Winter jacket recommendation

[LegendKiller]

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From what I see walking around, people in the twin cities are slightly heavier heavier for the most part, but with WAY more people with ++ sized waists than in Manhattan or North NJ where I grew up. I don't really notice what people wear at night, but during winter Saturday afternoons in Manhattan I recall seeing 2 or 3 Canada Goose jackets a day from being out a few hours (I'd stroll from SoHo to Midtown). I will say that I noticed it mostly on women though, but that could just be because I don't really pay attention to men.

When I went back to see my friends in June and I told them that people layer up here instead of getting warm coats they asked me "Why?" and had the same puzzled look on their faces that I had when I first noticed it.

I don't think people in the NYC metro area had a "badass" front. I thought people there were real, instead of "Minnesota Nice". It's a cultural thing.

Also, not only is food better on the coasts, it's cheaper. Food trucks here charge like 2X what they do in Manhattan and most food trucks here are crap.

I don't recall ever seeing one in nyc, or in greenwich.

Layering makes sense since even if you have the best jacket made. If it didn't you'd just wear some UA underneath and be done. How stupid is that?

NYC'ers *absolutely* have the badass front, especially the ones who grew up there. I see it every day. We chuckle about it at work. I see it when I go back there. In all of the places I've lived, nobody else has it.

ROFL. The food is cheaper? Now I know you are full of it. The food is way cheaper here. A good steak at Mannys, Lurcat, 112, butcher and boar, and blg, and is at least 10-20% cheaper here and tasted better than most places in the city. The food trucks are an aberration, and one I agree with. However, Get Sauced makes good tacos and WSK has a better burrito than you'll find any food truck in the nyc.

Sounds to me like somebody is pretty contemptuous of the people in MN. That's ok, it'll take a while for the NYC in you to leak out and you can finally relax. Life here is far better than the coast, eventually you'll realize that. Buy a boat and go to Lake M, then buy some sleds and go out, head up to lutsen and ski, then rent a house boat up on rainy lake, then you'll find what mn is about.

And you won't need to buy some down puffy jacket to do it. lol.

 

[gotsmack]

I don't recall ever seeing one in nyc, or in greenwich.

Layering makes sense since even if you have the best jacket made. If it didn't you'd just wear some UA underneath and be done. How stupid is that?

NYC'ers *absolutely* have the badass front, especially the ones who grew up there. I see it every day. We chuckle about it at work. I see it when I go back there. In all of the places I've lived, nobody else has it.

ROFL. The food is cheaper? Now I know you are full of it. The food is way cheaper here. A good steak at Mannys, Lurcat, 112, butcher and boar, and blg, and is at least 10-20% cheaper here and tasted better than most places in the city. The food trucks are an aberration, and one I agree with. However, Get Sauced makes good tacos and WSK has a better burrito than you'll find any food truck in the nyc.

Sounds to me like somebody is pretty contemptuous of the people in MN. That's ok, it'll take a while for the NYC in you to leak out and you can finally relax. Life here is far better than the coast, eventually you'll realize that. Buy a boat and go to Lake M, then buy some sleds and go out, head up to lutsen and ski, then rent a house boat up on rainy lake, then you'll find what mn is about.

And you won't need to buy some down puffy jacket to do it. lol.

I don't wear thermals, I just thicker shirts and pants for the winter, sometimes I wear an undershirt and a thick shirt or sweater.

I didn't mean restaurant food, I mean food you buy at the supermarket (my reference is shop rite in NJ, where I shopped for food) I notice mostly on fruit, but dry pasta is more expensive out here too. I don't eat steak that often so I can't comment on that. I will comment on what I have tasted here in Minneapolis is that restaurants don't seem like they know how to draw flavor out of the food. It's a food preparation thing, and MN doesn't have it in it's skill set to do flavor reinforcement. The hotbar is 50 cents cheaper at whole foods here though, but the selection isn't that good.

Also what is the deal with bagels here, they don't boil them. If you don't boil it it's not a bagel! The thing that irritated me is that when I asked the baker she knew it was supposed to be boiled, but just chose not to do it.

Pizza by the slice is next to impossible to find and when I did find a place that had it (Davanni's) it was only offered during lunch and was kind of not good.

I'm not sure I know any real native born NYC ers, but all of my friends who live in the city are super chill, I didn't even know one of them was rich until the first time I went over to his apartment. The only person I met and thought they were being a dick was a NJ guido.

 

[Fayd]

I'm looking for a really warm jacket. Something that looks formal and is not too expensive. What do you guys recommend? Throw in some extra recommendations for other winter gear for extra reps.

Peacoat looks pretty good, <100$ for a good quality one.

alternatively, if you're looking for a long coat and shun the buttoning/belt of a trenchcoat, I suggest a duster or a stockman's coat.