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		fipar on June 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneap... Do they also get lots of rain, or only snow? I find that biking (and more broadly, being outdoors) sucks during rainy winter days, but I live in a place with no snow and only humid, rainy winters. Also, having something waterproof to cover your head has a negative impact on your ability to see properly (even as a pedestrian). I've been a few times to places where it snows in the winter (nothing extreme, NYC in February and Ottawa in January) and found that it is more tolerable for me to be outdoors (given proper clothing) during snow than during rainy winter days.

alistairSH on June 23, 2022 [–]

Oulu is near the arctic circle, so winter rain is probably rare (though I've never been there, just read about it).

And yeah, cold rain is the worst. We get far more of that than snow where I am.

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