Summer gets the postcards, but plenty of people who move to the coast say winter is when a town really becomes home. The crowds thin out, the cafés learn your order and the storms roll in like a show put on just for the locals.
What changes when the season turns
Some shops and ferry routes run on reduced schedules, and the days are short. In exchange you get quiet beaches, dramatic skies and a community that tends to lean on one another a little more.
