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Old 07-21-2009, 10:13 PM
 
Location: MN
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Thanks for the advice! It does seem that people who grow up with lots of snow wear that experience as a "badge of honor". I don't necessarily blame them! If anyone else out there is considering a move to the NYC area from LA, or has made that move, I also am trying to gather information about the various neighborhoods. I have 2 kids, aged 10 and 7, one of whom is a special needs child, so good schools and safety are of course a priority. But we would also like an ethnically diverse neighborhood, like the one we live in now, which is in the Eagle Rock area of LA.
A definite badge of of honor. Try waking up 2 months straight to temperatures under 10 degrees, and then driving in rush hour through blizzards and snow. It's quite the battle...
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:49 PM
 
Location: Vancouver, WA
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A definite badge of of honor. Try waking up 2 months straight to temperatures under 10 degrees, and then driving in rush hour through blizzards and snow. It's quite the battle...
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Yeah, I can't help but laugh when Californians or other ppl form warm weather states glibly gloss over this kind of thing as if it were nothing ... until they move somewhere cold like this and discover a big surprise.
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:06 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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The cold and snow aren't quite as extreme in the northeast as in the midwest with its lake effect, but I'd have to say that the highways in upstate NY are incredibly well-maintained in winter. If anyone has driven on the Adirondack Northway (I-87 north of Albany), it's completely clear and moving like an Autobahn the day after 8+ inches of snow are dumped on the region. By contrast, I've driven I-5 from the Grapevine to LA after a light winter snowfall, and was met with random patches of ice and slush strewn about the lanes. Even Vermont interstates are clearer in the winter. Some of the cold states just seem to be better prepared for snowy weather and the roads show it.
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