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Prob cuz a lot of people don't wanna deal with changing their tires to fat tires?
Its clearly not the cold, because the cold isn't keeping people away from x country skiing and other winter activities.
Sounds totally logical /s
And I suppose when pedestrian and cycling counts decline in New Orleans and Dallas in July, it's clearly not the heat because the heat isn't keeping people away from outdoor swimming pools, Slip 'N Slides and ice cream.
February 2020 I spent my Valentine's day in Duluth. It was brutally cold for V Day but like a day or two later it warmed up to the 20s. We went to Gooseberry Falls on one of those days and there were tons of people hiking the frozen falls.
Sure, you will see more people out in the 20s than -10s... but to many Americans, even the 20s they call 'brutal' lol. But notice how the temps went from like, -15 to 25 within a few days?
In places with brutal summers, you rarely will see it go from a high in the 100s to a high in the 80s in a few days. The current heat in Texas has lasted longer than any frigid period I ever experienced in MN.
Subzeroes don't last anywhere as long up here as triple digits do in places like Texas or Arizona
This isn't true at all lol Have you been to Dallas in the summer?
I was in NY in the upper 80s and yes it was hot, but the only time it was TRULY brutal was the subway stations. If Dallas had subways their stations would be even worse.
New Yorkers always exaggerate how things are in their cities. Your summers are hotter and humid than Texans might realise, but in no way are they as hot as Dallas in summer.
A low of 25 isn't the same as a high of 25. My point is you can get southern like summer weather in Minnesota much more often than you'll get Minnesota like winters down south. It's normal to have highs in the mid 90s and above in the summer in MN. It's not normal to have highs in the negatives anywhere in the south.
To be fair we don't really get many highs in the negatives in MN... at least not where most Minnesotans live. Lows in the negatives are more reasonable.
On the other end... highs in the 90s are relatively common in summer here, but lows in the 80s are (thankfully) rare.
Lows in the 80s is why I would pick a typical Texas summer over a Florida summer. Texas highs are hotter than Florida's but their summer lows at least get down to the low 70s
If Winter is so great... then how come there are millions of snowbirds that travel to warm weather destinations each winter?
How come we don't have that many "heatbirds" that go north in summer. The obvious answer is that it isn't enough better up north in the summer to make it worth going there when you can hit the water or in the west... go to the mountains in your own area.
If Winter is so great... then how come there are millions of snowbirds that travel to warm weather destinations each winter?
How come we don't have that many "heatbirds" that go north in summer. The obvious answer is that it isn't enough better up north in the summer to make it worth going there when you can hit the water or in the west... go to the mountains in your own area.
Every snowbird is also a heat bird, otherwise they would stay down south all year round.
If Winter is so great... then how come there are millions of snowbirds that travel to warm weather destinations each winter?
How come we don't have that many "heatbirds" that go north in summer. The obvious answer is that it isn't enough better up north in the summer to make it worth going there when you can hit the water or in the west... go to the mountains in your own area.
In most of the Midwest as well as New England, many people go Up North in the summer to the cottage or cabin on a lake or in the woods where it is generally at least 10-20F cooler compared to areas further south. In fact, there were low temperatures in the 40s in that area in the last few days.
This isn't true at all lol Have you been to Dallas in the summer?
I was in NY in the upper 80s and yes it was hot, but the only time it was TRULY brutal was the subway stations. If Dallas had subways their stations would be even worse.
New Yorkers always exaggerate how things are in their cities. Your summers are hotter and humid than Texans might realise, but in no way are they as hot as Dallas in summer.
It is true...which is why I went through the trouble of quoting that article
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