know it didn't go down in say....Park Heights.

[marywebgirl]

Sorry I didn’t get a notification for this until the newer comment. I was in Canton standing in front of St. Stans. The person saying it was driving by.

[ilovespooons]

That happened to a friend of mine in San Jose. Unfortunately that kind of shit pops up anywhere

[cuyler_morgan]

Life long Marylander here -- where were you, babes? I work in Baltimore county and would never expect that here. Definitely not in PG county either where every 4th or 5th couple is an interracial one.

[marywebgirl]

In the city in Canton.

[distant_lines]

I spent a few years in Minnesota and I honestly don't think the cold is that bad, and I'm from the South. In a place like that, they're built for it. I had an apartment with garage parking, so I only got into a cold car once a day when coming home from work. The roads get cleared of snow and ice quickly. If it did get colder than 20 below, I'd just make sure I had enough groceries and hunker down at home for a few days. I feel like the big key is to have the right clothing. Have a jacket that keeps you warm up to 20 below or something like that, have good boots, gloves and hats. What is hard is spending less time outside in the winter because it is so cold, but the warmer weather feels that much better that everyone and their mother just lives outside in those months.

[screamingintune]

I'm essentially trapped in my house most of the year in south Florida because heat + my Multiple Sclerosis = deadly. I am somewhat concerned about slipping on ice in winter, but otherwise, my body can handle bundling up for cold. I cannot handle heat at all. I miss living somewhere with seasons because I feel like Florida has ONE season of blistering heat and then like three weeks in December where it's nice.

[distant_lines]

I lived there for over 5 years and never slipped on the ice, if that makes you feel better. Between good boots, businesses doing a decent job with parking lots and entryways, and being fairly careful with walking, I survived without injury. It can get hot in the summer though, up in the 90s. Though, as a Southerner, I never felt it got too close to how bad it can be down South.

[bigirons]

https://www.muckbootcompany.com/womens-vibram-arctic-ice-grip/womens-arctic-ice-tall-boot-%2B-vibram-arctic-grip-a.t./ASVTA100.html

not the cutest but this is the most functional boot in the world short of putting spikes on. i live in these in winter and you could run a marathon across ice in them

[evilfirepixie8]

As a snow lover, IMO the key is to go to a city that gets consistent cold weather year after year so they have the infrastructure - and habits - to handle the snow and ice and clear out the dangers regularly. Places that get hit by snow storms here and there (ie. NYC) are AWFUL at responding to storms and freezes in a timely manner.

The downside of the North East cold states is that they can get very humid in the summer, increasing heat's real-feel :(

[goldenhera]

I think NYC has gotten worse at responding to snowstorms because they basically don't happen anymore. I remember school very, very rarely being cancelled for snow because it was cleared pretty quickly. Although, I grew up in Manhattan. I know sections of the outer boroughs are not prioritized in a similar fashion. By contrast, when I went to college right off Lake Michigan, every winter there was a huge sheet of ice in front of a strip of stores we would frequent, lol. Never understood that!

[titti]

I've lived in Brooklyn since '86 and it never was a problem. School was barely closed even with the snow, because everything was cleared quickly. Now we get a snowstorm every five years and people (including the politicians) seem to have forgotten what to do with it.