Just how cold is it in Minnesota? (Minneapolis, Duluth: garages, things to do)

[audadvnc]

The downside, of course, is that you have to live in Texas...

[Radical_Car]

Originally Posted by audadvnc

The downside, of course, is that you have to live in Texas...

Why is that a downside? It's always trendy to bash Texas... and it's quite sad. It wouldn't bother me so much if people gave reasons why it was so bad beyond negative exaggerated stereotypes.

[DirtMagurt]

Originally Posted by Radical_Car

Why is that a downside? It's always trendy to bash Texas... and it's quite sad. It wouldn't bother me so much if people gave reasons why it was so bad beyond negative exaggerated stereotypes.

Yeah, Texas is a real hellhole, lol.

That's why everyone is moving there. Austin and San Antonio are two of the five fastest growing cities in the nation. Texas is the fifth fastest growing state which itself is remarkable given that it's already the second most populous, with ~25 million residents.

[audadvnc]

I took the dog for a walk around the block tonight. I don't know how cold it was, but the snow crunched underfoot with a distinctively subzero sound. After about 1/4 of the way around the block, the dog started getting antsy, wanting to head into any available house and pulling us along, not to tarry. By the time we got back home he was close to panic: "Come on, guys, it's really cold out - we gotta go back inside!"

[DirtMagurt]

Originally Posted by audadvnc

I took the dog for a walk around the block tonight. I don't know how cold it was, but the snow crunched underfoot with a distinctively subzero sound. After about 1/4 of the way around the block, the dog started getting antsy, wanting to head into any available house and pulling us along, not to tarry. By the time we got back home he was close to panic: "Come on, guys, it's really cold out - we gotta go back inside!"

The neighbors left their cat outside a couple days ago prior to leaving for work and by midafternoon she was balancing atop their fence (no idea how) to keep her paws off the snow. She spent the next hour sitting on the brick ledge outside my den window screaming bloody murder so I finally let her in so she could get warm. Looked like a couple of her paw pads were swollen, not sure if it was frostbite or not. I let her run around with our cat until the neighbors returned from work. She sat on the front steps for a minute until she recognized his truck and then bolted across the snow, was just an orange streak.

[knke0204]

^haha

I like that subzero crunch.

Today was one of those great days to step outside and take a deep breath. Such fresh sharp air.

[demtion35]

This morning International Falls at -25F Hibbing -26F Duluth -10F.

[Minnesota Spring]

Originally Posted by demtion35

This morning International Falls at -25F Hibbing -26F Duluth -10F.

LOL! Good thing I live in southern Minnesota, where it only got down to 13F above last night

[BillyH]

Originally Posted by Radical_Car

Why is that a downside? It's always trendy to bash Texas... and it's quite sad. It wouldn't bother me so much if people gave reasons why it was so bad beyond negative exaggerated stereotypes.

As a San Antonio resident I don't understand why it's trendy? I drove through MN during the summer a spent a little time in Minneapolis and liked it, my wish is to live there during the summer and the first it dips into the teens back to Texas.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by BillyH

As a San Antonio resident I don't understand why it's trendy? I drove through MN during the summer a spent a little time in Minneapolis and liked it, my wish is to live there during the summer and the first it dips into the teens back to Texas.

Some of the Texans I've known have been quite full of themselves and rather in your face about it. Texas is the best at this, the best at that, etc.

I tend to view them as the New Yorkers of the south.

That might be part of it. I know Minnesotans are smug about their state, too, and anyone who likes where they live is going to defend it, etc., but doing it in a brash manner is doing to leave a negative impression on some people, especially in the midwest.