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[quote=Anonymous]"There are people all over the world who are fine with cold weather, some of it even worse than what's in Michigan. I grew up in Ontario, and didn't mind the cold, because I enjoyed winter activities like hockey and sledding.

This will probably come as a shock to you, but not everyone shares your opinion on things like winter weather."

The OP and this thread is about warning students who are NOT from the upper Midwest about the winter conditions. Not sure how your experience as someone who grew up there not having the choice about whether to live there or not is relevant. And while people may have different opinions on how easy it is to schlep a baby in and out of the house in icy conditions while there's cold rain mixed with snow flying sideways thanks to the high winds, that doesn't make it any easier for a 18-yr-old HS senior to determine how they'll be able to adjust. Spending weekends in ski gear on Mammoth Mountain or in Vail doesn't give a West Coast kid raised in sunshine a good sense of whether they'll be happy living in a place like Ann Arbor for four winters, but most teens are naïve enough to think that it does. The OP raises an important warning flag for parents whose kids are making decisions about where to attend college. [/quote]

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