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Re:Grand Rapids has become a midwestern economic star genera... by karmicthreat on Sunday June 24, 2018 @09:21PM (#17389336)
If you hate snow, stay away. Winters are usually bad for at least 2-4 weeks sometimes much more. Weather constantly changes and can be unpredictable. Chicago is the same.

I was born here so I am fine but I have met SE Asian, Indian and Japanese people here who were kind of miserable. But you get used to it after a while.

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Re:Grand Rapids has become a midwestern economic star genera... by bigpicture on Monday June 25, 2018 @03:05PM (#17394847)
> Winters are usually bad for at least 2-4 weeks sometimes much more. Weather constantly changes and can be unpredictable. Chicago is the same.

Lake Michigan has a large impact on weather patterns. Grand Rapids on the east and Chicago on the west do not have the same weather in the winter. Lake-effect snow is rare in Chicago, and the colder it gets the higher the likelihood of sunshine. Many days it will feel as though sunglasses are a safety item.

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Re:Grand Rapids has become a midwestern economic star genera... by StudentStuff on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:29PM (#17389548)
The lake effect is strong (from what locals told me), weather can change in a matter of hours from the comfortable 60's to snowing.
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