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I would take any winter in any part of the country (Upstate NY and Minnesota included) over a Seattle winter.
The fact that Seattle is leading the poll, tells me that people are overrating a Chicago winter, to the almost appalling point of taking 3-4 months of drizzle and rain to it. Its hilarious.
Seattle is leading the poll because despite it being winter, Seattleites can still do this:
Notice how green the grass is and look, daffodills!!! This pic was taken on Jan 19th.
Seattle is leading the poll because despite it being winter, Seattleites can still do this:
Notice how green the grass is and look, daffodills!!! This pic was taken on Jan 19th.
And a little rain doesn't keep people in.
I definitely enjoy the climate of Seattle, but one thing that people constantly complain about is rain and gloom. While Seattle receives roughly the same amount of rain during the year it is much more constant than Chicago's and is much gloomier.
I would take any winter in any part of the country (Upstate NY and Minnesota included) over a Seattle winter.
The fact that Seattle is leading the poll, tells me that people are overrating a Chicago winter, to the almost appalling point of taking 3-4 months of drizzle and rain to it. Its hilarious.
I tend to agree, but I know that people generally overhype and/or fear things that they do not know/understand or have not experienced. So a winter with snow and ice and sub-freezing temps probably sounds very scary to somebody who's never experienced it. Whereas drizzle and 40's or 50's doesn't scare anyone, but doesn't excite anyone either.
I tend to feel the way you do too, but I don't think we're the typical C-D poster either.
Seattle is leading the poll because despite it being winter, Seattleites can still do this:
Notice how green the grass is and look, daffodills!!! This pic was taken on Jan 19th.
And a little rain doesn't keep people in.
It's busy in Chicago during winter as well...especially downtown, where people still have to walk to work and Michigan Ave (aka "The Miracle Mile") is JUMPING with shoppers, especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The foot traffic in Chicago during this period would dwarf anything in Seattle, and that's not a slight to Seattle!
Chicago just isn't that weather-averse to most people (Midwesterners anyways), and that's the point.
It's busy in Chicago during winter as well...especially downtown, where people still have to walk to work and Michigan Ave (aka "The Miracle Mile") is JUMPING with shoppers, especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The foot traffic in Chicago during this period would dwarf anything in Seattle, and that's not a slight to Seattle!
Chicago just isn't that weather-averse to most people (Midwesterners anyways), and that's the point.
I know Chicago is busy in the winter. I'm not denying that. I would be out too if I lived there too. I'd adjust somehow. The original question was, which climate do you prefer. I said Seattle and gave reasons why.
Most of my family lives in Chicago and Milwaukee while we're in Seattle. So we go back and forth between the two cities all the time. Overall, the winter's for us are mostly a wash. Although there have been several visits in December when my children literally broke into tears and ran back inside the house due to the wind-chill. For me its the summer's that make Seattle preferable. We can live without A/C and just open the windows for the most part here which I really like. In my very scientific weekly weather comparison conversations with my Mom, I'd say we have the edge about 60% of the time.
I tend to agree, but I know that people generally overhype and/or fear things that they do not know/understand or have not experienced. So a winter with snow and ice and sub-freezing temps probably sounds very scary to somebody who's never experienced it. Whereas drizzle and 40's or 50's doesn't scare anyone, but doesn't excite anyone either.
I tend to feel the way you do too, but I don't think we're the typical C-D poster either.
I have lived in both climates, and Seattle's winters are far, far better than Chicago's (and that of the entire upper Midwest). For one thing it's not as cold, and for another the landscape stays green- that is so much better than the dead brown looking landscape back in the Midwest throughout the winter, and of course is better than dealing with snow and ice. I spent most of my life back there, have only lived in Seattle for 3 years but I am thankful every day throughout the winters that I am here instead of back there. That dead brown landscape on a winter day- even if it is sunny- is more depressing than the clouds or drizzle we deal with here.
I have lived in both climates, and Seattle's winters are far, far better than Chicago's (and that of the entire upper Midwest). For one thing it's not as cold, and for another the landscape stays green- that is so much better than the dead brown looking landscape back in the Midwest throughout the winter, and of course is better than dealing with snow and ice. I spent most of my life back there, have only lived in Seattle for 3 years but I am thankful every day throughout the winters that I am here instead of back there. That dead brown landscape on a winter day- even if it is sunny- is more depressing than the clouds or drizzle we deal with here.
Well, when the white stuff isn't on the ground the grass looks pretty green around me. This isn't California.
I would take any winter in any part of the country (Upstate NY and Minnesota included) over a Seattle winter.
The fact that Seattle is leading the poll, tells me that people are overrating a Chicago winter, to the almost appalling point of taking 3-4 months of drizzle and rain to it. Its hilarious.
Upstate NY winters are gloomier and just as overcast as Seattle winters. Buffalo actually has more cloudy and overcast days than Seattle.
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