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Hey, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to come off as suggesting you're any less smart for your decisions. I just wrote this up as a formalization for when my fri

by auston 13y ago

Hey, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to come off as suggesting you're any less smart for your decisions. I just wrote this up as a formalization for when my friends ask me why I live in Miami. I didn't expect for it to front page HN. Again, I'm sorry for offending you!

grogenaut 13y ago
No way not a problem. I live in Seattle and it's gorgeous for 2-6 months a year. 6 on a good year fingers crossed for global warming. But the rest of the year means a shit ton of snow and I LOVE snow. If I didn't I'd be in Austin or the south. I agree with you, it's absurd for most of these people to live in SF.
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  Seattle gets snow maybe once every 2 years, otherwise you only see it if you go to the passes or on a clear day when you can see it on the mountains. Now rain on the other hand....
  - grogenaut 13y ago
    by snow I mean snow in the mountains, the type that is fun, not snow in town, the type that causes other fun but not as useful
    - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
      I'm sure you were just trying to scare off the Californians. Seattle Cascade snow is wet and icky; it's not the dry soft powder they get in Utah or other places in the Rockies. There are way better places for snow than Seattle.
      - grogenaut 13y ago
        And it's great snow the day it falls and isnt wet until it gets close to thaw temps. We also get a lot more snow a year over all at lower altitudes than anywhere else. Sure ours not always champagne powder, but with several hundred days skiing/boarding in co and ut, I feel I can make a comparison. Even heavy powder is still a shit ton of fun. Also because it snows more you are less likely to have tracked out conditions any day of the week. If you're ever up here check out Crystal or baker. Just keep telling your California friends it sucks up here in the Woods and I'll keep telling mine about how bad the Mormons are in utah and we'll both be safe.
        seanmcdirmid 13y ago
        I'm a native Washingtonian (Bothell/UW grad) so I know the snow at Crystal and Stevens. I also did my phd in SLC, the snow is much better there. These days I live in snowless Beijing. I would say anything to keep the Californians out; its part of our culture.

by auston 13y ago

grogenaut 13y ago

No way not a problem. I live in Seattle and it's gorgeous for 2-6 months a year. 6 on a good year fingers crossed for global warming. But the rest of the year means a shit ton of snow and I LOVE snow. If I didn't I'd be in Austin or the south. I agree with you, it's absurd for most of these people to live in SF.

seanmcdirmid 13y ago
Seattle gets snow maybe once every 2 years, otherwise you only see it if you go to the passes or on a clear day when you can see it on the mountains. Now rain on the other hand....
- grogenaut 13y ago
  by snow I mean snow in the mountains, the type that is fun, not snow in town, the type that causes other fun but not as useful
  - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
    I'm sure you were just trying to scare off the Californians. Seattle Cascade snow is wet and icky; it's not the dry soft powder they get in Utah or other places in the Rockies. There are way better places for snow than Seattle.
    - grogenaut 13y ago
      And it's great snow the day it falls and isnt wet until it gets close to thaw temps. We also get a lot more snow a year over all at lower altitudes than anywhere else. Sure ours not always champagne powder, but with several hundred days skiing/boarding in co and ut, I feel I can make a comparison. Even heavy powder is still a shit ton of fun. Also because it snows more you are less likely to have tracked out conditions any day of the week. If you're ever up here check out Crystal or baker. Just keep telling your California friends it sucks up here in the Woods and I'll keep telling mine about how bad the Mormons are in utah and we'll both be safe.
      - seanmcdirmid 13y ago
        I'm a native Washingtonian (Bothell/UW grad) so I know the snow at Crystal and Stevens. I also did my phd in SLC, the snow is much better there. These days I live in snowless Beijing. I would say anything to keep the Californians out; its part of our culture.