Top 10 worst winter cities:

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This is totally BS. Forbes magazine rated the top 10 worst winter cities in the US. Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse (I've lived in 2 or the 3), all failed to make the list.

Milwaukee (where I am now), is #4. Baltimore #10 (come on), Boston, NYC also are on the list.

Milwaukee is cold - probably colder than Roc on average. But, typically deals with about half the amount of snow. And don't even get me on Baltimore. We used to live an hour West of the Charm city, and suffice it to say, it is true, that when winter comes, the entire region shuts down. But, in two weeks when it all melts, and after the floods dissapate, flowers will start being in bloom, and shorts will be worn sometime in Mid-March.

I feel slighted for my former home. How about you?
 
I saw that list. I was surprised as well by this! As I scrolled through, I thought for sure that Buffalo was going to be #1, but not even on the list? My national accounts are of the impression that it snows here in June!
 
I gotta believe they take more into account than just snowfall and temperature don't they? Those factors alone don't make for a "worst" by any means. For instance, Detroit doesn't even plow the streets. I would think that would make it worse than those that do.
 
I'm sure how well the cities handle it gets taken into account. Nothing short of 2 ft. stops upstate ny... and even then we're still expected to show for work
 
Next time I'll take it to CL

Next time I'll take it to CL

I've gotta totally disagree with nothing short of 2 feet stops upstate NY. That's just wrong! In north metro D, we had 3 snow days in my 13 years of public school. When the busses didn't run, we walked. Maybe not uphill both to and from school like in this area though, but we got there. I think a certain number of snow days are actually "built-in" around here. What kind of thinking is that? Why shouldn't we be expected to show up for work? Like it's our employer's fault? He should suffer? I just don't get it I guess. I think anything less than 2 feet is should be managable. It's not like it's not expected. It happens every year! I saw crews painting lines on the SAME roads, multiple times this past summer. 441 east of Penfield was micropaved 3times (and a poor job each time) within a single season about a year ago. Yet we shouldn't expect our cities to have the roads navigable before rush hour?.... come on people. revolt against the machine! demand your government provide you a fair return on your money!!!!
 
I don't know. I had 3 1/2 feet of snow the other day and I had to go to classes and work...lol. UPS doesn't shut down for anything.

Steve-What is north metro D?
 
Here's what it looks like they did. It was a based solely on annual data.

Behind The Numbers
In compiling our list, we measured weather patterns in the country's fifty largest cities, or Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. This data was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and tracks average annual temperature, total precipitation in inches and total snowfall in inches. The temperature and precipitation data was calculated over a 30-year period from 1971 to 2000--NOAA's most recent figures because of its decadal calculation schedule--and the snowfall levels included up to 2008.

Think of my hometown Mpls/StP; black ice isn't water frozen on asphalt, but the frozen car exhaust that forms invisibly when the temp is below zero 24/7 for days on end, and because of the temps, chemicals can't treat. That said I find the drab browns and grays of winterless cities much more depressing than living somewhere that celebrates its winter weather.
 
mr86mister said:
I don't know. I had 3 1/2 feet of snow the other day and I had to go to classes and work...lol. UPS doesn't shut down for anything.

Steve-What is north metro D?
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WOW!! Even I would have to agree 3 1/2 feet is a bit much to deal with, but that is truly the exceptional event, even for Buffalo.
North metro D? as in Detroit. (Auburn Hills, Troy, Southfield, Rochester Hills,...)
 
mr.maroonsalty said:
In compiling our list, we measured weather patterns in the country's fifty largest cities
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Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse aren't on the list because none of them qualified as one of the top 50 most populous cities (I read this article myself and couldn't believe that Buffalo wasn't even in the top 10).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population#Incorporated_places_over_100.2C000_population

Otherwise, I would guarantee that any one of those would vault right to #1.
 
They ranked worst cities by location then added in winter....Baltimore swampy in the summer....in the winter....shudder....
 
I moved from Milwaukee to Rochester in 1998 and on March 4, '98 we had forty-three inches of snow over that weekend. I wondered what the devil I had been thinking since Milwaukee gets far colder, but much less snow. Since that storm, I haven't really had much complaint about Rochester winters. While there is plenty of snow, it seems to come in small increments. Below zero temperatures are par for the course in Milwaukee and I remember wind chills in the 50 below range.
 
Actually, three years ago tomorrow 2/10 my buddy had 141 inches of snow in Refield,NY in a week. Ladies and Gentlemen that is 11 feet 9 inches. That was the coolest thing ever to see full car garages buried, and people literally dug out tunnels to get out of their house. It was freaken awesome! So when people say a few feet, I say...pahhhleeez. I deal with 10's of feet of snow every season. Can't have Winter without it. This season has been pretty quiet with Lake Effect so far, I'm sure many of you south of Buffalo have noticed as well.
 
Winter wise I don't know what's worse the cold or the snow. Mpls and Buffalo use to argue the same question. I've seen lots of -30º's in town, and out of town -40º's and a few -50º mornings. Its a real pain having over half full lp tanks and not being able to get enough pressure in them to get any gas out, or worse finding the bottle of Jim Beam left in the truck frozen the next morning ;)
 
Cold, snow, grey, rainy, muggy, come-on. We need to see the humor in it. It's like trying to make conversation with someone and we don't have enough in common to talk about something meaningful. Pretty weak isn't it? Even the bogus photos from this storm or that one couldn't get a rise. Just remember, the last lier always wins!
 
Its pretty cool seeing a frozen bottle of JB; it has a yolk-like core and a web-like crystal structure spreading from it. What happens to the propane is that the temp falls below its boiling point.
 
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