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I'd say any (regular) amount of snow disqualifies your city as having "nice weather".

by Hamuko 4y ago

t-3 4y ago
Snow isn't bad compared to rain. At least it looks nice and lights up the night.
- Hamuko 4y ago
  What? Snow is way worse. There's basically no comparison. If it rains, you can still drive, walk and cycle. If it snows, your car will get stuck in the snow, your bike will get stuck in the snow, and you will completely soak your boots and pants as you slog through the snow. Things get somewhat improved when they plough the roads, but the big problem with ploughing is that it polishes the road surface. So if you're walking or cycling, you're constantly in danger of slipping, and it's much harder to control and stop your car. And obviously if you live where it snows, you have to switch between summer and winter tyres twice a year in order to deal with it. Haven't heard of people switching between tyres because it rains. If you're walking and it snows, you basically want to wait until someone ploughs the roads and then carpet bombs it with grit. Grit that will stay around when the snow melts and has to be cleaned up. And when they clean up the grit, it kicks up a bunch of dust and you get to breathe it in. I don't think the elderly start falling and breaking their bones whenever a rainy season starts somewhere, but they most definitely do when it starts snowing. The couple of times that I've hurt myself in the past years have been because of snow and ice. My grandma got put in a wheelchair after breaking her leg in icy stairs. That snow also has to be stored somewhere, so the sides of roads, sidewalks, parking lots, will all be full of massive piles of snow that will obviously eat away space that you could otherwise use. A whole sidewalk might turn into a one-person wide path. If you're driving and it rains, it'll wipe off pretty easy. If it snows, it wipes off way worse. And if it's heavy snow, it will actually get stuck in the wipers and basically make the wipers useless. Obviously heavy rain is also an issue for visibility, but at least your wipers won't stop working. And when spring comes, the snow melts and everywhere it wet for weeks. And since it usually fluctuates above and below 0°C, that water will freeze, melt, freeze, melt, freeze, melt, which is once again a shitty experience for all road users. There's so many downsides to snow that I can't probably think of all of them right now.
  - t-3 4y ago
    Those are only problems for people not used to driving and walking in snow. Rain gets you wet, which is way worse than any snow.
    - Hamuko 4y ago
      Good to know I haven't gotten used to driving and walking in snow. Guess what also gets you wet? Snow. It'll even get you wet when it isn't snowing, since it stays on the ground, and for a very long time.
      - t-3 4y ago
        Not if it's cold enough ;)
      - ido 4y ago
        I think it really depends. Here (northern Germany) you don't really get a lot of snow. So a bit of snow & the accompanied very dry weather is significantly nicer than the cold, damp ~0-5c rain you'd otherwise get in winter. The snow usually doesn't pile up high enough to really be a problem. So the choice here is "slightly below 0 with a bit of snow" or "slightly above 0 with rain". It's not like crazy canadian levels of "a meter of snow and -30c" type situation.
  - kblev 4y ago
    Op really dislikes snow..
    - mrep 4y ago
      Definitely doesn't seem like a skier or snowboarder.
  - ProZsolt 4y ago
    There is no problem cycling in snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU If you have proper snow you won't get wet as the snow won't melt.
- cameronh90 4y ago
  Snow gets behind my glasses and into my eyes, blows into my ears, and gets blown into places that rain wouldn't normally reach, which then melts and gets wet. This means you need to seal yourself up much more rather than just getting an umbrella. It also is much more difficult to cycle in and covers up the street markings. I love how snow looks but then whenever I go out in it, I remember how much I hate it.
- throw0101a 4y ago
  > Snow isn't bad compared to rain. At least it looks nice and lights up the night. You don't have to shovel rain.
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- dam_broke_it 4y ago
  Try shoveling 6-9 inches of snow per storm--storms every 4-6 days during the winter in the Rockies....
  - t-3 4y ago
    I live in Michigan. We might not get quite as much precipitation as the mountains, but I assure you, I'm no stranger to snow.
  - wolverine876 4y ago
    Where do you get 6-9 inch storms weekly?
Steltek 4y ago
If you don't have a snowy winter, you probably have a blistering hot summer. I can always get a beefier winter jacket for the cold but in the heat, there are only so many layers I can take off before being arrested.
- pb7 4y ago
  Or you're in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  - acchow 4y ago
    100% this. You want to look for fingerprints with no blue (and ideally no dark green) and no red: https://weatherspark.com/map https://weatherspark.com/map South Africa and parts of Chile looking real good
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    Or west of Cascade Mountains.

I'd say any (regular) amount of snow disqualifies your city as having "nice weather".

by Hamuko 4y ago

I'd say any (regular) amount of snow disqualifies your city as having "nice weather".

t-3 4y ago

Snow isn't bad compared to rain. At least it looks nice and lights up the night.

Hamuko 4y ago
What? Snow is way worse. There's basically no comparison. If it rains, you can still drive, walk and cycle. If it snows, your car will get stuck in the snow, your bike will get stuck in the snow, and you will completely soak your boots and pants as you slog through the snow. Things get somewhat improved when they plough the roads, but the big problem with ploughing is that it polishes the road surface. So if you're walking or cycling, you're constantly in danger of slipping, and it's much harder to control and stop your car. And obviously if you live where it snows, you have to switch between summer and winter tyres twice a year in order to deal with it. Haven't heard of people switching between tyres because it rains. If you're walking and it snows, you basically want to wait until someone ploughs the roads and then carpet bombs it with grit. Grit that will stay around when the snow melts and has to be cleaned up. And when they clean up the grit, it kicks up a bunch of dust and you get to breathe it in. I don't think the elderly start falling and breaking their bones whenever a rainy season starts somewhere, but they most definitely do when it starts snowing. The couple of times that I've hurt myself in the past years have been because of snow and ice. My grandma got put in a wheelchair after breaking her leg in icy stairs. That snow also has to be stored somewhere, so the sides of roads, sidewalks, parking lots, will all be full of massive piles of snow that will obviously eat away space that you could otherwise use. A whole sidewalk might turn into a one-person wide path. If you're driving and it rains, it'll wipe off pretty easy. If it snows, it wipes off way worse. And if it's heavy snow, it will actually get stuck in the wipers and basically make the wipers useless. Obviously heavy rain is also an issue for visibility, but at least your wipers won't stop working. And when spring comes, the snow melts and everywhere it wet for weeks. And since it usually fluctuates above and below 0°C, that water will freeze, melt, freeze, melt, freeze, melt, which is once again a shitty experience for all road users. There's so many downsides to snow that I can't probably think of all of them right now.
- t-3 4y ago
  Those are only problems for people not used to driving and walking in snow. Rain gets you wet, which is way worse than any snow.
  - Hamuko 4y ago
    Good to know I haven't gotten used to driving and walking in snow. Guess what also gets you wet? Snow. It'll even get you wet when it isn't snowing, since it stays on the ground, and for a very long time.
    - t-3 4y ago
      Not if it's cold enough ;)
    - ido 4y ago
      I think it really depends. Here (northern Germany) you don't really get a lot of snow. So a bit of snow & the accompanied very dry weather is significantly nicer than the cold, damp ~0-5c rain you'd otherwise get in winter. The snow usually doesn't pile up high enough to really be a problem. So the choice here is "slightly below 0 with a bit of snow" or "slightly above 0 with rain". It's not like crazy canadian levels of "a meter of snow and -30c" type situation.
- kblev 4y ago
  Op really dislikes snow..
  - mrep 4y ago
    Definitely doesn't seem like a skier or snowboarder.
- ProZsolt 4y ago
  There is no problem cycling in snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU If you have proper snow you won't get wet as the snow won't melt.
cameronh90 4y ago
Snow gets behind my glasses and into my eyes, blows into my ears, and gets blown into places that rain wouldn't normally reach, which then melts and gets wet. This means you need to seal yourself up much more rather than just getting an umbrella. It also is much more difficult to cycle in and covers up the street markings. I love how snow looks but then whenever I go out in it, I remember how much I hate it.
throw0101a 4y ago
> Snow isn't bad compared to rain. At least it looks nice and lights up the night. You don't have to shovel rain.
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dam_broke_it 4y ago
Try shoveling 6-9 inches of snow per storm--storms every 4-6 days during the winter in the Rockies....
- t-3 4y ago
  I live in Michigan. We might not get quite as much precipitation as the mountains, but I assure you, I'm no stranger to snow.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  Where do you get 6-9 inch storms weekly?

Steltek 4y ago

If you don't have a snowy winter, you probably have a blistering hot summer. I can always get a beefier winter jacket for the cold but in the heat, there are only so many layers I can take off before being arrested.

pb7 4y ago
Or you're in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- acchow 4y ago
  100% this. You want to look for fingerprints with no blue (and ideally no dark green) and no red: https://weatherspark.com/map https://weatherspark.com/map South Africa and parts of Chile looking real good
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  Or west of Cascade Mountains.