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How do people live in Minneapolis?

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xeemzor

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It's not normal to have a low of -17 near the end of February. How do people put up with this cold? I can't believe anyone enjoys 7 months of winter, 3 months of intense humidity, and 2 actually decent months. Shoveling snow sure sounds fun for the 20th time. Alaska almost sounds like a better option.
 
This winter has been the coldest in about 20 years. It should finish top 5 in the last 100.
It has been brutal. This is the type of winter that makes people move.
 
xeemzor said:
It's not normal to have a low of -17 near the end of February. How do people put up with this cold? I can't believe anyone enjoys 7 months of winter,
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I love the winter. I'd have it all year round if it were up to me. Constant snow means great downhill, cross country and backcountry skiing, great snowshoeing, great snowmobiling, great winter camping, ice fishing etc... Shoveling snow, running a snowblower and exercising in the cold is great exercise. When its cold, you enjoy things like hot saunas, steam rooms, sitting next to a heating stove with hot chocolate and brandy and sleeping with mounds of comforters piled on top of you. Something about the cold frigid weather that makes you feel alive and combating the elements.

Oh and this:
shortylickens said:
We arent pussies like the other 9/10ths of America.


Go to california with the other weanies.
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I knew what I was getting into when I moved to New England, not as bad a Minneapolis but I'd argue the mountains are a hell of alot better for skiing in New England then Minnesota!
 
Genx87 said:
This winter has been the coldest in about 20 years. It should finish top 5 in the last 100.
It has been brutal. This is the type of winter that makes people move.
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They were talking about this on the morning show I listen to. Some guy called in and said that he woke up one day, said "fuck it" and put in a transfer for work to his company's Florida office (he's moving tomorrow); all because of the weather.
 
Honestly, it's not the cold that's really the problem for me -- it's the snow, and the result it has on traffic. Any measurable amount of snow and my commute goes from ~20 minutes one way up to usually 1.5 hours one way, sometimes 2 hours.

With the cold, there gets to be a point where it just doesn't feel colder anymore. My wife moved up here from FL in mid-January a few years ago, and even she hasn't been complaining about the cold.

We've talked about moving someplace warmer, but we always end up at the same conclusion -- we get paid well enough, have relatively secure jobs with good benefits, and the schools here are very very good when compared with some of the warmer out-of-state areas we've looked at. That being said, we WILL be moving within the next couple years, but just closer to work, not out of state.
 
xanis said:
They were talking about this on the morning show I listen to. Some guy called in and said that he woke up one day, said "fuck it" and put in a transfer for work to his company's Florida office (he's moving tomorrow); all because of the weather.
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I've lived here or in the area(Fargo for school) my entire life. My sister moved to Dallas TX 2.5 years ago. I question my own sanity when starting my car at work when it is -8 and she is sipping a drink next to the pool in the mid 70s. Higher taxes, shittier weather. I am seriously asking why not move????

It used to be I could stand this crap because our Summers are the best in the country imo. The lakes, rivers ect make for a great summer. But even our Summers have been sucking ass the last decade. June is usually rainy and Augusts have become mild as well. That leaves us with July. Last Summer it didnt get reliably into the 70s(70s!!!!!!!!!) until right before the 4th. I think we still had 50s in June!

We have been in a god damned ice box since November. Every day is -f when I wake up and go to work. I thought we may break it this weekend. But now I am seeing a high of 0 on Sat for March 1st. This crap isnt going away anytime soon.
 
NetWareHead said:
I love the winter. I'd have it all year round if it were up to me. Constant snow means great downhill, cross country and backcountry skiing, great snowshoeing, great snowmobiling, great winter camping, ice fishing etc... Shoveling snow, running a snowblower and exercising in the cold is great exercise. When its cold, you enjoy things like hot saunas, steam rooms, sitting next to a heating stove with hot chocolate and brandy and sleeping with mounds of comforters piled on top of you. Something about the cold frigid weather that makes you feel alive and combating the elements.

Oh and this:

I knew what I was getting into when I moved to New England, not as bad a Minneapolis but I'd argue the mountains are a hell of alot better for skiing in New England then Minnesota!
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I enjoy downhill skiing. But there is no way I am going out skiing in single digits or worse. I dont mind winters when we are in the 20s for highs. But this never ending string of single digit highs or worse means being stuck in our houses because it is actually dangerous to go outside.
 
I would like to comment - I do the more crazier things in MN like ice fishing.

But if the temp is anywhere near 0 and 15+mph winds I won't fish. That is the breaking point for me.
 
Genx87 said:
I enjoy downhill skiing. But there is no way I am going out skiing in single digits or worse. I dont mind winters when we are in the 20s for highs. But this never ending string of single digit highs or worse means being stuck in our houses because it is actually dangerous to go outside.
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Doesn't bother me. You just gotta invest in and wear the right kind of outdoor gear. The two coldest days this year I found at Jay Peak VT and Wildcat Mountain NH. One time was single digits and other was -15 (temps at base, summit temps were far colder), both with severe windchills. If you invest in a set of merino wool baselayers pants and polartec fleece pants and shirt (when it is that cold I wear 2 sets of polartec pants/shirt on top of baselayers) and then a coat followed by shell pants and shell jacket. 2 layers of merino socks, liners gloves and shell mittens and a balaclava under an insulated helmet and I was out there all day long. When its that cold the mountain empties but I get the feeling of having every trail to myself 😎
 
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I live in central MN.

Temperature is one of those things that you get used to after being in that environment for awhile. The other day it was sunny and 0F with no wind, and it felt comfortable for me. The best way I can describe it is going into a pool and being chilly at first, then you get used to it and it feels normal after a minute or two. To outsiders, they experience MN and it's chilly, but for the rest of us, its normal because we have become accustom to it.
 
NetWareHead said:
Doesn't bother me. You just gotta invest in and wear the right kind of outdoor gear. The two coldest days this year I found at Jay Peak VT and Wildcat Mountain NH. One time was single digits and other was -15 (temps at base, summit temps were far colder), both with severe windchills. If you invest in a set of merino wool baselayers pants and polartec fleece pants and shirt (when it is that cold I wear 2 sets of polartec pants/shirt on top of baselayers) and then a coat followed by shell pants and shell jacket. 2 layers of merino socks, liners gloves and shell mittens and a balaclava under an insulated helmet and I was out there all day long. When its that cold the mountain empties but I get the feeling of having every trail to myself 😎
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Ha that sounds like way too much work for too little reward for me. I dont want to have to put on all of that to hit the slopes or even get my mail.
 
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