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If there's ever a blizzard/deep freeze in Chicago, there's a very good chance in Minneapolis it's anywhere from 10 to 40 degrees colder and more brutal. Chicago doesn't even have very many over street tunnels, in Minneapolis there's on on seemingly every block for seemingly every building. You will normally only find these in cities that are the coldest of the cold.
Chicago has the lake, but that still doesn't make it any worse than MSP. MSP is in right near the coldest area of the mainland U.S.; western MN, and much of the Dakotas.
Compared to other major cities like NYC, LA, SF, DC, Chicago is a very cold city in the winter. But compared to Minneapolis, it's not nearly as brutal.
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The average difference between Chicago and New York winters is roughly 7 degrees colder and 29 more inches of snowfall for Chicago.
The average difference between Chicago and Minneapolis is roughly 10 degrees colder and 44 more inches of snowfall for Minneapolis.
So people claiming they are similar or Chicago's merely a bit warmer is ridiculous. Chicago takes a beating for it's winters in comparison to New York and they are much closer than Chicago is to Minneapolis.
There is so much Chicago misinformation on this forum its absurd. There must be a lot of disgruntled Lincoln Parkers that couldn't afford the property taxes anymore.
People outside of Chicago seem to be obsessed. Often, the new threads started, seem to be in hopes of discrediting Chicago, on one way, or another. Just take a gander...you'll see what I mean.
Yes, this is so sad honestly.
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The average difference between Chicago and New York winters is roughly 7 degrees colder and 29 more inches of snowfall for Chicago.
The average difference between Chicago and Minneapolis is roughly 10 degrees colder and 44 more inches of snowfall for Minneapolis.
So people claiming they are similar or Chicago's merely a bit warmer is ridiculous. Chicago takes a beating for it's winters in comparison to New York and they are much closer than Chicago is to Minneapolis.
There is so much Chicago misinformation on this forum its absurd. There must be a lot of disgruntled Lincoln Parkers that couldn't afford the property taxes anymore.
I agree, this forum makes it sound like living in Chicago is akin to living in a Siberian gulag or on Hoth but we never hear the same comments about cities with similar or worse climates.
Anyway, so I voted for MSP. Although I love winter and snow!
I think the biggest difference besides the gap in temperature and snowfall is that Chicago is still humid in the winter as it is in the summer where as MSP is drier in both.
I lived off of Belmot and Sheridan for two years and that wind is something else. The humidity does make a difference. That said, MSP is colder for longer. Id still choose the winters in Chicago over MSP.
I think the biggest difference besides the gap in temperature and snowfall is that Chicago is still humid in the winter as it is in the summer where as MSP is drier in both.
I lived off of Belmot and Sheridan for two years and that wind is something else. The humidity does make a difference. That said, MSP is colder for longer. Id still choose the winters in Chicago over MSP.
When I worked in downtown Chicago there was a nice underground system of pedestrian tunnels. I usually grabbed a bite for lunch or coffee somewhere in the massive underground maze without ever stepping outside in the winter.
I’m not sure why the Chicago posters here are so defensive. Of course Minneapolis has worse winters than Chicago. But Chicago still has worse winters compared to most other larger cities in the continental US. Is this really so controversial?
I’m not sure why the Chicago posters here are so defensive. Of course Minneapolis has worse winters than Chicago. But Chicago still has worse winters compared to most other larger cities in the continental US. Is this really so controversial?
I'm not a Chicago poster. But it's facts that Chicago's winters are blown way out of proportion here, particularly in regards to other Midwestern and East Coast cities. It gets brought up in nearly every thread, but then I rarely see it brought up for places that are snowier (Boston) or colder (Minneapolis, Toronto).
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