I love winter, but I've never had one.

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Hello guys. I live in Guadalajara, Mexico. I really like my city, although it has some flaws. One for me, is the climate.
I mean, winters DO get cold only IN THE MORNING, around freezing point, but those same afternoons are hot anyway. I would really like to have cold, dark, windy and cloudy winters with short days, cool afternoons and cold nights, and a very slight level of sun. Also, snow or rain in winter would be great. :(

I would really like to have this one day, because I've never lived a real winter and I really miss one :(.

What about you guys who do get cold winters? What do you think? You guys are very fortunate...
 
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Winter sucks. Snow is a huge inconvenience when trying to get to work. You don't want to do anything when its -9 degrees celsius out. All my exercising habits are lost in the winter and I get chubby lol.

I'm in a long distance relationship and my boyfriend (who lives in sunny California) refuses to settle where I'm originally from because of the snow in the winter. I don't blame him too much on that.


If you wanna experience winter go to Europe in the winter! Or Canada and go skiiing/sledding on one of the mountains
 
I can understand longing to experience winter if you have never experienced one, but as someone who lives in a place with bad winters, I HATE winter. Snow looks nice the first time it falls, but every time after that, it is just inconvenient. It makes commuting a nightmare and shoveling for hours is not fun! Then the streets get all slushy and your clothes get dirty and it's disgusting. And I really don't like the cold either; it can get well below -20 C/-4 F here and it's painful. No matter how many layers I put on I feel like my limbs are going to fall off.

I wouldn't actually move because Canada is a great country, but man sometimes I wish I lived somewhere with a more mild winter!
 
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Winter sucks. Snow is a huge inconvenience when trying to get to work. You don't want to do anything when its -9 degrees celsius out. All my exercising habits are lost in the winter and I get chubby lol.

I'm in a long distance relationship and my boyfriend (who lives in sunny California) refuses to settle where I'm originally from because of the snow in the winter. I don't blame him too much on that.


If you wanna experience winter go to Europe in the winter! Or Canada and go skiiing/sledding on one of the mountains

I guess it comes everyone's personal opinion about winter and cold. But cold really makes me feel better. I'm really heat sensitive (in May, when we get to 35?C (95? F) I get headaches, I get sick or throw up, etc). However, when it's just slightly above freezing point, I enjoy going outside on a T-shirt and enjoying breathing the cold air, and I don't even feel cold. So that's why I don't think -9 C? would be TOO cold to me.

I was actually planning to go to British Columbia this winter, but our flights were cancelled. I actually cried about it.
 
I live in Downtown Los Angeles and we usually don't have cold winters. At the most the coldest it could get to is like 40 degrees F and that's in the morning for like a week or 2 in December. The coldest afternoons i've experience is like 58 degrees with the UV sun levels being high enough for a tan. Sometimes its not out of the norm for January to experience 80 or 90 degrees. Since california is still in a drought, we still might get some rain in February and March, but not a lot.
 
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Snow is a huge inconvenience when trying to get to work.

Yeah, that's the only inconvenience I see with snow.

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I can understand longing to experience winter if you have never experienced one, but as someone who lives in a place with bad winters, I HATE winter. Snow looks nice the first time it falls, but every time after that, it is just inconvenient. It makes commuting a nightmare and shoveling for hours is not fun! Then the streets get all slushy and your clothes get dirty and it's disgusting. And I really don't like the cold either; it can get well below -20 C/-4 F here and it's painful. No matter how many layers I put on I feel like my limbs are going to fall off.

I wouldn't actually move because Canada is a great country, but man sometimes I wish I lived somewhere with a more mild winter!


Yeah, I know snow can be dirty, but I would really really like to see it one day :(.

I guess I do well in cold climates? I mean the coldest I've ever been is probably -2?, and I didn't feel even cold at all. However, I know nothing abut -20?, but I'd really like to experience it one day. However, you guys get a taste of every weather and temperature on the year! If you like it hot, you get heat waves. You like cold? You get cold winters. You like it temperate? I guess fall is OK.

Yeah, Canada is great! You get all 4 seasons!

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I live in Downtown Los Angeles and we usually don't have cold winters. At the most the coldest it could get to is like 40 degrees F and that's in the morning for like a week or 2 in December. The coldest afternoons i've experience is like 58 degrees with the UV sun levels being high enough for a tan. Sometimes its not out of the norm for January to experience 80 or 90 degrees. Since california is still in a drought, we still might get some rain in February and March, but not a lot.


yeah, but at least it gets cool outside in the afternoon, not hot per se.
 
I love winter. Snow is gorgeous, and winter sunrises are the best. I can breathe so much better in the dry air, and driving in snow is a pain and dangerous but i dont care.
 
I'm from Canada so I get to experience winter every year. Overall I think it's enjoyable until around January when I remember I still have months of this season left. Some of the cons about winter include:

Cold: Honestly cold temperatures don't bother me too much, but during January and February the temperatures can get so cold that just about any exposed skin gets mild frostbite from being out for a few minutes. You might think this is a perfect excuse to stay indoors, but no. Unlike some other places, we're all used to these ludicrous temperatures so people still expect you to be out and doing things. I'm convinced this place could lose its entire atmosphere in some natural disaster, causing temperatures about as cold as the Moon, and people would still be going to work the next day.

Ice: Every year I manage to slip on ice at least once. I'm sort of convinced that one of these years I'll get unlucky and this ice will be the end of me, but luckily none of my encounters with this nemesis have resulted in anything more than a sore arm. Yet.

Drivers: Every year, people forget how to drive when winter starts. It's not a fun time to be on the road. Or close to the road in some cases. Don't even look at the road. That road will be the last thing you ever see.

Despite this, there are still some good things about winter. Snow is really beautiful, especially at night when there are lights to illuminate it. There are some fun things to do, such as skiing. The river will freeze over making it safe to walk on, which I really like for some reason. The polar bears and other arctic animals you can find at the zoo seem to really enjoy it, so that's something.
 
Cold: Honestly cold temperatures don't bother me too much, but during January and February the temperatures can get so cold that just about any exposed skin gets mild frostbite from being out for a few minutes. You might think this is a perfect excuse to stay indoors, but no. Unlike some other places, we're all used to these ludicrous temperatures so people still expect you to be out and doing things. I'm convinced this place could lose its entire atmosphere in some natural disaster, causing temperatures about as cold as the Moon, and people would still be going to work the next day.

My university is NOTORIOUS for never closing in severe weather, it's so bad. There was one day in February when every other school and local business was shut down because the conditions were treacherous, but my school was still open! So yeah I don't doubt your last comment one bit lol
 
I'm in the central Ohio area and I don't mind Winter too much. The only time it gets on my nerves is when there's ice on the ground or when the temperature/wind chill is below 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

I don't mind Winter when I get to stay inside all nice and bundled up, but starting mid-January I'm in my second semester of college, and they always expect you to walk in those horrid conditions. Sometimes professors are nice enough to cancel class (mostly because they love about 30 min to an hour away from campus) but that's not always the case. Plus, when it's snowy/icy out I can't ride my bike, and I don't move quickly on foot so I have to walk in the freezing cold. It really sucks.

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I guess it comes everyone's personal opinion about winter and cold. But cold really makes me feel better. I'm really heat sensitive (in May, when we get to 35?C (95? F) I get headaches, I get sick or throw up, etc).

I'm the same way, I'm very heat sensitive so basically any temperature above 80?F can make me sick or give me a nasty headache. I definitely prefer colder weather, but when there's ice and morning wind chills below 10 degrees then I don't like it.
 
Here is how winters normally go in Canada during peak storm season:
One day, a big storm hits, approximately 2-3 feet of snow is now piled on the already high snow banks. You wake up at 6:30am to shovel in the middle of a blizzard and then go to work/school sore and tired. But to get to school/work you need to clean off your car. Using a snow brush, you clean off your entire car and then start scraping away at the thick inch of ice covering your windows and mirrors. Then you drive through the half-plowed streets, praying nobody rear-ends you, and get to school/work. After, you need to clean off your car again because it’s been snowing and blowing all day. You get home and the plow truck has gone by your street again and there is another foot or two of snow at the end of your driveway. Except it’s not snow. It’s packed snow, ice, and rocks that you need to take an hour to get rid of before finally getting back into your freezing home. Let’s not forget that it’s already dark outside by 5:30pm so you’re doing this all in the dark.
Sometimes you will get storms like this 2-3 times a week if you’re unlucky, but I think the average is one bad storm per 10 days. One issue with all this snow is that there is nowhere to put it. By the time February rolls the snow banks are 5 to 10 feet high. If you’re shovelling, it takes a lot of effort to chuck the snow that high up.
My university is on a huge hill so every year cars get stuck going up and down it, spin out, and cause huge traffic jams. The winter is horrid and being outside is incredibly painful. The air simply hurts your face.

That being said, drifting in snow is super fun and I would recommend it. FYI, BC is one of the warmest places in Canada and they get maybe 1 foot of snow in the winter. If you want the true North experience come to the Maritimes. Although there is nothing to do here since nobody wants to live here because it’s always so cold.
 
I guess it comes everyone's personal opinion about winter and cold. But cold really makes me feel better. I'm really heat sensitive (in May, when we get to 35?C (95? F) I get headaches, I get sick or throw up, etc). However, when it's just slightly above freezing point, I enjoy going outside on a T-shirt and enjoying breathing the cold air, and I don't even feel cold. So that's why I don't think -9 C? would be TOO cold to me.

I was actually planning to go to British Columbia this winter, but our flights were cancelled. I actually cried about it.

Ah I'm the opposite actually, I love the heat but I can't tolerate cold. Not to mention the lack of sunlight in our long winters messes with my brain chemistry. I'm totally fine with 35 C temperatures!

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I love this post so much, 100% accurate
 
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I live in Canada and I hate winter. It can be nice as a novelty when we first get snow and see it around Christmas and the new year, but around January I start getting sick of it, and we sometimes get snow into April. After that we get maybe a week of normal spring weather before it gets burning hot. I much prefer warmer temperatures to colder ones, though; I always feel like I'm going to get frostbite when I'm outside and it's freezing cold, and I can't stop shivering no matter how many layers I have on.

My university is NOTORIOUS for never closing in severe weather, it's so bad. There was one day in February when every other school and local business was shut down because the conditions were treacherous, but my school was still open! So yeah I don't doubt your last comment one bit lol

My university is the same way! There was one day last winter where we had freezing rain one night and the next morning all the paths on the campus were completely covered in ice, even the very edge of them where the pavement slopes upward as well as the stairs. The university stayed open (although I think it closed at 5 pm unless I'm thinking of a different day) but no one put any salt down for most of the day and by the time I went home (after at least 8 hours) there was still ice in most places. It took forever to walk anywhere because I had to be so careful, and somehow I didn't slip, but I had many close calls.
 
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I live in Canada and I hate winter. It can be nice as a novelty when we first get snow and see it around Christmas and the new year, but around January I start getting sick of it, and we sometimes get snow into April. After that we get maybe a week of normal spring weather before it gets burning hot. I much prefer warmer temperatures to colder ones, though; I always feel like I'm going to get frostbite when I'm outside and it's freezing cold, and I can't stop shivering no matter how many layers I have on.



My university is the same way! There was one day last winter where we had freezing rain one night and the next morning all the paths on the campus were completely covered in ice, even the very edge of them where the pavement slopes upward as well as the stairs. The university stayed open (although I think it closed at 5 pm unless I'm thinking of a different day) but no one put any salt down for most of the day and by the time I went home (after at least 8 hours) there was still ice in most places. It took forever to walk anywhere because I had to be so careful, and somehow I didn't slip, but I had many close calls.

I have a feeling we go to the same university now lol, I remember the ice storm and the closing at 5pm but I was angry because my class ended at 5 so it was NO HELP and commuting home was an absolute disaster, I think it took me like 3 hours when it normally takes a bit over 1!
 
Winter is awful. Being so cold your extremities turn numb isn't fun, public transport is a nightmare because it breaks down, and everything is just so grey/dead outside all of the time. It's not uncommon for people to get sick more frequently and struggle mentally to get through winter.

Winter before last my town just completely shut down for 4 days. No one could get in/out of town, stores closed, etc. Upside is my uni also closed so I didn't get in trouble for being unable to attend.
 
I love winter. Snow is gorgeous, and winter sunrises are the best. I can breathe so much better in the dry air, and driving in snow is a pain and dangerous but i dont care.

Yeah right? I'd really like to see snow and winter sunrises one day, because they seem gorgeous. Plus, the days are very short, and it's very cloudy and the sun is really weak. I'd really like to experience all that one day ;(.

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I'm from Canada so I get to experience winter every year. Overall I think it's enjoyable until around January when I remember I still have months of this season left. Some of the cons about winter include:

Cold: Honestly cold temperatures don't bother me too much, but during January and February the temperatures can get so cold that just about any exposed skin gets mild frostbite from being out for a few minutes. You might think this is a perfect excuse to stay indoors, but no. Unlike some other places, we're all used to these ludicrous temperatures so people still expect you to be out and doing things. I'm convinced this place could lose its entire atmosphere in some natural disaster, causing temperatures about as cold as the Moon, and people would still be going to work the next day.

Ice: Every year I manage to slip on ice at least once. I'm sort of convinced that one of these years I'll get unlucky and this ice will be the end of me, but luckily none of my encounters with this nemesis have resulted in anything more than a sore arm. Yet.

Drivers: Every year, people forget how to drive when winter starts. It's not a fun time to be on the road. Or close to the road in some cases. Don't even look at the road. That road will be the last thing you ever see.

Despite this, there are still some good things about winter. Snow is really beautiful, especially at night when there are lights to illuminate it. There are some fun things to do, such as skiing. The river will freeze over making it safe to walk on, which I really like for some reason. The polar bears and other arctic animals you can find at the zoo seem to really enjoy it, so that's something.

I don't mind cold temperatures either. Actually, I feel very comfortable when it's 1?C outside. However, may I say, our winters are very dry, sunny and cloudless. The sun is still kinda strong (a lot less than summer, but it's still enough to get a tan/sunburn). Actually, where I live, sun intensity in December is the same as October in where you guys live (mostly Canada from what I see lmaoo). I guess it's a cultural thing to still stay outside doing stuff when it's cold, isn't it? Because at least in other parts like Europe I guess, everyone stays inside, but I guess snow runs through your veins. Any average Mexican would consider at least 20? to be cool, and 17? to be too cold lmaoo. Like literally everyone will stay inside as much as they can when it's "cold" outside (people here start feeling col at around 15? lol).

I know you Canadian guys may think this is a stupid question, but how does ice works? Like, where does it appear? When you say ice, do you mean the floor freezes? Or do random chunks of ice appear on the edges of the buildings, like those weird ice stalactites? Why do they form? What happens to the grass when snow falls? OMG I have too many questions sorry 7^7
 
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My university is NOTORIOUS for never closing in severe weather, it's so bad. There was one day in February when every other school and local business was shut down because the conditions were treacherous, but my school was still open! So yeah I don't doubt your last comment one bit lol

lmao what did you guys do in the cold snap last January?

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I'm in the central Ohio area and I don't mind Winter too much. The only time it gets on my nerves is when there's ice on the ground or when the temperature/wind chill is below 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

I don't mind Winter when I get to stay inside all nice and bundled up, but starting mid-January I'm in my second semester of college, and they always expect you to walk in those horrid conditions. Sometimes professors are nice enough to cancel class (mostly because they love about 30 min to an hour away from campus) but that's not always the case. Plus, when it's snowy/icy out I can't ride my bike, and I don't move quickly on foot so I have to walk in the freezing cold. It really sucks.

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I'm the same way, I'm very heat sensitive so basically any temperature above 80?F can make me sick or give me a nasty headache. I definitely prefer colder weather, but when there's ice and morning wind chills below 10 degrees then I don't like it.

But at least you get snow, don't you? I really like the cold too!

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Here is how winters normally go in Canada during peak storm season:
One day, a big storm hits, approximately 2-3 feet of snow is now piled on the already high snow banks. You wake up at 6:30am to shovel in the middle of a blizzard and then go to work/school sore and tired. But to get to school/work you need to clean off your car. Using a snow brush, you clean off your entire car and then start scraping away at the thick inch of ice covering your windows and mirrors. Then you drive through the half-plowed streets, praying nobody rear-ends you, and get to school/work. After, you need to clean off your car again because it’s been snowing and blowing all day. You get home and the plow truck has gone by your street again and there is another foot or two of snow at the end of your driveway. Except it’s not snow. It’s packed snow, ice, and rocks that you need to take an hour to get rid of before finally getting back into your freezing home. Let’s not forget that it’s already dark outside by 5:30pm so you’re doing this all in the dark.
Sometimes you will get storms like this 2-3 times a week if you’re unlucky, but I think the average is one bad storm per 10 days. One issue with all this snow is that there is nowhere to put it. By the time February rolls the snow banks are 5 to 10 feet high. If you’re shovelling, it takes a lot of effort to chuck the snow that high up.
My university is on a huge hill so every year cars get stuck going up and down it, spin out, and cause huge traffic jams. The winter is horrid and being outside is incredibly painful. The air simply hurts your face.

That being said, drifting in snow is super fun and I would recommend it. FYI, BC is one of the warmest places in Canada and they get maybe 1 foot of snow in the winter. If you want the true North experience come to the Maritimes. Although there is nothing to do here since nobody wants to live here because it’s always so cold.

Omg is it really like that? So plow trucks aren't enough for all that snow? Don't they cancel classes on the worst snowstorms? But well, I think it all has its pros and cons. However, you get a taste of every weather and temperature don't you? And at least you get a season where there is no risk of getting skin cancer because of going out on the sun. Even if it's still very sunny in here, you are still expected to go outside with short sleeves, shorts, no hats, no umbrella, no sunscreen, no sunglasses and still feel all nice and fresh. And this situation is the same for almost all the year. No one thinks too much about skin cancer around here.

What I hate about it being all sunny all the time, is that, other than the fact that sunny days make me feel mad, give me headaches, and make me sick (and made me faint once), your skin burns all the time if you don't protect it from the sunlight, and you'll never see again your original skin tone. Like, I went to the beach a month ago, and I've not been able to get rid of this freakin' tan. I can still see the lines on my body left by the sunburns.
 
Ah I'm the opposite actually, I love the heat but I can't tolerate cold. Not to mention the lack of sunlight in our long winters messes with my brain chemistry. I'm totally fine with 35 C temperatures!

Sunny and hot days make me feel slow, sometimes angry or simply upset sometimes. Going back from school I only want to get home, turn the AC on, drink a glass of ice water, and just wait for me to slightly feel cooler. For me, hot temperatures make everyday activities for me, very hard, specially because I get headaches. Walking outside? Hard. Taking a nap? Hard. Going downstairs for a snack or water? hard. Doing homework? hard. I turn into a pissed-off and generally unfriendly human being.
 
I would gladly trade places with you in a heartbeat. I cannot stand the cold weather. Anything below 50F and I am in actual physical pain. The skin on my face stings, my lungs burn from breathing the cold air, and my hands and feet ache from the numbness. On the other hand, I can handle the heat quite well and don't even start breaking a sweat until it's at least 100F outside.

Where I live in the US, we get all 4 seasons, but I would happily skip winter. The snow and ice is pretty for all of about 2 seconds until you have to go out and shovel it, and people walk through it, and they plow it. Then, it's just an ugly, burdensome mess. Plus, the ice is flat out dangerous. People get in car accidents and fall and break bones due to the ice all the time. It is not pleasant.

To answer your question about the ice, it can be formed a couple of ways. Sometimes, the ice falls instead of snow or you get a mixture of snow and ice falling. The ice makes the snow extremely hard and heavy to shovel. We also sometimes get freezing rain, which means rain is falling but the ground is so cold that it turns to ice when it hits. That is one of the more dangerous forms in my opinion because there can be clear, invisible patches of ice that you don't see until you step on them or drive over them and lose control. Then, there's the ice that forms when the snow begins to melt. That is often the cause of the icicles you see. It gets warm enough during the middle of the day for the snow to start melting, but then freezes back over as it gets dark, so now the streets that have just been cleared are nothing but frozen sheets of ice.

In my opinion, it's miserable, but I can understand wanting to experience it if you never have before. The pictures of undisturbed snowfalls do make it look so pretty. Unfortunately, I can assure you it doesn't stay that way long unless you're in the middle of nowhere.
 
Winter is awful. Being so cold your extremities turn numb isn't fun, public transport is a nightmare because it breaks down, and everything is just so grey/dead outside all of the time. It's not uncommon for people to get sick more frequently and struggle mentally to get through winter.

Winter before last my town just completely shut down for 4 days. No one could get in/out of town, stores closed, etc. Upside is my uni also closed so I didn't get in trouble for being unable to attend.

Actually, I like leaveless trees, and grey, dark, cloudy days. As I've mentioned before, sunny, hot days make me feel sick, and angry.

What is the reason your town was shut down?
 
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