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by Brian A, Monday, March 28, 2016, 22:16 (3165 days ago) @ Brian A

Staying close to the Lake Michigan shoreline offers a pretty mild climate, with lots of fruit farming due to the lake effect moderating temps. It can make for pretty snowy winters some years if the winds are wrong though. Usually it is pretty stark the change from where I am at to the lake shore areas in terms of temps and snow during the winter. The southwest part of the lower is particularly mild with some southern plant and animal species native there which exist nowhere else in the state. Another option is the thumb, lots of agriculture, mild climate for a northern state, excellent hunting and fishing and solidly conservative folks. I would imagine something in the Tennessee/Missouri latitude would be hard to beat though and they have some excellent sporting opportunities as well.