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> their choices are not objective decisions. You could say that about any decision about anything, so it's pretty meaningless. I live in northern Ontario. It's

> their choices are not objective decisions. You could say that about any decision about anything, so it's pretty meaningless. I live in northern Ontario. It's below 0F all this week, and that's on the warm side for this time of year. We usually get a week or two of -20F, and -30 is cold but not remarkable. And believe if or not, people _do_ choose to live in these climates, regardless of the ties you listed above. I love winter. I love the stillness, I love being cozy inside, I love the feeling of braving the elements outside. Maybe it's a bit trite, but knowing that just being outside can literally kill you if you're not prepared for it tends to make you feel pretty alive. I love how everything dies or hibernates in the winter, and I love the renewal and rejuvenation that comes with spring. And like a sibling comment pointed out, you can always put on more clothes to be comfortable, but you can only take off so many. I hate heat and humidity. I bike to work five days a week year-round and run outdoors all winter. Late summer when it's so hot and miserable to be outside is when I stop running.

yieldcrv 3y ago
its a good testimony, the middle of nowhere has a stillness because nobody wants to live there otherwise it would be a dense high cost of living area already you are perfectly aware of the contrarian nature of your choice
- justusthane 3y ago
  It's not a stillness from lack of people. I live in a city of 120k. It's the way snow dampens sound. Also, I know that lots of people don't want to live here, that's obvious. I'm saying that there are also many people who do want to live here. Someone asked the question of why people want to live in climates like this. I'm answering the question from the (subjective) perspective of someone who does. You are needlessly confrontational in trying to impose your logic on other people's decisions.
  - yieldcrv 3y ago
    in that case I think yours could have been a sibling comment
fuzzfactor 3y ago
>You could say that about any decision about anything, so it's pretty meaningless. OK I'll say it. I accept the meaninglessness of why most people are where they are to begin with, because most of the time >>their choices are not objective decisions.

yieldcrv 3y ago

its a good testimony, the middle of nowhere has a stillness because nobody wants to live there otherwise it would be a dense high cost of living area already you are perfectly aware of the contrarian nature of your choice

justusthane 3y ago
It's not a stillness from lack of people. I live in a city of 120k. It's the way snow dampens sound. Also, I know that lots of people don't want to live here, that's obvious. I'm saying that there are also many people who do want to live here. Someone asked the question of why people want to live in climates like this. I'm answering the question from the (subjective) perspective of someone who does. You are needlessly confrontational in trying to impose your logic on other people's decisions.
- yieldcrv 3y ago
  in that case I think yours could have been a sibling comment

fuzzfactor 3y ago

>You could say that about any decision about anything, so it's pretty meaningless. OK I'll say it. I accept the meaninglessness of why most people are where they are to begin with, because most of the time >>their choices are not objective decisions.