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ladyislingering · 12-28-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I agree. I wish I could afford to move out there. But I think I would actually miss real winters, though.

California is super expensive but I've found a comfortable medium up here in the suburbs of the Seattle area. It hasn't really snowed in the two winters I've been here (I really actually haven't seen snow since 2011) and I think it's kind of nice. It gets cold (but not too cold) but at least there's not black ice everywhere and snow on the ground for half the year.

Paul Smeenus · 12-28-2013, 02:30 PM

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pinko leftist commie bastard Californians.

I resent this. I'm a pinko leftist commie bastard Portlander. We make Cali leftists look like Tea Party Bible Thumpers.

ladyislingering · 12-28-2013, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

I resent this. I'm a pinko leftist commie bastard Portlander. We make Cali leftists look like Tea Party Bible Thumpers.

It's sort of tragic that my locale doesn't have a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods market but I'll be damned if there's not 10 goddamn Starbucks within a 2 mile radius.

Paul Smeenus · 12-28-2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

It hasn't really snowed in the two winters I've been here (I really actually haven't seen snow since 2011)

We had an apocalyptic snow storm in early 2012

Seattle Weather: January 2012 Snowstorm Could Be Worst Blizzard In Decades (PHOTOS)

Burning Down · 12-28-2013, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

California is super expensive but I've found a comfortable medium up here in the suburbs of the Seattle area. It hasn't really snowed in the two winters I've been here (I really actually haven't seen snow since 2011) and I think it's kind of nice. It gets cold (but not too cold) but at least there's not black ice everywhere and snow on the ground for half the year.

See, I would miss the snow. Plus there is only snow on the ground here for like 4 months... not half the year like a lot of people think. I think some people believe it snows here all year round lol.

ladyislingering · 12-28-2013, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

We had an apocalyptic snow storm in early 2012

Seattle Weather: January 2012 Snowstorm Could Be Worst Blizzard In Decades (PHOTOS)

Oh, I remember that. I wasn't here yet but Ki was telling me that his family was living without power for a few weeks, snowed in, and it was miserable. I was safe and warm in Northern California.

Hopefully another blizzard like that never happens again. I'd just give up and die. I hate snow that much.

Also I feel like this survey forgot a couple questions, to be honest.

Like.

"What do you call the thing you gather your groceries in?"

(I've heard some people call it a buggy, carriage, and even a basket. It's a shopping cart, man.)

ladyislingering · 12-28-2013, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

See, I would miss the snow. Plus there is only snow on the ground here for like 4 months... not half the year like a lot of people think. I think some people believe it snows here all year round lol.

I spent a large portion of my life in northern Minnesota. It would start snowing in October and there'd still be some of it on the ground as late as May. You'd start to feel the warmth sometime in April. It's miserable. You don't even feel the sun for months on end. It's almost unnatural.

Burning Down · 12-28-2013, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

I spent a large portion of my life in northern Minnesota. It would start snowing in October and there'd still be some of it on the ground as late as May. You'd start to feel the warmth sometime in April. It's miserable. You don't even feel the sun for months on end. It's almost unnatural.

Most of Minnesota is further north than where I am, and yeah there is more snow overall in those parts. Especially in Midwest Canada.

ladyislingering · 12-28-2013, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Most of Minnesota is further north than where I am, and yeah there is more snow overall in those parts. Especially in Midwest Canada.

I used to live so far north that most of my customers were actually tourists from Winnipeg.

Paul Smeenus · 12-28-2013, 03:06 PM