Glad I live in a place that doesn’t get so cold. I don’t understand family who put up with that shit. I guess if you haven’t spent years not freezing your ass off, it just seems normal.
Great photo, btw.
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I’d rather be cold than hot because I’m not allowed to walk around naked and don’t have liquid cooled undergarments.
So much this. You can be warm in the cold with adequate clothing. You cannot be cool in the heat.
I'd rather not have to scrape ice of my windshield and have about one month of hot days (lucky enough to have AC at home, which isn't common in the bay area).
You don't have to scrape ice off of your windshield. There are products now that you can spray on it to melt the ice. Have been for a very long time, over a decade, in fact.
The true point is cold conditions that hurt your skin, but ok. Here I am thinking it's a bit chilly because my home got to 66° and that works for me.
I don’t have to scrape ice off my windshield because I not only work from home but also have a two car garage
It's worth it, the cold keeps the mosquitoes down
There are no mosquitos here because there is no standing water. There were mad mosquitos in Kansas despite the cold because there is standing water.
......what? Do.....do you not see the massive lake we have?
I live near it and walk around it for exercise. Comparatively, we have no standing water because of gradients in elevation. Large parts of the midwest are flat as far as the eye can see.
Dude. It's 2 degrees outside right now. I'm pretty sure this cold keeps the polar bears down. Or....actually up. I guess they'd be in Canada.
Source: never seen a polar bear in Cleveland outside of the zoo.
Why wouldn't you be allowed to walk around naked?
The moms at the grocery store would be horrified
Ew, you're leaving your house? And dealing with people? People are the worst.
Source: person who has met other people.
In my experience, people who complain about the cold can't handle any temperature other than 70 degrees and complain relentlessly whenever it drifts away from that. You can stay whenever you are, just leaves more Ohio for me.
As somebody who has had multiple family members move to Florida, I'm totally with you. Also, my spouse is from Florida and his family is no different despite having lived there for decades. They just can't handle weather.
I cant stand above 70, im in the part of ohio with a yearly temp range of -20 f to 115 f. Hate it.
Pretty sure that's just the Midwest. I ised to live in Houston and it won't drop below 92 at any point, day or night, from June to August. This has honestly been the longest cold stretch i can remember in 10 years of living in NW Ohio, but i have honestly loved it.
SE MI checking in. As an added bonus it's been a lot sunnier than usual the past few weeks. It's easy enough to bundle up, but our winters tend to be pretty gray.
They really are. Everything just feels bleaker once i pass through Toledo. That's no small feat
70 is too cold I prefer 85+ try going to Phoenix on a 70 day every one is wearing jackets I have lived in deserts my entire life and am used to it being over 100 most of the year
Meanwhile, I feel too hot and sweat profusely at 78.
I lived in Kansas before living here, so I was used to brutally cold winters. I thought everyone complaining about mildly cold weather once I got here was insane. After more than twenty years, I have become fully acclimated to the idea that it's insane not to prefer more mild weather.
It's been about a week straight of <20F in my corner of Ohio and i am honestly loving it. I work "downtown" in a cute rural college town and love bundling up in my coat, scarf, and Walleyes hat to get lunch. Midwesterners are just tougher i guess. That's why we won the civil war
/laughs in -40 C or F? Doesn't matter!
I once lived in a place that never snowed. I hated it... There were no seasons, or changes, or well... Anything. You don't know what you're missing until you have to live in a place for a long time.
Imagine always being hot. Never cold... Can you? Go try that out for a while... Seasons are a gift.
I live in a place that has mild seasons as opposed to none. That's the best. We drove to Lake Tahoe to appreciate snow for a few days. We could go south for warm beaches if we wanted, but that doesn't appeal to me. Best climate.
TIL cargo ships go to Ohio.
Great lakes life. Ganted, there are way fewer cargo ships than saltwater ports, but it's hard to beat a big ship for cheaply moving goods/raw materials around.
You know, I always forget that Ohio is part of the Great Lakes region. I don't know why.
.....I don't know why either......although for me it would be impossible to forget. I grew up in a house that I could walk to the lake in about 10 minutes.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!