Stop crying about Chicago weather!!!(Rant) (Cicero, Phoenix: camp, place to live, safe)

[Careless]

Originally Posted by coldwine

I left Chicago a few months ago and it was such a relief. I miss the city but I just could not put up with another 10 months of cold gray skies and bitter winds, dead trees and snow storms.

After a few months in SoCal it's like I was stumbling around completely rediscovering the color palette. And the weather is just so much easier. It's amazing that life is easier, when you aren't depressed or tired or stuck inside. Or sick, all of the time.

Chicago has terrible weather. There's no escaping this, and I don't think that which is an overwhelmingly majority opinion can be discounted as subjective.

Meanwhile, Americans continue to move out of Southern California (in net)

I'll miss the cold weather, my wife couldn't be happier to see it go. Every day she looks at the forecast and gives me a sad look.

I love the changing of the seasons the most, though.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by gabry76

The saddest thing about the Chicago weather is not really the cold (which is pretty brutal, don't get me wrong), but it is the fact that the trees are bare and flowers don't bloom until well into the third week of May. The foliage is nice in the fall, but it also lasts only a few weeks. Bottom line, Chicago is a dead nature city for roughly 7-8 months per year! With this being said, I love Chicago!

The flowers here at work are already blooming, some of the trees are also budding. We have grass/flowers/etc from late April until late October, so its roughly 6 months of the year. And out here in the burbs are tons of evergreens, so I get to see green year round, if that counts.

[aragx6]

To be honest, I love the look of a fresh snowstorm too. It's just as, if not more so, beautiful to me than any blossomed tree! Now, days later when it's all brown and gross... that I could live without!

[MassVt]

...and while I recently visited Southern Cal, and found it quite pleasant, I doubt that I would ever live in such a tropical environment. I would miss the sight of newly-fallen snow too ( grew up in northern VT), and I would get tired of the monotony of SoCal weather (sunshine, yes, but little rain, semi-arid and little variability in temperature). I certainly enjoyed the cultural diversity, but I can get that in my visits to Chicago, too.

[ekrz44]

California is a beautiful state, especially if you like diversity. From the ocean to the deserts, valleys and mountains. It's unreal there.

I haven't seen any buds on trees, however the grass is getting green. Unfortunately it won't be till mid-year till we have full blown summer. May is the transition month from winter to summer, for me anyways, for what I do and what I prefer to be decent weather.

[Havasu]

Its summer here in Lake Havasu we already hit 100. Its the perfect boating weather

[CarolinaBredChicagoan]

Originally Posted by Havasu

Its summer here in Lake Havasu we already hit 100. Its the perfect boating weather

May I draw attention to the fact that this is roughly the 900th Lake Havasu weather report we've had in the "Chicago weather rant" thread?

Just in case anyone was keeping track.

[Havasu]

Originally Posted by CarolinaBredChicagoan

May I draw attention to the fact that this is roughly the 900th Lake Havasu weather report we've had in the "Chicago weather rant" thread?

Just in case anyone was keeping track.

thanks for keeping track

[jessiegirl_98]

This moderator is a she and this is all of your last warning or this thread will be closed.

Everyone needs to learn that you can disagree with others, but there is no need to attack others and let it ruin the thread!

[IcantSELLmyHouse]

Originally Posted by jessiegirl_98

This moderator is a she and this is all of your last warning or this thread will be closed.

Everyone needs to learn that you can disagree with others, but there is no need to attack others and let it ruin the thread!

Makes sense to me.