Anybody relocated to the Chicago area by themselves? (I live in San Diego right now) (Dakota: houses, schools)

[Lorielicious]

Originally Posted by Flamedown

How annoying is the having to take off and on some of your layers between being outside and indoors?

@ Lorielicious

Thanks your insight is most informative!

How much worse does it feel between 45 and 30 degrees?

Okay, a couple of things before I answer your questions.

- I feel the need to point out those L station heat lamps are entirely useless. When's the last time it's been cold, and anyone's turned on the heat lamp and thought, "Oh, well it's warm now"? Never. It's much like an elevator's notoriously broken "Door Close" button that you press because it'll make everyone feel better to see you've pressed it. That's the L stop heat lamps right there. They don't actually do anything, but but people erroneously feel better when they're on.

- I don't require that my next apt be near an underground L stop, but that would gain it massive awesome points. The stations are air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, which would rule my school so hard.

- Difference between 30 and 45? Oh dear merciful Lords, it's 30 degrees right now, and if someone told me it would be 45 degrees tomorrow, I'd kiss that person, and then the ground.

- Oh, and the temperature changes between in- and outdoors aren't that annoying. Mainly you just take off your gloves, but meh. It's not like you break into a massive sweat the minute you walk into a building.

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by Heyooooo

How frequently do you find that difference within winter cities in the Midwest/Northeast?

Midwest: Spend a winter in Wichita and a winter in Duluth and tell me there's no difference.

Northeast: Spend a winter in NJ and a winter in Bangor, ME and tell me there's no difference.

Until then, S.T. F. U. You have NO idea what you're talking about. None.

[Heyooooo]

Originally Posted by ChiNaan

Midwest: Spend a winter in Wichita and a winter in Duluth and tell me there's no difference.

Northeast: Spend a winter in NJ and a winter in Bangor, ME and tell me there's no difference.

Until then, S.T. F. U. You have NO idea what you're talking about. None.

Oh, you've done this?

K.


Btw, the winters I spent in NJ were among its worst, bud.

Whats next?

[Heyooooo]

Originally Posted by Flamedown

How much worse does it feel between 45 and 30 degrees?

Its like any other 15 degree difference. If youre used to 45 and go down to 30, youll be much colder. If youre used to 30 and go up to 45, youll be much warmer.

20-30 feels the same to me. 10-20 feels the same to me. Frankly, when youre getting lower and lower, flat out, there is no difference. Single digits (0-9) feel no different either. Its not until the temperature differences are greater than 10 degrees IMO that youll notice considerable difference.

However, one thing these fellas havent mentioned yet is that winter temperatures arent constant. Especially within the last few years, theres been days where its in the 40s and 50s, and the 10s and 20s. Chicago weather, like much of the North, can have these variances.

Its not going to be 32 or 25 every day. It will go up and down. The temperatures are not consistent like say, SF.


Look at the vast majority of the US tonight. between 20-40s. So basically its chilly or cold pretty much everywhere. But 30 degrees in Chicago is different than 30 degrees in NYC..

[Heyooooo]

People put so much stock into numbers when it comes to temperature differences.

Comparing NYC and Chicago is not like Miami to Minneapolis here.

[marothisu]

Okay, this is all stupid......and also technically, Chicago is warmer than a lot of places in the Upper Midwest. North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin (and half of Michigan) are all colder. HOWEVER, even though Chicago is warmer on average than say Ames, Iowa, Chicago is still considered "cold"

[Heyooooo]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Okay, this is all stupid......and also technically, Chicago is warmer than a lot of places in the Upper Midwest. North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin (and half of Michigan) are all colder. HOWEVER, even though Chicago is warmer on average than say Ames, Iowa, Chicago is still considered "cold"

Right, and to the rest of us who live in similarly cold climates throughout the Great Lakes, Midwest, Northeast, its still par for the course.

It is definitely not the worst, thats for sure.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Heyooooo

Right, and to the rest of us who live in similarly cold climates throughout the Great Lakes, Midwest, Northeast, its still par for the course.

It is definitely not the worst, thats for sure.

Yes, but it is still cold, and a lot colder than San Diego ever gets. I will never say Chicago ISNT cold..it is. Just compared to the rest of the upper midwest, it's slightly warmer (not by a ton though).

[Heyooooo]

Again. This isnt warm climates vs. Chicago. Its warm climates vs. cold climates.

There is no majority who thinks Chicago is the "worst" winter other than those in warm climates, because the other 150+ million have ****ty winters of their own to deal with. Thats the entire point, and its why people only cherry-picking certain cities are wrong. You cannot say any majority of people thinks this way about Chicago considering the large number of people (whether its in a city that "matters" or not).

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by Heyooooo

Oh, you've done this?

No, I haven't, because like most people I can notice the difference between winter in those places in a matter of hours, or at most a day or two. You're apparently a little too slow for that, so I was hoping maybe after an entire winter you'd get it. If subtlety isn't your thing, perhaps being beaten over the head with the difference would do it.

Originally Posted by Heyooooo

Btw, the winters I spent in NJ were among its worst, bud.

1) What does this even mean? "Among its worst"? Among the worst of what? Did you drive north during that winter? If so, did the weather stay the same? No, it got worse. The difference in winter weather is quite noticeable even between Boston and Northern Maine, let alone between New Jersey and Northern Maine.

2) Stop calling me "bud". You're a few dozen IQ points below anyone I call a friend.