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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

When I moved to L.A. from Indiana, I met people who had never seen snow up close. It was so weird to me.

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MrShankles@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I moved from Pennsylvania to Louisiana when I was a teenager, and was most bummed about losing out on snow boarding. Now when I’m out traveling, I get to explain how fun (and practical) “hurricane parties” are. Everywhere is strange when you’re a stranger I guess

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  True, but in the case of L.A. it’s a little weirder because you can see snow if you look at the mountains in the winter and it isn’t a very long trip to get to that snow, so it’s more of a by choice thing.
  
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  - MrShankles@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    OK, that is kinda weird to me too. I haven’t been out that way yet, so I forget that there’s mountains right there too. And the more I think about it, the weirder it seems. Why wouldn’t the curiosity or even the novelty drive someone to try and go see what’s kinda right there? Maybe I just think snow is cool and am biased lol
    
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    FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Part of it, I think, is that you get so accustomed to the warm climate that you just hate being cold. When I first moved there, it was in the 60s and I had my windows open and the apartment manager stopped by and was shocked that I had the windows open when it was so cold out. And then within maybe 5 years, I felt the same way. And now I’m back in Indiana and, again, it took a few years, but now I’m back to opening the windows when it’s in the 60s and wearing shorts and a light jacket when it’s in the 50s.
    
    But still, you would think curiosity would be enough to drive you to do it at least one time.
    
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  - FringeTheory999@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    why would anyone ever want to travel TO snow? Snow is disgusting and I live in a desert on purpose.
    
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  - SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    LA traffic kind of makes it a long trip unless you live on the outskirts.
    
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sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
When I taught in Compton I remember asking the kids if they had gone anywhere interesting during their summer break. One kid raised his hand and said he “went to LA”. It was like a 15-20 minute bus ride away.

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