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Being an RIT alumni who left for warmer climes I think the quality of life issues with upstate New York are underrated by people who stay. I have a decent numb

Being an RIT alumni who left for warmer climes I think the quality of life issues with upstate New York are underrated by people who stay. I have a decent number of classmates who stayed and can afford much larger houses than I can in sunny and expensive California. But they need that larger house because they can't do anything outside for 5 months of the year.

ghaff 5y ago
>they can't do anything outside for 5 months of the year Yes, there's a real snow belt east of the Great Lakes. But with respect to there being "winter," you could say the same thing about a vast swath of the US. I live near Boston and I assure you there are tons of things I can do outside for those 5 months.
- brudgers 5y ago
  Rochester is just south off Lake Ontario. Watertown is the first thing further east.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    Rochester isn't in the heart of the snowbelt but it still catches plenty of snow off Lake Erie and presumably some off Ontario as well.
michaelmior 5y ago
There's plenty to do outside in the snow for those who aren't turned off by the cold. Having grown up in Canada and now living in Rochester, I like having actual seasons :)
- User23 5y ago
  There’s a reason hockey is popular there.