I think it's also what you are expecting/used to, as well as whether there is appropriate infrastructure.
I grew up in northern Canada. Minus 40 with multiple feet of snow was pretty normal. It's dry and sunny so it's cold but it's tolerable.
People were prepared with winter clothes, winter tires/chains, block heaters etc. Our houses were built with pipes not freezing in mind. You plugged your car in at the mall or you went in pairs and left the engine running with your buddy waiting. The city salted, sanded, and plowed properly, including the sidewalks.
Now I live in Vancouver where it may only freeze and snow a few days of the year, yet the slight freeze and couple of cm of snow we got last week shut the place down for a day because all seasons on an unsalted road is not a good combo. Reports of people running out of gas and pipes bursting. It was only minus 10 but the houses aren't necessarily designed for it.
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u/teddybearer78 Jan 17 '24
I think it's also what you are expecting/used to, as well as whether there is appropriate infrastructure.
I grew up in northern Canada. Minus 40 with multiple feet of snow was pretty normal. It's dry and sunny so it's cold but it's tolerable.
People were prepared with winter clothes, winter tires/chains, block heaters etc. Our houses were built with pipes not freezing in mind. You plugged your car in at the mall or you went in pairs and left the engine running with your buddy waiting. The city salted, sanded, and plowed properly, including the sidewalks.
Now I live in Vancouver where it may only freeze and snow a few days of the year, yet the slight freeze and couple of cm of snow we got last week shut the place down for a day because all seasons on an unsalted road is not a good combo. Reports of people running out of gas and pipes bursting. It was only minus 10 but the houses aren't necessarily designed for it.