Rather spend summer in Midland, Texas or a winter in Thompson, Manitoba? (climate, snow)
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Midland doesn't look so hot, so it's the lesser of two evils. If it was Yuma or Palm Springs I might choose Thompson, but three months of sub-freezer temperatures doesn't look too enticing.
THOMPSON is FAR colder than anything I've ever experienced in my life!! But if its just one winter, I'd choose it just for the experience of it. It would be really interesting to go from a place where a cold day is 50 f for a high to subzero all winter long and know that it would only be for one winter and then I'd get out. Worst case scenario, if i couldn't handle the cold, stay indoors and go outside only when needed. If I had to live there for several years, probably Midland.
Summer in Midland. It isn't even the worst of what Texas has to offer. South Texas, from Laredo to Brownsville, is much worse. Nighttime temperatures in Midland aren't bad at all.
This almost sounds like real life to me. I've lived in northern climates my whole life (not as cold as Manitoba, but plenty of cold and snow). I've recently moved to southern Louisiana, and whenever I tell someone I am loving the weather here, they say, "You just wait until July. You'll wish you were back up north." I always say I'll take the heat of the summer over the cold and snow any day. In fact, just today I was having this conversation with someone, and I said, "You don't have to shovel heat."
Thompson, hands-down. The cold and snow of winter is far more enjoyable than the heat of summer for me. Thompson is a few degrees colder than I prefer, but Midland is about 30F hotter than my ideal summer weather.
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In fact, just today I was having this conversation with someone, and I said, "You don't have to shovel heat."
To me that's exactly the problem with heat - it's uncomfortable and inescapable. Barring air conditioning there is virtually nothing that can be done to combat uncomfortably hot weather. At least snow can be shoveled and cold can be insulated against. Combine that with the fact that cold and snow aren't uncomfortable for me in the least (I very much enjoy being in those conditions), and you should be able to see why I have such a strong preference for cold weather.
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Originally Posted by kayanne
I've recently moved to southern Louisiana, and whenever I tell someone I am loving the weather here, they say, "You just wait until July. You'll wish you were back up north." I always say I'll take the heat of the summer over the cold and snow any day.
I don't know how long you've been in Louisiana, but if you've spent a summer there and after a year there you loved the overall weather, more power to you. In my experience a people's suppositions about what they like are pretty accurate, assuming they do extensive research.
This almost sounds like real life to me. I've lived in northern climates my whole life (not as cold as Manitoba, but plenty of cold and snow). I've recently moved to southern Louisiana, and whenever I tell someone I am loving the weather here, they say, "You just wait until July. You'll wish you were back up north." I always say I'll take the heat of the summer over the cold and snow any day. In fact, just today I was having this conversation with someone, and I said, "You don't have to shovel heat."
You sound like me.
I've also said to others "rain clears itself, sliding all by its own down the drain."
The only way I wouldn't choose extreme heat over a Manitoba winter would be a survival scenario where you have to ration your water portions, like say getting stranded in the middle of the Sahara. (Versus a normal existance in a Manitoba winter, complete with all the creature comforts of First World living)
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