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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m currently in TX (obligatory visit to ILs) and even they aren’t immune from this cold

My kid is currently obsessed with a school on Michigan’s UP. I am not against it, but we definitely need to get her much better winter gear.[/quote]

My kid goes to school in MI and went to boarding school in MA.  He said MI is another level of cold from New England, and basically never wears coats here in DC anymore.  Today might be an exception though.[/quote]

Agree both can be freezing, but Detroit is a different kind of cold. [/quote]

Ok, but Detroit isn’t on the UP[/quote]

Too funny. The winters in the UP, especially where Michigan Tech is located, are overall much more snowy and colder than anything in SE Michigan.  The [b]geographic ignorance of Americans is once again on full display here[/b]. [/quote]
I think it’s cultural. In the US, the maps are seldomly used in the media. For example, in the news they often they describe where the car accident occurred but never show it on a map. They might report that there's a drought in the Midwest but does not show you the map of that region. It’s ironic that in much smaller country like Japan, they’re likely to flash a map on the screen (even for few seconds) to show where on the island the coverage is about. I say, we should advocate to used the map more in the media, school text books, etc. including the DCUM- add a screenshot or give a link to the map. 
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