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Correct, weird ideas and sensational news stories drive a lot of misconception.+1. I moved to the Colorado front range in part to get away from the miserable Chicago weather. (Or as I call the upper mid-west, the "weather armpit" of the country, lol.)
But regardless of the reality, my friends/relatives back in Chicago were convinced Colorado had to be colder with more snow. Probably because they associated Colorado with skiing and our one big snow a year making national news in terms of sensationalism.
Nothing I could say in terms of the reality would dissuade them. I'd be outside in February on a sunny 50F day, with my relatives freezing their *sses off back in Chicago, and it did not register with them. From that I learned people living in other states, can get hooked on weird ideas about states they've never lived in.
I lived in Colorado for 7 years, 4 in Boulder and 3 in the mountains (ski resorts) and loved it, 300 days a of sun per year. And, your right, a 50F day sunny day with no wind is a really nice day in Colorado, it felt warmer than 50f at 6,000 ft in the SoCal Mountains; dryer air compare to near the coast. A sunny day with no wind and we were wearing shorts in the middle of winter, at the ski resort altitude.
Yet, most everybody see snows and thinks freezing cold all winter and they act like spring and summer are only 3 months total.
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