# Why am I always walking into the wind and uphill?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202 "2001-04-16T21:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![dylan\_mckay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dylan\_mckay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_mckay)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202/1 "2001-04-16T21:58:25Z")

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It seems that regardless of the direction in which I’m walking, the wind is always coming at me.

Also, when I leave the sublimely flat Chicago for hilly locales, such as San Francisco or Seattle, it seems I’m walking uphill WAY more often than downhill.

What’s the deal – and where’s the guy that gets to walk with the wind and downhill?

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**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202/2 "2001-04-16T23:56:19Z")

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Um… are you a mime?  
🙂

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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202/3 "2001-04-17T00:12:48Z")

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I would bet that it is all psychological. When the wind is with you or you are walking downhill you don’t notice it, but when the opposite is true it is more difficult so you do notice it. Kinda like people thinking that it rains more on the weekend than the rest of the week, when actually the reverse is true.

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202/4 "2001-04-17T01:32:32Z")

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My guess was that you go to school at Kent State University - the campus is specifically designed that way.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-always-walking-into-the-wind-and-uphill/62202/5 "2001-04-17T03:08:46Z")

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Moved from GQ to MPSIMS. - Jill