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Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by herge »

sebtoast wrote: post #72
herge wrote: post #9

The northernmost french community (of appreciable size) in the world is the remote mining town of Fermont ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermont ), in Quebec near the border with Labrador. It has ~3000 inhabitants, and is based around a large bunker/building containing housing, shops, schools, etc, which let's people live their lives in the winter without having to go outside. The second northernmost French communit…

From Wikipedia: The town is notable for the huge self-contained structure containing apartments, stores, schools, bars, a hotel, restaurants, a supermarket and swimming pool which shelters a community of smaller apartment buildings and homes on its leeward side. I had no idea. I'm kind of ashamed I didn't know that being from the same province.

Apparently it's a great place if you're a stripper!

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by bhandziuk »

typon wrote: post #100
JoeAltmaier wrote: post #35

Saw a population map of Canada once. There's a thick line right along the US-Canada border. Its as if Canadians want to be Canadian, but really don't want to live there. They go as far south as possible while still technically being in Canada. (Not counting big coastal cities).

I wonder what you'd say about all the Americans living near the US-Mexico border.

San Diego sounds pretty Mexican to me!

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by sospep »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #36
adekok wrote: post #30

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Because the rest is cold . ... says the guy who used to bicycle to university in -37C (-45 with wind chill!) Fun fact: the plastic buckles on knapsacks will shatter like glass in -45 weather. Try biking to school while holding a knapsack in one hand. On snow and ice. I'm smarter now.

Biking to school in -35C weather isn't too bad if you're properly dressed and practised at it. The trick is to avoid sweating. It's when something goes wrong when you realize just how bad an idea biking in -35C weather. Being dressed for exercise in -35C weather means that you're severely underdressed for delicate bike repairs at the side of the road, and you can get dangerously cold very quickly. - someone else who…

> The trick is to avoid sweating.

would I would imagine that you might want to avoid any - ice + snow patches as well, don't know if you can get * tires for bikes.

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by cmrdporcupine »

brooklyndavs wrote: post #75
cmrdporcupine wrote: post #56

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The point is that many Americans treat 'Canada' as a bucket in which everything is cold weather. And yet the whole swathe of the northern states Minnesota, North Dakota, upper Michigan, etc. are _significantly_ further north and colder than where the bulk of the Canadian population is. I once had a coworker from Atlanta at our office in Toronto. Overheard him on the phone talking to his wife, gobsmacked by the cold,…

Thats funny. I wonder if the same coworker from Atlanta would make the same comment about a city like Chicago? I've spent years in both Chicago and Toronto in the past and it seems like the climate is almost identical. Toronto maybe being a touch colder in the winter, but not by much. Summer I remember was almost identical (hot and humid). Chicago also has that classic continental climate, as does most of the upper m…

The weather patterns here are predominantly with the prevailing winds of west to east. Most of the weather in this area comes over from Michigan. Most of the weather hitting upstate NY is not coming over from Lake Ontario and being moderated by the lake, but comes from the west. Yes, the lake effect snow is a thing more on the south side, but the plant growing zone for example is 1 level higher on the northwest corner of the lake than on the south bank.

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by stan_rogers »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #96
logfromblammo wrote: post #94

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Only about 12% of George III Loyalists moved to Ontario or New Brunswick after 1783, and some of them later moved back to the former colonies while they still had the opportunity.

You missed my point. I'm not talking about the loyalists who moved. I'm talking about the people who stayed. The settlement along the great lakes was already here before the American revolution, both in English/French settlements, and the natives who were here in high concentrations before that. Modern day settlement along the border reflects a continuation of patterns that were already here. Though Toronto being a h…

Toronto had the dual advantages of a nice big natural harbour and several handy mill streams in one tidy little location, along with navigable trails and rivers leading to timber and fur resources. It also used to have a lot of prime agricultural land within spitting distance; most of that has since been paved over.

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by baldfat »

carlob wrote: post #112
TwiztidK wrote: post #74

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Speak for yourself. Texas Winters with Alaska summers sounds awesome! The best summer weather I've ever experienced was 70-80 during the day and 60s at night. Absolutely perfect weather, until snow started to fall from November to June. If I never had to experience 100F heat again (excepting saunas), then I would die a happy man.

Then I guess you can move to San Diego…

San Diego is heaven's weather! I lived 100 miles to the east and we had 123 °F in August and September

High Low °F High Low °C

65 49 Jan 18 9

65 51 Feb 18 10

66 53 March 19 12

68 56 April 20 13

69 59 May 20 15

71 62 June 22 17

75 65 July 24 19

76 67 Aug 25 19

76 65 Sept 24 18

73 61 Oct 23 16

69 54 Nov 21 12

65 48 Dec 18 9

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by cylinder »

sandworm101 wrote: post #115
TwiztidK wrote: post #74

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Speak for yourself. Texas Winters with Alaska summers sounds awesome! The best summer weather I've ever experienced was 70-80 during the day and 60s at night. Absolutely perfect weather, until snow started to fall from November to June. If I never had to experience 100F heat again (excepting saunas), then I would die a happy man.

I'd take the Alaska summers, but only without the Alaska bugs. What's the point of Sun if blocked by grey clouds of gnats? Regardless of temp, Wet = bugs. Texas = dry.

>Texas=dry

Oh how misguided you are

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by sunnybythesea »

baldfat wrote: post #126
carlob wrote: post #112

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Then I guess you can move to San Diego…

San Diego is heaven's weather! I lived 100 miles to the east and we had 123 °F in August and September High Low °F High Low °C 65 49 Jan 18 9 65 51 Feb 18 10 66 53 March 19 12 68 56 April 20 13 69 59 May 20 15 71 62 June 22 17 75 65 July 24 19 76 67 Aug 25 19 76 65 Sept 24 18 73 61 Oct 23 16 69 54 Nov 21 12 65 48 Dec 18 9

Mind you this doesn't include the Santa Ana's, not that I'm complaining...

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by fao_ »

TwiztidK wrote: post #74
noxToken wrote: post #19

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> British winters are similar to Texan winters Hmm. That's not so bad. What does everyone complain about? > but British summers are more like Alaskan summers You poor, poor people. Though they probably say the same about our 100F (~38C) summers.

Speak for yourself. Texas Winters with Alaska summers sounds awesome! The best summer weather I've ever experienced was 70-80 during the day and 60s at night. Absolutely perfect weather, until snow started to fall from November to June. If I never had to experience 100F heat again (excepting saunas), then I would die a happy man.

> sounds awesome!

As someone living in Britain. Nope, not awesome. I can't remember the last time I saw sun. It's just cloud and cold wind. It feels nigh-constant (year-round) :/

Re: Canadians don’t live as far north as you think

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Post by sandworm101 »

cylinder wrote: post #127
sandworm101 wrote: post #115

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I'd take the Alaska summers, but only without the Alaska bugs. What's the point of Sun if blocked by grey clouds of gnats? Regardless of temp, Wet = bugs. Texas = dry.

>Texas=dry Oh how misguided you are

That's the texas I've seen. Compared to Alaska and the rest of pac northwest, Texas is a desert.
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