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I never said life stops and people aren’t active, just many aren’t. If you’re trying to say just as many people are outdoors jogging for leisure in the winter you’re lying to yourself and everyone here. I’ve been to NYC plenty during all seasons, in fact due to my wife’s schedule we’ll be there later this week for an early Christmas, and I’ve seen the difference for myself, you can’t tell me otherwise.
I will say the holidays are nuts there with tourists and shoppers regardless of weather, I know I was there last Thanksgiving with temps getting down into the teens, but that’s different than joggers and bikers in Central Park.
As for putting on weight that wasn’t in reference to me, but mostly to the girls I knew that would go on crash diets early spring to drop the “winter” weight before putting the sweaters away until fall. Maybe that was just more of a college thing, but I do notice some “bloat” with some of my in-laws and wife’s friends in the winter and spring that I don’t see on them in the summer and fall.
Granted gyms exist, but NYC consistently ranks as one of the top 'most fit' cities in the country. People are out all the time in NYC.
And the number of tourists despite the cold temps we get, just goes to show how great NYC is.
For some people, winter is the best season. I am middle of the road. It's not my favorite, but that's not as bad as people make it out to be. Warmer isn't better for many people. 8 million people live in NYC, despite the cold … so not everyone enjoys warmth all the time.
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I think living somewhere where it gets cold for a part of the year makes you stronger. I spent a week in Scandinavia in the wintertime, it didn't even phase me. I always feel like a warrior too when I make it through another winter, lol.
My in-laws come here in the winter sometimes and they are such babies about the cold.
Not me. I grew up in NY, and winters literally made me depressed to the point I had to take prescription anti-depressants from mid October to mid April every year.
Moved to Phoenix after I graduated high school, and was able to quit the medication cold turkey. I love it here
Not me. I grew up in NY, and winters literally made me depressed to the point I had to take prescription anti-depressants from mid October to mid April every year.
Moved to Phoenix after I graduated high school, and was able to quit the medication cold turkey. I love it here
Long dark icy cold winters don't depress me - but I just don't like them. I just don't like dealing with all that for weeks or months at a time. Give me one or two days a year and I've had all I want!
Here in Tyler, TX (where Gaylord Focker grew up just for the record) the average highs on Christmas Day are in the 50s and the average lows are around 40. 75 percent chance of absolutely zero precipitation. There's about a 99 percent chance that humidity levels will be very comfortable.
As for the assertion that "cold weather makes you stronger" - sorry but I think that's crazy. I have lived in cold, icy, snowy climates for several years in a row and believe me, I didn't see anyone around me getting stronger (and I didn't either). Unless you count lugging around a heavy coat as something that makes you stronger. But if they want to think that, go for it, I guess. Whatever gets you through the long, cold, dark, icy winter!
I've never experienced change of seasons before, coming from an area that is hot year round. I do enjoy being able to go outside whenever I want without checking the weather, but sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live in a place with more variation. I imagine you would appreciate the summer much more if it follows a long winter, and vice versa. I'm definitely planning to live somewhere with seasons at some point in my life.
I've never experienced change of seasons before, coming from an area that is hot year round. I do enjoy being able to go outside whenever I want without checking the weather, but sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live in a place with more variation. I imagine you would appreciate the summer much more if it follows a long winter, and vice versa. I'm definitely planning to live somewhere with seasons at some point in my life.
I highly recommend you do. It played a role in me choosing to go out of state for school. The variation was a nice change and I truly enjoyed it at first. I actually thought I could live there (Michigan) after graduation, but it did loose its novelty after a couple of years. In the end I found I like the mild weather I grew up in.
Too many people on this site (and real life) base their likes off only what they know or what they experience on a vacation. Both for places with extreme four seasons and those without them. I call my friends out that I grew up with in San Diego that haven’t left whey they say they couldn’t live anywhere else. While I agree, I ask them how do they know that if they haven’t lived anywhere else?
I highly recommend you do. It played a role in me choosing to go out of state for school. The variation was a nice change and I truly enjoyed it at first. I actually thought I could live there (Michigan) after graduation, but it did loose its novelty after a couple of years. In the end I found I like the mild weather I grew up in.
Too many people on this site (and real life) base their likes off only what they know or what they experience on a vacation. Both for places with extreme four seasons and those without them. I call my friends out that I grew up with in San Diego that haven’t left whey they say they couldn’t live anywhere else. While I agree, I ask them how do they know that if they haven’t lived anywhere else?
It's always good to be open minded. We are blessed to be in such a big and beautiful country, it would be a shame to spend your whole life in one corner of it. Thanks for sharing. I ended up going to school in the same state I grew up, mostly due to financial constraints, but thankfully I chose a career that allows me to live anywhere near a decently-sized metro area.
Right now the low taxes in steamy Florida are keeping me pretty pacified, but if I can overcome that some cold weather will be easy to deal with
It's always good to be open minded. We are blessed to be in such a big and beautiful country, it would be a shame to spend your whole life in one corner of it. Thanks for sharing. I ended up going to school in the same state I grew up, mostly due to financial constraints, but thankfully I chose a career that allows me to live anywhere near a decently-sized metro area.
Right now the low taxes in steamy Florida are keeping me pretty pacified, but if I can overcome that some cold weather will be easy to deal with
I did it. Went from Texas, which is basically the land of no seasons, to DC, which has pretty defined seasons usually. Loved it and I haven't looked back. Humid and 80 in Tyler last week. No thanks. No regerts.
I've never experienced change of seasons before, coming from an area that is hot year round. I do enjoy being able to go outside whenever I want without checking the weather, but sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live in a place with more variation. I imagine you would appreciate the summer much more if it follows a long winter, and vice versa. I'm definitely planning to live somewhere with seasons at some point in my life.
Ive spent most of my life in highly seasonal climates. People like summer but they do not appreciate winter much. 9 out of 10 folks despise it. Its the 1 out of 10 who spouts off on forums like this, likely because they dont find much of a receptive audience elsewhere.
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