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Old 10-22-2013, 09:16 AM
 
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I have heard horror stories of people who have moved to Chicago in the winter and couldn't deal with the cold, wind and snow and ended up moving to warmer climates.
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Old 10-22-2013, 09:44 AM
 
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It's like 7-10 degrees colder in Chicago on average in the winters versus NYC, and it gets 10 inches of snow more than NYC. So you can do the math there....no, it's not "much more" severe. It's just moderately worse, but not by a ton.
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Old 10-22-2013, 10:23 AM
 
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NYC seems to get more snowstorms, whereas Chicago gets more snow but it's just a few inches at a time except for one or two 6"+ snows a year (on average).

Chicago is colder by maybe 5-10 degrees, but having been to NYC a ton in winter and living in Chicago the average person might notice NYC is a bit easier to handle, but they're both winter. Winter is just winter for most people. Either they couldn't take either, or they could do fine in either. Probably not many people who would be fine with NYC winter, but then just couldn't handle Chicago.
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Old 10-22-2013, 02:29 PM
 
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much of the dealing with the weather has to do with your access to a covered parking spot, how well you can drive in the weather, your tolerance for the temps, and finding stuff to do in spite of the cold and snow. it's cold but not any colder than much of the midwest. i don't think it's any more windy either in spite of the nickname (actually a reference to politics rather than the weather)
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Old 10-22-2013, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
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much of the dealing with the weather has to do with your access to a covered parking spot, how well you can drive in the weather, your tolerance for the temps, and finding stuff to do in spite of the cold and snow. it's cold but not any colder than much of the midwest. i don't think it's any more windy either in spite of the nickname (actually a reference to politics rather than the weather)
Or if you don't drive, how you manage walking outside or waiting for things such as the bus or non-subway trains (at least the non subway trains have heat lamps in areas). Luckily there's plenty of transit tracker apps for smart phones that will allow you to manage your time well instead of waiting outside in the cold for long periods of time guessing when the bus/train will show up.

Also about the "windy city" thing, NYC is actually just as windy, statistically, if not windier by 1 MPH, than Chicago historically. Another source of the name may come from the nice summer winds that come off the lake and people used to vacation in Chicago because of it back in the 1800s.
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Old 10-23-2013, 05:16 AM
 
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Chicago's winters are similar to Upstate NY except less snow in Chicago (vs. Upstate). A large chunk of Upstate NY gets a lot of lake effect snow from the Great Lakes as does Cleveland and western Michigan. Chicago is a bit insulated from the lake effect snow since it is to the west of Lake Michigan. Overall, NYC does seem to have more moderate winters than Chicago and Upstate NY.

But then again, NYC can get threatened by hurricanes at other times, and this is a non-issue in Chicago.
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Old 10-23-2013, 05:56 AM
 
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It is not the winters that bother me so much in Chicago as the cold springs. It takes a long time to warm up around here.
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Old 10-23-2013, 10:54 AM
 
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New York doesn't get the extreme cold that we occasionally get here in Chicago (like below zero). But that's typically only a few days out of the year.
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Old 10-23-2013, 01:53 PM
 
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...non-subway trains (at least the non subway trains have heat lamps in areas)...
http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...has-tough.html

At least it's one thing Chicago allows that population to enjoy. I don't mind them using the heat lamps, but it gets on my nerves when they think they're the only ones allowed to stand in the heat. The nerve.

Maybe I can get some video of this.
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Old 10-23-2013, 03:31 PM
 
Location: Johns Island
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It is not the winters that bother me so much in Chicago as the cold springs. It takes a long time to warm up around here.
To the OP, please keep this in mind! Winter in Chi is bad, but what really gets to you is that it never ends, and it starts early. You have to assume jacket weather starts shortly after Labor Day, and may not end until mid-to-late May. So you get 3 months of Spring/Summer.

In Chi, you will experience below-zero temps every year, along with long stretches of single-digit temps. NYC won't get any lower than the teens, The difference in how it feels when it's 9 versus 19, is remarkable.
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