I agree with Porra (reply 18)
... and add on: No snow, slush, and friggin' scrapping your car every morning. Bundling up daily to fend off the assaults from the elements. De-icing 6 times a day or more... After all the time spent in the Atctic, my toes are just thawing out after more than 5 years here.
T&C's altered, yes, and it sucks that the company keeps moving the goal posts, but the one thing constant in aviation is change... Things will come around. Hell, we have jobs! Better situation here than to have tons of human rights, socialized health care (free- everybody waits) and be unemployed!
I don't live on the Palm (the water inside is gross) but I am on the beach pretty much every afternoon off.
I miss skiing, but hell, I can do that every day on that bump at the Mall. Europe is a few hours away and Iran and Lebanon even closer.
It's not all bad...