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Why do people dislike California?
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this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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Yeah good fucking god it bothers me how people just think California is just Palm Springs and LA. It's has the most micro-climates in America and the Sierras get shit tons of snow.
It only gets down to like 40-50⁰ where I live. I drove an hour north to my buddy's house and took the fam to spend some time in the snow.
Or I could drive 2 hours to the ocean.
I mean you have to live on a mountain to have a cold winter. Thats not exactly realistic.
Basically all of California is on, around, or surrounded by mountains so discounting that is just being arbitrary about what counts. Is California like the plains states? No, but it has snow, it has ice, and it has a lot of it and in more places than you think. The deserts even get snow and can be colder than anywhere.
Cold winter isnt when it snows sometimes. Its a type of climate. Which doesnt exist in california except at the tops of moutains.
I was in the Mojave desert last winter and it was 15° F not including wind-chill. Cherry picking some irrelevant map doesn't work. I know where I live, and certainly know it better than you and your terrible Google-Fu. I'm leaving this slap fight now. Enjoy your real winter ☃️ 💪
You did it; you confused weather for climate. Next, you can disprove global farming by watching it snow.