Why do Northerners brag about Winter toughness but... (place, accents)

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by dcsfanatic

When a northerner complains about excessive heat at 83 degrees, southerners don't boast about not turning on the air conditioning at 105 degrees or bragging about how much heat they can tolerate.

Why is it such a one way street?

Maybe it's because southerners DON'T wait until it's 105 to turn on the AC. All you hear about is how expensive it is to run the AC all year in the south.

[brubaker]

After 105° days with 90% humidity...Southerners are too tired to do much bragging I suspect.

[Smtchll]

yeah it's kinda ridiculous. Even if I complain that it's 10 degrees here (which it was last week) my Northern friends will say "that's not cold" Really? I don't care where you're from, 10 degrees in cold. I'll agree with a Northern person that 90 degrees is hot, even though it can get much hotter than that here.

[tahiti]

along the same vein....why do people in the warm winter spots boast about the warm weather?

"It's 20 degrees right now and snowing!"

"HAHAHAH - It's 70 degrees here and sunny!"

huh? If I wanted to live in a warm winter place, I'd move there. I'm not jealous.

(and don't lie, this happens ALL.THE.TIME - way more than ppl bragging about snow to ppl who live in warm climates )

[Chicago60614]

^ at the same time though, while it seems if you have contact with a person living down south at all during the winter they WILL bring up the fact it's 35 where you are and 65 where they are - I never see the reverse much during the summer.

While it's 82 and sunny in Chicago for 4 months, I don't see people constantly screaming at everyone in Phoenix and Miami that it's toasty down there.

[brattpowered]

Originally Posted by dcsfanatic

Southerners don't brag about toughness in handling heat. Certainly not to the same degree nor the same level of exaggeration that northerners do.

Because it doesn't take toughness to handle heat.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by brattpowered

Because it doesn't take toughness to handle heat.

that might be true for you but not for most.

[northstar22]

I'd take months of -60 temperatures over a southern summer. I HATE, HATE, HATE hot weather. HATE IT!

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by flyingwriter

i'd take months of -60 temperatures over a southern summer. I hate, hate, hate hot weather. Hate it!

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[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

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Right LOL!

"I'd rather takes months of 200+ temperatures in the south over the winters of the north!".