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re: Worst city/area/state, overall, in terms of weather and topography

Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:33 am to
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:33 am to
Constant cold & constant heat are worse, but: add western to central Oklahoma to the list. Hot as balls and windy in the summer; cold and windy in the winter. Tornado threats year round, essentially. Ice storms. Droughts. Heat Domes. You name it. Spring lasts a few weeks. Fall lasts about 5 weeks.

You can count on about 40 total days of nice weather throughout the year. "Nice" meaning mild temps and low wind.

The first requirement I have for retirement is GTFOH and moving somewhere that's got all 4 seasons and relatively mild weather.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:00 am to
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add western to central Oklahoma to the list.


That was part of my work territory for a few years and I imagined that’s what hell looks like
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:10 am to
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interesting map, Louisiana looks like a full scale evacuation underway



Arkansas is surprising but the NW part of the state is supposed to be nice.
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:20 am to
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I imagined that’s what hell looks like


I mean, at least there is farmland. Want to see what hell looks like, take a day drive from Phoenix to San Diego. It's Mars, but with 110+ temps
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:37 am to
I was going to put a vote in for northern Indiana. It’s either a flat, remote cornfield or a run down, rust belt depressed town that’s on its last leg. The summers are hot and the winters are brutal with its lake effect snow. Feet of snow can start to accumulate as early as October. A nice fall day turns into a blue gray sky and rain in minutes due to the lake. You’re always under the threat of rain.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 6:38 am
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:02 am to
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North Dakota


Is a sportsman's paradise. And it is a beautiful state. But it gets cold.
Posted by ClemsonKitten
Member since Aug 2025
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:35 am to
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Is a sportsman's paradise. And it is a beautiful state. But it gets cold.


The summers are nice. Most southerners have not experienced a summer where you aren’t instantly sweating from the heat and humidity as soon as you step outside. Climate change is causing winters up north to become milder while the south gets more winter storms and hard freezes.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 7:39 am
Posted by IamPatman
In The Head Of My Enemies
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:52 am to
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its a pretty god-forsaken barren piece of rock. i never felt so disconnected from humanity as i did driving across that state.

Lol...you say that like it's a bad thing. Sounds heaven like to me.
Posted by Lexis Dad
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:26 am to
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Wyoming. Hands down. Wyoming

Posted by Lexis Dad
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:27 am to
Texas Panhandle & Kansas
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 9:16 am
Posted by Them
Metry
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:31 am to
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North Dakota


Eastern Montana is an extension of ND. Effectively, it's Kansas with a Saskatchewan winter.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 8:32 am
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:37 am to
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In your opinion, which areas—cities or states—have the worst combination of weather and topography year-round? I
for larger metros


It’s DFW and not particularly close. All the weather seasons suck.

Miserable damp cold
Tornados
Hail
Miserably hot

Rinse, repeat.

On top of having to be amongst insufferable Cowboys fans




Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:55 am to
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Texas Panhandle

No redeeming qualities

Colder than a well diggers arse in the winter

Hotter than blue blazes in the summer

The topography is that of a dusty, shrub covered ping pong table.

Amarillo is the most cosmopolitan city around

It takes hours to get anywhere that is worthwhile.


On top of all that, there are a lot of places with high concentrations of cows and pigs, and you can smell the shite driving along I-40 at 70 mph with your windows rolled up.

Same thing goes for the Oklahoma panhandle.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:56 am to
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29 Palms, CA.


Someone told me that it is a masturbators paradise.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
3019 posts
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:24 am to
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Wut? Wyoming is beautiful

North Dakota, Kansas or Nebraska


Tell me you have not seen most of Wyoming without actually saying it.

The bulk of Wyoming looks just like the Dakotas. Same with eastern Montana.
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:27 am to
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Lol...you say that like it's a bad thing. Sounds heaven like to me


I see you have never had to drive over an hour for gas/groceries. That is life in many places in Wyoming.

But hey, there are still glory holes at the Luvs in Wamsutter.
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 9:27 am
Posted by freshtigerbait
Somewhere
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:56 am to
South Florida.
Posted by Afrojedi
Member since Jul 2017
607 posts
Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:11 am to
Honestly, West Tennessee/North Mississippi sucks. There are only (3) things you can absolutely predict.

1) disgustingly hot and humid at some point in the summer
2) bitingly freezing cold at some point in the winter
3) its going to rain a lot more than you would expect at multiple points through out the year

The only problem is you just never know when any of these things are going to hit. I think thats the worst part about it, the mystery. Like, it was 20deg the other day but its supposed to be like 70 on Christmas day. Looking forward to a nice spring? Sucks to be you, its going to rain for a month straight this year...maybe. Oh, you made it through July with it being relatively mild? Just wait for August and September. Oh, its Halloween? Its either going to be 90deg or 25deg, no in between. Its like someone just throws a dart at a weather dart board with their eyes closed every week. Oh, yeah, and tornados
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:13 am to
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Worst city/area/state, overall, in terms of weather and topography



We tend to build cities near natural features that they need to survive. Either near a river for a port or at a junction of roads/rail.

I guess I find the weather in Houston to be the least appealing to me. But Houston is right where it needs to be - on the ship channel with deep water ports.
Posted by Billy Mays
Member since Jan 2009
25752 posts
Posted on 12/16/25 at 10:24 am to
The central to southern parts of MS are pretty awful considering the ridiculous heat in the summer, mostly flat and boring, combined with the changes in weather patterns that have made it much more tornado prone.
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