Pittsburgh's weather isn't that bad, having gone through 4 winters there in college. This year has been an outlier, with the Western US generally experiencing r

Pittsburgh's weather isn't that bad, having gone through 4 winters there in college. This year has been an outlier, with the Western US generally experiencing record heat and drought while the Eastern US has experienced record cold: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/19/freezing_cold_temperatures_hit_record_lows_in_missouri_and_kentucky.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/02/19/freezing_c... http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-east-west-weather-20150222-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-east-west-weat...