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Yep. Honestly, we're amazed that people choose to deal with such shenanigans.
Now, I am sure that there are plenty of people in other parts of the country who wonder the same thing about us in the summertime.
That's what I meant. People down south always go off about snow and cold up north and northerners just live it as an obvious part of life. Then during summer northerners focus on enjoying the summer as everyone down south and the southwest keep posting pictures of their car thermometers and going off for three months about melting. I don't know why one party points fingers and laughs during the winter and then complains all summer. The other party just lives through the winters and summers and life is life.
I don't know why its so amazing to people down south, I mean jeez it's not that crazy. I love the snow, just throw on the coat and hat and even 10 degrees is fine for a while. The population up north still grows and grows through the years. I realize the people who move to the warm weather are more obsessed with it I guess. To those who don't the weather just isn't that important. Just different priorities.
That's what I meant. People down south always go off about snow and cold up north and northerners just live it as an obvious part of life. Then during summer northerners focus on enjoying the summer as everyone down south and the southwest keep posting pictures of their car thermometers and going off for three months about melting. I don't know why one party points fingers and laughs during the winter and then complains all summer. The other party just lives through the winters and summers and life is life.
I don't know why its so amazing to people down south, I mean jeez it's not that crazy. I love the snow, just throw on the coat and hat and even 10 degrees is fine for a while. The population up north still grows and grows through the years. I realize the people who move to the warm weather are more obsessed with it I guess. To those who don't the weather just isn't that important. Just different priorities.
Neither is better or worse.
I agree that neither is "better or worse" - that people have different likes and expectations and that's fine. We wonder the same thing about y'all when you go on and on about how hot it gets down here. It's just not a problem for us. We are matter of fact about it just as you are about the cold.
To each his own. I'll say it again - usually the top reasons people chose to stay where they are are job, family, and they are fine with the weather - or even love the weather. This regardless of which region or state or country they're living in.
That doesn't make it "weird" for other people to be fascinated, or even horrified, by the weather in other areas. For instance, we get tornadoes around here. I know people who are scared to death of tornadoes and can't IMAGINE living in "Tornado Alley." But the reality is that the odds of a tornado actually damaging my property or me being injured in one are minuscule. By the same token, I can't imagine living somewhere where snow is measured in FEET annually.
It's OK to have different likes and different expectations.
I lived in a much colder environment (Germany - in the Spessart Mountains) for several years and got my taste of ongoing snow, frigid temps, mud rooms filled with wet boots and scarves and hats and huge coats and gloves, etc. I remember that it used to take me ten minutes to get my kids in their coats and scarves and hats and boots just to fight our way through the ice and snow to school (their school was within walking distance). It was picturesque at times, and a new, clean snowfall has it's charms but overall...NO THANK YOU.
Some of the locals in New England actually look forward to winter. They like the scenery, snowshoeing or skiing and layering up is normal. You get used to it, and it feels like a normal part of life.
The South doesn't seem like a huge improvement to me because what you gain for the winters, you lose for the summers.
In modern times Winters in the north are easily manageable except perhaps commuting in snow/ice. Went out this morning and my sidewalk and driveway was a sheet of ice, truck encased in ice after a bout of freezing rain last night, I just went back inside turned on the electric blanket and caught up on some sleep.
Now back in the day before modern conveniences(housing-heat-transportation etc) I cant imagine living N of the mason Dixon line. I marvel at how the 18th century Huron,Algonquian,Chippewa could survive when its below freezing for months at a time. I would have gotten on a horse and high tailed-it down to Florida or Arizona. I would have tried to meld in with the Seminoles or Apache.
Some of the locals in New England actually look forward to winter. They like the scenery, snowshoeing or skiing and layering up is normal. You get used to it, and it feels like a normal part of life.
The South doesn't seem like a huge improvement to me because what you gain for the winters, you lose for the summers.
Like I said, to each his own. All regions have their pluses and minuses, and everybody has their own set of priorities. Which is why so many southerners prefer the south and so many northerners prefer the north. Each region is PREFERABLE to different people for different reasons. I don't see what the debate is actually.
As for losing in the summers, southerners don't feel that way at all. Just like northerners who actually look forward to winter and enjoy the winter sports and get used to the cold, some southerners actually look forward to summer and enjoy summer sports and get used to the heat. Same o same o.
1. Having four seasons in awesome. I love all of them, why the * would I want to live in a perpetual summer???!
2. I also enjoy the larger seasonal changes in day lengths in the higher latitudes.
Seattle isn't a true four season climate and I hope to move east of the Cascades within the next few years with one of the reasons being to enjoy a true four season climate every year.
Places like Ohio and Pennsylvania are too cold for my liking but I can still But when I meet people from places as cold as Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota or Alaska I do wonder what keeps them there. I wonder whats in Minneapolis that can't be found in a warmer city.
Can't speak for others but we actually moved to Minneapolis from a very hot and humid environment in Kentucky, and before that South Carolina which was a lot worse. There were several reasons we moved here and weather really had very little to do with it. Minneapolis can be found in a few warmer cities but mainly in cities that are located in cold, or cooler climates. Things that we considered were; high quality of life, highly educated populace, easy access to amenities ($5 to pay for parking downtown vs $20 for a single event), access to several cultural amenities, low cost of living vs very high salary which increases the quality of life component for us, a strong sense of community (we vs. me), positive attitudes (not many people complain here they just get up and do what needs to be done), and of course access to several outdoor activities including winter recreation. Keep in mind these can be found in warmer cities as well, but there is a trade off. For us Minneapolis was a fit. Other places we considered had extremely high cost of living, didn't pay as well or the pay was too low considering the cost of living, didn't have the same accessibility community resources, or state politics were a complete turnoff.
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It was deliriously sunny here today with an azure blue sky. Beautiful day.
Life goes on here, regardless of the temperature. People here have to enjoy winters for what they are and make the best of it. That's part of why a lot of people love it here.
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