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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is somewhat a clothing issue, but also a cultural issue.  Just like people around here don't know how to drive in snow and stop their cars in the middle of driving up hills expecting to be able to start right up again, people don't buy clothing that will keep kids comfortable outside in weather below freezing and kids can't be bothered to wear it.  The older elementary school boys in our neighborhood insist on wearing shorts basically year-round.  There is just not a culture of warm clothing - few people own really warm coats, mittens, boots and certainly not long underwear!  Yeah, if the kids went outside below freezing most people would figure it out eventually.  But it's not part of the culture.  In some ways, DC is still very much a southern city.[/quote]

Boys wearing shorts in winter is not a uniquely DC thing.  They do it in Boston too.  But maybe it just doesn't get cold there?

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