What is city life like in the winter? (mall, suburban)

[burloak]

Originally Posted by mikmaq32

Not to gloat but I found this list. All cities of over 3 million. You'll notice canada only has two on the list.


harbin: -13 C/ 8 F
qiqihar: -13 C/9 F
urumqi: -8 C/18 F
changchun: -10 C/14 F
minneapolis: -6 C/22 F
montreal: -6 C/22 F
moscow: -6 C/22 F
shenyang: -6 C/22 F
anshan: -5 C/23 F
st. petersburg: -5 C/23 F
toronto: -3 C/27 F
pyongyang: -1 C/29 F
warsaw: -1 C/30 F
chicago: 0 C/32 F
detroit: 1 C/33 F
seoul: 1 C/33 F
beijing: 1 C/34 F
tianjin: 1 C/34 F
berlin: 2 C/ 35 F
lanzhou: 2 F/35 F
boston: 2 C/36 F
NYC: 4 C/39 F
philly: 4 C/39 F

Love that list!
Let me add some more cities....smaller ones but still big

USA
Milwaukee -2c/29F
Omaha 0c/33F
Des Moines -1c/31F
Indianapolis 2c/36F
Buffalo -1c/31F
Hartford 1c/34F
Cleveland 1c/34F
Salt Lake City 2c/37F
Portland,Maine -1c/31F
Spokane 1c/34F
Boise 2c/37F
Kansas City 4c/39F
Pittsburgh 2c/36F
Albany,NY -1F/31F

Around the World

Sapporo, Japan -1c/30F
Riga, Latvia -2c/28F
Kiev, Ukraine -3c/27F
Astana, Kazahkstan -13c/8F
Helsinki, Finland -2c/28F
Tallinn, Estonia -3c/27F
Vilnius, Lithuania -4c/25F
Stockholm, Sweden -1c/30F
Oslo, Norway -2c/28F
Sofia, Bulgaria -1c/30F
Ankara, Turkey 2c/36F
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 3c/38F
Minsk, Belarus -3c/27F
Vladivostok, Russia -9c/16F
Munich, Germany 1c/33F
Prague, Czech Republic 1c/33F
Frankfurt, Germany 4c/39F
Zurich, Switzerland 2c/36F
Vienna, Austria 3c/38F
Belgrade, Serbia 4c/39F
Zagreb, Croatia 3c/38F
Copenhagen, Denmark 2c/36F
Bucharest, Romania 2c/36F
Budapest, Hungary 1c/34F
Skopje, Macedonia 4c/39F
Ljubljana, Solvenia 2c/36F
Reykjavik, Iceland 2c/36F
Odessa, Ukraine 2c/35F
Warsaw, Poland 0c/32F
Bratislava, Slovakia 2c/36F
Pristina, Kosovo 3c/38F

[bananeyvrsyd33]

If possible, live near a métro(subway) station. You will be linked to stores, restaurants, movie theatres, theatres, concert venues, offices and may not even have to wear any boots or coats. When the snow hits and you aren't into outdoor stuff, everything submerges in winter. Otherwise, skating in Old Montreal or parc Lafontaine or cross country skiing on Mont Royal will keep you busy.

[BIMBAM]

Originally Posted by bananeyvrsyd33

If possible, live near a métro(subway) station. You will be linked to stores, restaurants, movie theatres, theatres, concert venues, offices and may not even have to wear any boots or coats. When the snow hits and you aren't into outdoor stuff, everything submerges in winter. Otherwise, skating in Old Montreal or parc Lafontaine or cross country skiing on Mont Royal will keep you busy.

Question is about Toronto, not Montreal.

[mikmaq32]

Originally Posted by bananeyvrsyd33

If possible, live near a métro(subway) station. You will be linked to stores, restaurants, movie theatres, theatres, concert venues, offices and may not even have to wear any boots or coats. When the snow hits and you aren't into outdoor stuff, everything submerges in winter. Otherwise, skating in Old Montreal or parc Lafontaine or cross country skiing on Mont Royal will keep you busy.

This kind of thinking is why people who don't like winter really don't like winter.

The more you avoid the cold the more likely you are to suffer from depression. The best route with winter, is buying good clothes, and that means stuff you can wear at -50, and take walks, skate etc.

[UserFinn]

I can not see snow as an problem, sure it gives sometimes extra work but this is normal and not big deal.
Here is CNN clip how to live with snow in cities.

Helsinki Snow-How - YouTube

[callmemaybe]

Toronto only has two months with highs averaging below freezing, and even then we're talking -1C. Yeah really it's not that bad winter-wise.

[mrjun18]

Originally Posted by canadian citizen

Au contraire, mes ami.

Come on we do have cars with heaters, and winter coats, and boots.

I've never said....Oh its snowing, lets not go out.

Examples of Toronto events that have nothing to do with "winter weather".

New Years Eve at city hall square. 30 thousand people cheering in the new year, outdoors, despite the weather.

The Santa Claus Parade, hundreds of thousands of people, standing on the sidewalks, watching a two hour parade go by.

daily public skating at city hall square, from November to March, goes till 10 pm.

Outdoor hockey rinks, all over the city, busy from morning to night, 7 days a week.

Toronto Maple Leafs home games, at the Air Canada Centre. Most peoplke take the subway, and walk the three blocks to the arena.

The entertainment district, dozens of clubs, every night of the year.

Live stage theatre, all year round, over 40 theatres in Toronto.

The Royal Ontario Museum, the Art gallery of Ontario, all open 7 days a week.

Remember the subway runs UNDER the snow fall, and real Canadians don't let a snow fall get in the way of a good time.

Jim B

Toronto.

Great post.

[Almrausch]

i love the winter here, after all we are Canadiens....eh

[botticelli]

Originally Posted by Almrausch

i love the winter here, after all we are Canadiens....eh

Often hear this kind of statement...what does it even mean? Someone from Phoenix should love 50C scotching heat because he is from Phoenix? It makes absolutely no sense.

Human bodies are built pretty much in the same way, which means 99.99% of human beings will feel more comfortable when it is 10C in the winter than when it is -10C. All this we are Canadians so we love the winter kind of talking is simply self denial. Canada is a cold country and it can never be an advantage.

[philobeddoe]

Originally Posted by botticelli

Often hear this kind of statement...what does it even mean? Someone from Phoenix should love 50C scotching heat because he is from Phoenix? It makes absolutely no sense.

Human bodies are built pretty much in the same way, which means 99.99% of human beings will feel more comfortable when it is 10C in the winter than when it is -10C. All this we are Canadians so we love the winter kind of talking is simply self denial. Canada is a cold country and it can never be an advantage.

I'll tell you how having a cold winter can be an advantage....

Canada's cold winters kill off all those creepy crawly poisonous danagerous insects and critters
that places with warmer winters have to put up with.