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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You think those homes in the frozen north are selling for less than $200,000?

I wish...

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 17 points 1 year ago

Actually, the car that's being towed is the affordable home, not the houses in the background. There is even a subreddit about this, r/priusdwellers (idk if there's a comparable community on lemmy).

[–] argv_minus_one 4 points 1 year ago

Michigan is cheap and has wicked winters, so yeah.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's like a few inches!? As a Canadian, there's no where that doesn't get that. I live in the mildest city in the country, and we get more than that most years.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I miss snow. :(

[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Around here 2 inches will shut down every business and school in the state and cause huge pileups regularly at intersections and on highways. It's not always about the amount of snow but about how prepared the community is to handle it. Plus when warmer climates do get winter weather it can be worse on the roads than colder locations because the snow will often partially melt then refreeze as a smooth slab of ice.

I think that's actually what this meme is intending. All of these are indicative of the US south.

[–] argv_minus_one 12 points 1 year ago

Snow will seem like a luxury, the way the climate is going…

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I love driving in the snow but most people where I live suck at it. We have so many accidents each winter

phoenix is not an affordable place to live

[–] shua_too@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Minneapolis will definitely get snow, but there isn’t towing in that depth of snow. That’s child’s play.

It’s a truly lovely place to live though. Yeah winters are a chore, but we go hard in summer. And there’s some excellent camping within less than an hour’s drive.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Twin Cities for $200k? Fuckin where?

[–] shua_too@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Alright I forgot about that one. But I think the East Side of Saint Paul and North Minneapolis both have some cheap housing. Not great neighborhoods, but they’re on the up.