Not sure where you are coming from but be mindful of the winter months. They are far colder here than the south and also can be brutal with ice/ Snow and the flood water when the snow and ice melts.
What an absolute load of fucking nonsense! That really is a special comment I am going to share with mates and have a bloody good laugh over. It makes it sound like there's Siberian gales and regular tsunamis.
Not sure where you live but problems with ice/snow melt and flood water are not and have not been issues in the South Warrington/ Northwich/ Knutsford area in the last 40 years! If there have been, it's escaped my attention and that of everyone I know.
I think there have been four proper snowman years in that time. The bad weather has last a grand total of two days max before it's driveable again (honestly it's usually more a 24hr blink and you miss it thing). Its more accurate to say that if snow flakes are sighted a klaxon goes off, whereby my mates start praying for a cm, at which point they go out at all hours of the day / night to make a snowman before the snow melts ten minutes later! The Western and Central sides of Manchester itself, I think has had even less snow! I don't believe that record is worse than the SE. The idea that there are regular snowfests is a fantasy.
Closer to the Pennines, Macc and North Manc it's more problematic but not on the edge of the Cheshire Plain. It has its own microclimate.
Re flood water: bits of the Bollin flood at times. I think I saw a large puddle in the road one time. But again, far worse places and far worse problems exist in the south. Plenty of places in the south have far worse issues.
In terms of being colder, it's probably true, but it's more noticeable in the summer than the winter! Once you hit sub 4c do you really fucking care? Stick on a jumper!
I have to say this post really sums up a stereotypical 'soft southern mentality' which makes me face palm. I have heard some say they wouldnt live in the area unless they were on a gated estate before, because the north is so rough - they were serious but had never been north of Brum! (Yes you need to live behind a gate to keep the riff raff of Knutsford out...) That rates as one of my all time most ignorant twat comments I've ever heard (but this snowmageddon is definitely making the top ten).
People from the south have moved up north in their droves and have shock horror survived the winter because they like the lifestyle. Hard as it is with the rampant flat cap and whippet problems.
Honestly, the biggest issues are when the M6 has a closure or significant issue. Or the M56 (to a lesser extent). You need to be on the motorway by 8am to avoid the worst. It can be a total carpark to levels which would be familiar to Southerners. If the Thelwall Viaduct is closed and you are trapped the wrong side, a 3 - 4 hr journey to do 5 miles is fairly normal. This happens twice a year generally.