ouch, I feel your pain, we lived in Toledo Ohio for 4 years when I was a kid, talk about culture/temperature shock moving from middle Georgia up north. We only owned sweaters for winter. As far as convincing DH to move, good luck. I have been begging honey to move for years because although I'm a southern girl I dislike the actual town/area we live in and am ready to move either to Florida or out west. No go, he is firmly stuck right here, in his defense he is in business for himself and this is where his customers are but in my defense, he works 98%of the time from home so if he has an internet connection he can work anywhere. I have 80% convinced him to buy a 5th wheel so we can compromise.
I’ve lived here my entire life BUT having to bundle little people up and drag them out in that kind of weather, and all the illness and yuck the cold brings to boot is just cringe worthy for me! Haha.
My DH is self employed as well but he’s in the commercial construction field and has a great business here - so I can totally appreciate his hesitation. He’d be more likely to move south seasonally I think (and at this point I’d take what I could get!) Maine has beautiful summers and falls at least.