# Poor Poor Boston **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107 "2015-02-19T18:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/21 "2015-02-19T20:18:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s 50 degrees out here in Orlando. It’s awful. I thought about wearing a scarf today. Meanwhile, here in the sunny South West, we are having one of the warmest winters on record. The only down side is that allergy season is starting like 2 months early. Like you, I had to muddle through 60 degree weather here today (might actually get to 70 this week), so I had to wear a jacket in to work this morning. Brrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/22 "2015-02-19T20:26:38Z")
It’s hilarious when Boston tries to be a real city. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/23 "2015-02-19T20:29:27Z")
it’s driving them to jump out of upper story windows. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/24 "2015-02-19T20:52:01Z")
Interesting Thread Title/Poster Dopername combo **Poor Poor Boston/Cabin\_Fever** ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/25 "2015-02-19T21:00:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Local Orlando news is already at Code Red. I don’t know what else they could do if there were ever any actual snow here. Code Red??!! Are they rounding Hispanics up for internment or something? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/26 "2015-02-19T21:16:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s 50 degrees out here in Orlando. It’s awful. I thought about wearing a scarf today. I feel for you. In the Bay Area it was 75 last weekend. BTW, the reason for the blizzards is obvious. God is a Seattle fan. And a couple of coaches we know have a very poor afterlife to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/27 "2015-02-19T21:20:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Code Red??!! Are they rounding Hispanics up for internment or something? Not until after they finish setting up the smudge pots in the citrus orchards. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/28 "2015-02-19T21:24:30Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > … a couple of coaches we know have a very poor afterlife to look forward to. Oh, I don’t know. I imagine hell is pretty nice if you’re in charge. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/29 "2015-02-19T21:35:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s 50 degrees out here in Orlando. It’s awful. I thought about wearing a scarf today. :rolleyes: Loser. Why, here in San Antonio I’ve already had to cut my grass _twice_ this month. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/30 "2015-02-19T21:48:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Local Orlando news is already at Code Red. I don’t know what else they could do if there were ever any actual snow here. We here in Florida who are used to 80 degree weather are suffering in this cold snap, believe you me. That’s why when we whine about it being in the 50s we preface it with the obligatory " I hate to complain, seeing as the Northeast has it so bad". And then we complain anyway. Everything is relative, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/31 "2015-02-19T22:08:30Z")
I live in Boston and I like the snow (doesn’t mean I won’t be happy when Spring comes). Last night I was at a cafe listening to two people whine and threaten to move to California. Pantywaists! > [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > Ahem…maybe ONE sport. I will give ya’ll that. More than one: [http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t51.2885-15/928918\_769534089805900\_2141954336\_n.jpg](http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t51.2885-15/928918_769534089805900_2141954336_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/32 "2015-02-19T22:19:35Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > We here in Florida who are used to 80 degree weather are suffering in this cold snap, believe you me. That’s why when we whine about it being in the 50s we preface it with the obligatory " I hate to complain, seeing as the Northeast has it so bad". And then we complain anyway. Everything is relative, yo. You are forgiven. I hate to complain also - it is only 1F and a wind-chill factor of 15 below of The Devils’ Breath. 😃 Tell you what. We will bring freshly made ice-cubes to your 80 degree pool-party in exchange for tales of crawling helplessly through 12 foot snowdrifts to the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee, of which 10 out of 10 were closed due to weather. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/33 "2015-02-19T22:33:34Z")
:D:D > [@Deeg](#): > > . > > …snip… > > More than one: [http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t51.2885-15/928918\_769534089805900\_2141954336\_n.jpg](http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t51.2885-15/928918_769534089805900_2141954336_n.jpg) Yeah, but there is always next year when we will whoop your behinds. Guess who, and what team? lol 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/34 "2015-02-19T23:50:12Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > You are forgiven. > I hate to complain also - it is only 1F and a wind-chill factor of 15 below of The Devils’ Breath. 😃 Poor thing. We’re at a toasty 3F here in the Steel City, and our wind chill is only -9. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/35 "2015-02-20T00:01:57Z")
Here in the SF Bay Area, we had fog until past noon today! And we barely bested 65 F on the ol’ thermometer!! ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/36 "2015-02-20T00:22:10Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > Don’t worry. Soon the snow will melt and the rest of the country can go back to whining about how we dominate them in all sports. Man, fuck football. It’s a sport played by violent felons that causes irreversible brain damage and reduces life expectancy by over a decade. Teenagers regularly get concussions and lifelong joint damage from football. Try basketball. They’re in better health, they live longer, and they don’t murder as many people. LOL ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/37 "2015-02-20T00:27:57Z")
I live 30 minutes outside of Boston and I’m tired of hearing about it. A lot of Boston’s suffering is self inflicted due to lack of preparation and investment. Worcester is 45 minutes from Boston and has received more snowfall than anywhere else in the country, they have their issues but seem to be handling things better then Boston. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/38 "2015-02-20T00:30:45Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > Man, fuck football. It’s a sport played by violent felons that causes irreversible brain damage and reduces life expectancy by over a decade. Teenagers regularly get concussions and lifelong joint damage from football. Try basketball. They’re in better health, they live longer, and they don’t murder as many people. LOL This might be news to you but Boston has very good sports franchises beyond football. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/39 "2015-02-20T00:43:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s 50 degrees out here in Orlando. It’s awful. I thought about wearing a scarf today. Yeah it was a bit brisk in Houston the last couple days. I actually had to pre-warm my car to defrost the windshields before just driving off to work. The horror! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107/40 "2015-02-20T01:24:57Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Meanwhile, here in the sunny South West, we are having one of the warmest winters on record. The only down side is that allergy season is starting like 2 months early. Like you, I had to muddle through 60 degree weather here today (might actually get to 70 this week), so I had to wear a jacket in to work this morning. Brrrrr… That, and the lack of snowpack for drinking water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-poor-boston/713107.md?page=3)