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I would imagine you're being downvoted by people who don't know what winter in Chicago is like. ^^

whackedspinach 15y ago
Hear, hear. The number one reason to move from Illinois to the Valley: ability to drive your car and not be snowed in on Lake Shore Drive.
ComputerGuru 15y ago
I, and many other true Chicagoans, am very much proud of our winter weather, thank you very much.
- mobileman 15y ago
  Why??? How can you be proud of something you dont control? Its irrational.
  - dschobel 15y ago
    I'm sure there's some psychological term for what long-time Chicagoans feel for the winter there... you'll find it amongst the chapters concerning victims who identify with their abusers. (I did my five years in Chicago and gtfo).
    - philwelch 15y ago
      The term is "Stockholm syndrome", for the record.
- gbog 15y ago
  It's become Tea party here, with old ladies talking bout weather.
WildUtah 15y ago
My last winter in Illinois there were two weeks where the high temperature never got up as high as -15ºF. Pants freeze to your legs, glasses ice over in seconds, even if you're sufficiently bundled your eyeballs can get frostbite. People underestimate how much nicer the world is away from the Chicago-Boston-DC triangle.
- alapshah 15y ago
  You're memory doesn't seem to go along with facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago#Temperature_Extremes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago#Temperature_... Seems like the coldest high temperature in Chicago's recorded history was -11ºF FWIW I've lived in both SF and Chicago and quite like Chicago's climate/seasons and really liked the city life much more than I did in SF (although the stuff a couple hours from SF is fantastic), and I'm not at all alone (I live in NY now)
  - WildUtah 15y ago
    I was in a small town downstate; the lake can actually moderate temperatures in Chicago proper. Downstate Illinois can have more Fargo or Minneapolis weather. Warms up faster in the spring, though.

Hear, hear. The number one reason to move from Illinois to the Valley: ability to drive your car and not be snowed in on Lake Shore Drive.

ComputerGuru 15y ago

I, and many other true Chicagoans, am very much proud of our winter weather, thank you very much.

mobileman 15y ago
Why??? How can you be proud of something you dont control? Its irrational.
- dschobel 15y ago
  I'm sure there's some psychological term for what long-time Chicagoans feel for the winter there... you'll find it amongst the chapters concerning victims who identify with their abusers. (I did my five years in Chicago and gtfo).
  - philwelch 15y ago
    The term is "Stockholm syndrome", for the record.
gbog 15y ago
It's become Tea party here, with old ladies talking bout weather.

WildUtah 15y ago

My last winter in Illinois there were two weeks where the high temperature never got up as high as -15ºF. Pants freeze to your legs, glasses ice over in seconds, even if you're sufficiently bundled your eyeballs can get frostbite. People underestimate how much nicer the world is away from the Chicago-Boston-DC triangle.

alapshah 15y ago
You're memory doesn't seem to go along with facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago#Temperature_Extremes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago#Temperature_... Seems like the coldest high temperature in Chicago's recorded history was -11ºF FWIW I've lived in both SF and Chicago and quite like Chicago's climate/seasons and really liked the city life much more than I did in SF (although the stuff a couple hours from SF is fantastic), and I'm not at all alone (I live in NY now)
- WildUtah 15y ago
  I was in a small town downstate; the lake can actually moderate temperatures in Chicago proper. Downstate Illinois can have more Fargo or Minneapolis weather. Warms up faster in the spring, though.