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Can't they grow cotton in parts of New Jersey and Ohio?
I never heard of it. They grow tobacco in Southern Indiana, but I never heard of anybody growing cotton in Indiana or Ohio. I always figured if cotton could successfully grow and be highly profitable in Indiana, there would be cotton farms and plantations in Indiana, like there is in Missouri and Kentucky.
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Southwest Kansas is sunbelt? That’s pretty funny! So is the one vote for Boise, I live further south than that, and I’m in Canada!
Yes Boise is much further north than any technical sunbelt latitude. However, on CD Sunbelt is most often defined by the late 20th century Los Angeles template of development. Boise would fit that mold, it's sprawly with wide streets, pretty much a city built for cars. Boise also has 200 days of sunshine anually, not quite desert but a lot sunnier than Portland or Seattle. But yeah, Boise ain't sunbelt, LOL.
Yes Boise is much further north than any technical sunbelt latitude. However, on CD Sunbelt is most often defined by the late 20th century Los Angeles template of development. Boise would fit that mold, it's sprawly with wide streets, pretty much a city built for cars. Boise also has 200 days of sunshine anually, not quite desert but a lot sunnier than Portland or Seattle. But yeah, Boise ain't sunbelt, LOL.
I suppose it can look sunbelt without actually being sunbelt.
I don't know why people consider Tennessee to be Sun Belt. We still have long, overcast winters here.
Tennessee winters seem long and drab to those of us who live here. The average January high in Knoxville TN is about 48. Some days can have a high in the 30s, some have highs in the 60s. Annual snowfall is about 6 inches. Some years have none, some more. The cold period starts at about Christmas or just after and runs through mid February.
Compare that to a place like Chicago, highs in January average in upper 20s but can be as low as single digits for a high. A “warm spell” is 35 or 40. The cold period starts before Thanksgiving and runs through Easter. Snow can fall as late as May. Annual snowfall is likely around 50 inches but could be double that in a bad year. Winter in the Northern half of the country is brutal, even subhuman conditions in extreme places like Minnesota, Michigan or North Dakota. Parts of Michigan get hundreds of inches of snow a year. Parts of the Dakotas can see -50. We won’t even discuss Alaska.
More than half the country has a tougher winter than we do, even Kentucky seems to be significantly cooler than us and they are not that far North or us. I believe it’s fair to call all of Tennessee a part of the sun belt albeit a more temperate part of it. After all this area is classified as a humid subtropical climate by the koppen climate classification system and you can even grow palm trees here if you choose too. When you compare us to Florida I can see your point but more than half the country freezes in a way most here cannot understand.
Tennessee winters seem long and drab to those of us who live here. The average January high in Knoxville TN is about 48. Some days can have a high in the 30s, some have highs in the 60s. Annual snowfall is about 6 inches. Some years have none, some more. The cold period starts at about Christmas or just after and runs through mid February.
Compare that to a place like Chicago, highs in January average in upper 20s but can be as low as single digits for a high. A “warm spell” is 35 or 40. The cold period starts before Thanksgiving and runs through Easter. Snow can fall as late as May. Annual snowfall is likely around 50 inches but could be double that in a bad year. Winter in the Northern half of the country is brutal, even subhuman conditions in extreme places like Minnesota, Michigan or North Dakota. Parts of Michigan get hundreds of inches of snow a year. Parts of the Dakotas can see -50. We won’t even discuss Alaska.
More than half the country has a tougher winter than we do, even Kentucky seems to be significantly cooler than us and they are not that far North or us. I believe it’s fair to call all of Tennessee a part of the sun belt albeit a more temperate part of it. After all this area is classified as a humid subtropical climate by the koppen climate classification system and you can even grow palm trees here if you choose too. When you compare us to Florida I can see your point but more than half the country freezes in a way most here cannot understand.
What are you trying to say about the millions of us who call the north home?
What are you trying to say about the millions of us who call the north home?
LoL no offense intended, I’m not calling anyone subhuman. However below zero temperatures are indeed subhuman conditions IMO. There is a bit of a reward up there for tolerating that frigid weather for 6 months during the very nice summers up there. No 98 degrees and humid right.
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