re: How do people live in cold climates???

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Unless it's windy I just wear a fleece over my shirt. Rarely wear gloves or knit hat.

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The parents of my roommate in law school moved to Montana, and I was there for New Years several years ago. We went snowshoeing one day when it was -10, I looked like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man I was so bundled up, local dudes just strolled by in what looked like jeans and a layer or two of long underwear.

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The New York Area Was Nearly Paralyzed by 6 Inches of Snow. What Went Wrong?

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Thousands of commuters were stranded outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, the busiest bus station in the country, after more than 1,100 scheduled buses were canceled. The line of people stretched a full city block.

The upper level of the George Washington Bridge — one of the busiest bridges in the world — turned into a parking lot after an icy 20-vehicle crash, with drivers abandoning their cars.

Buses were forced off the roads in New Jersey, so children had to spend the night at school, sleeping on gym mats until their parents were able to rescue them in the morning.

The New York region was all but paralyzed by an early winter storm that led to recriminations and second-guessing Friday about what exactly went wrong. Even grizzled commuters said they had never endured such a meltdown, venting their fury at those in charge of running buses and trains and clearing highways.

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Yeah, I’d rather deal with a little heat and humidity...

I always say it's easier to add a layer than to take off a layer when you're down to your underwear. Stop being a bitch about it... eat an extra cheesesteak or two. Philly ain't shite compared to sitting at a Bears game after 4 hours of tailgating out in it. Back when the Bears whooped your asses to go to the Super Bowl I flew from 70° Orlando to 20° (& Snowing) Chicago the morning of the game. I don't think you can get a worse temperature shock than that. Of course 12 years later I'm turning into my grandfather and bitching about the cold the whole time between the stadium and vehicle.

My 19 year-old self would kick my arse...I attended Minnesota before State and were had a week where it never get above zero. Picked up Chinese a block away and I have to nuke it just to get to room temperature. In winter you can go to almost anywhere on campus with minimal outside time because the are tunnels everywhere. That climate is brutal and that Randy Quade Global Warming propaganda film comes to mind.

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Seriously, how do people live like this, by choice???

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Some people are not pussies????

I hate cold weather except for when I'm sleeping under a warm blanket.

I was born and raised in Baton Rouge but moved here to Boulder a few years ago and I'll take the weather here over BR weather all day. I don't miss the brutal heat and humidity of BR a bit.

Yes, it snows here but it could snow one day and be sunny and mild for days afterwards. Unlike places in the northeast and midwest, the snow actually melts here because of the amount of sunshine here and because our snow is a dry snow because it falls at high elevations. It's not the dense heavy wet snow you find in the midwest. I can often use a broom instead of a shovel to clear it off.