Crappy weather in Columbus. The midwest sucks weather-wise!

I guess I'll take Columbus off my bucket list, then.

Who would have thought weather in the Midwest sucked? Huh.

6tysew45ywe wrote:

I guess I'll take Columbus off my bucket list, then.

Who would have thought weather in the Midwest sucked? Huh.

I've known it but it just pisses me off and I'm looking at moving. No job opportunities and bad weather.

Get used to it.

Climate change is coming to town.

Every town.

Today.

Jobs all over the place in CA, and the weather is decent.

It could be worse, you could be in the DC area or worse yet, the deep south. You are correct though, the number of 90 days we get her in the DMV has increased quite a bit each year. In fact, it will be over 90 again today. Basically what is "normal" is going be reset and 50 days reaching 90 will become commonplace here. But really it is the high lows that have really changed. When it doesn't drop below 70 for two months it really blows.

One the other hand, winter here is great. Just a few minor ice/snow days with highs in the 40s. I would never attempt a marathon block in the summer again after disastrous results when I attempted to do so for early fall marathons. Spring marathons are the best bet or late fall, as in late November or December marathons are ok training.

gfhdgfdg wrote:

It could be worse, you could be in the DC area or worse yet, the deep south. You are correct though, the number of 90 days we get her in the DMV has increased quite a bit each year. .

Lets see the data?

jecht wrote:

6tysew45ywe wrote:

I guess I'll take Columbus off my bucket list, then.

Who would have thought weather in the Midwest sucked? Huh.

I've known it but it just pisses me off and I'm looking at moving. No job opportunities and bad weather.

Get over it. I've been training here for the same time period and I've continued to improve post college as have a lot of my friends. Try 100+ degrees in So Cal and bad air quality. We're all training through it. Columbus is fantastic and has a lot of great opportunities. Stop trashing the city.

"Very warm low temperatures, especially in August, did much of the work. The 63 days in which the mercury did not drop below 70 degrees tied for sixth most on record.

Forty-two days at or above 90 surpassed the average of 34 such days from June to August. The city is now at 46 days at or above 90 for the year, which is six above the annual average."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/09/01/dc-august-weather-recap-2021/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/08/24/heat-dc-90-degree-days-summer/

We're not at 50 yet but heading there. This summer was mild compared to last summer.

beersandmiles wrote:

jecht wrote:

I've known it but it just pisses me off and I'm looking at moving. No job opportunities and bad weather.

Get over it. I've been training here for the same time period and I've continued to improve post college as have a lot of my friends. Try 100+ degrees in So Cal and bad air quality. We're all training through it. Columbus is fantastic and has a lot of great opportunities. Stop trashing the city.

beersandmiles (?),

No offense if you like the city, and everyone has a right to like it or not. To be honest, I loved it for the most part since I moved here in August 2014 from CLE. The winters are a little better.

You are correct regarding SoCal. Plus they have smog.

I'll shut up about the weather now. I'm just venting.

But that said, jobs are NOT easy to come by in Columbus unless you are very connected or have ins with huge companies. That's a bigger issue than the weather, honestly.

Doomsday is today wrote:

Get used to it.

Climate change is coming to town.

Every town.

Today.

I'll shut up about the weather. Just venting and frustrated.

It could be worse. I could be living in LA.

Yeah, you'd hate it here!

Uh, Columbus is one of only 13 cities In the country that has grown by 100k in the past 10 years. I doubt all these people moving in are jobless...

cbusbusc wrote:

Uh, Columbus is one of only 13 cities In the country that has grown by 100k in the past 10 years. I doubt all these people moving in are jobless...

Not saying you're wrong and I see the growth where I live every day (Dublin, crazy traffic every day on Sawmill). It's still difficult to find jobs here. I'll try to find more positives about this town.

I also did look at moving out of Columbus for real but other cities are even MORE expensive. Ugh.

CLE, where I'm from, is a bit cheaper but doesn't have many job opportunities either.

Columbus is a craphole. Went there twice both times in March. It was absolutely frigid both times. Like 14F and blowing like crazy last time. Cabs sucked, airport sucked. Drove through some very sketch areas on the way to OSU campus. Its literally the worst time I've ever had traveling. Chicago is close behind.

Columbus has plenty of job opportunities and the weather is rising everywhere in the world.

You need to change your mindset and quit bashing on Ohio and Columbus and your past choices. They aren’t going to make you BQ, get a better job, or have cooler weather. Moving forward and getting over it and taking the next best step will.

jecht wrote:

6tysew45ywe wrote:

I guess I'll take Columbus off my bucket list, then.

Who would have thought weather in the Midwest sucked? Huh.

I've known it but it just pisses me off and I'm looking at moving. No job opportunities and bad weather.

Yes, because it's so worth moving somewhere for better training to end up running 5 seconds faster per mile for a 10k. If you were a 2:20 marathoner, which you aren't, it still wouldn't be worth it. Old man Flagpole lives near you, try to go for a jog with an the overweight former 10:23 3200 meter guy, that will inspire you.

Change your priorities, running slightly faster isn't going to change anything.

AverageForFun wrote:

Columbus has plenty of job opportunities and the weather is rising everywhere in the world.

You need to change your mindset and quit bashing on Ohio and Columbus and your past choices. They aren’t going to make you BQ, get a better job, or have cooler weather. Moving forward and getting over it and taking the next best step will.

I am just frustrated with the weather and job things more than the city itself. I know I can't change the weather, mainly venting. This is an anonymous message board with good training advice but sometimes I need a place to just vent.

Cbus does have some good things for it, to be fair, so it's not all that bad, but the bigger picture is the job market here. It's not as good as everyone says it is--not just for me but for quite a few I know in this town.

Also, no offense to anyone about my take on the city. It's not personal. I would love to run with Flagpole.

After people here thought I was being too negative about it, I did take a step back last night and try to find some positives--there are good areas to run, it's relatively safe, and there are a ton of good restaurants. Looking at other cities, the cost of living is even more in a few of those, and Columbus is probably a better spot for me right now.