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James19991 t1_j5lbi2k wrote

Reply to comment by Upbeat_Estimate1501 in Weather by Routine-Interview991

The area of Ohio that gets the lake effect is really a small portion of Ohio's land area as a whole to be fair. You generally can't get much lake effect in Ohio until you're in and around Cleveland to Youngstown, and points north and east of that. Even in Cleveland, the western parts of the metro area have much more manageable snowfall totals that are not that much worse than what you get around here, while it's the places just east of the city of Cleveland that get dumped on.

Pittsburgh has never been a spot for large 12+ inch snowfalls, but it gets plenty of 2 to 6-in snow falls throughout the year during a normal winter. Just two winters ago we had like four 6+ inch snowfalls throughout the season though, and that was fun

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[deleted] t1_j5lbdpn wrote

Reply to comment by ElectronicDiver2310 in Kristin Emery's snowfall charts ... WTF? by mckzach

Completely different set of data deserving of its own way of presentation. Sort tickers by alphabetical order, sort by value, etc. Tables are easy to manipulate.

The purpose of the table here though is to list snow total, and show that the northern areas got more snow. But not everyone knows where these suburbs are, and there's no obvious rhyme or reason to their order. A map with overlayed data would make it obvious that there was more snow to the north, even if you didn't know where these listed areas are.

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dmcd0415 t1_j5l9r7o wrote

Reply to comment by JAK3CAL in The local news when someone blasts a dook downtown by ParkwayWestSunset

In my much younger days shortly after I moved to Pittsburgh and hearing many stories of the mythical Tennyson I was surprised to see it right there on the side of the road on 88 in all its glory. Having expected it to be at least a stones throw off the beaten path I asked my strip club attending friend if that was in fact The Tennyson and his response to me was, "don't go there, dude."

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Upbeat_Estimate1501 t1_j5l9qup wrote

Reply to comment by James19991 in Weather by Routine-Interview991

Cbus is in Southern Ohio as is Cincy (note my original comment discussion the distinction between cities closer to Lake Erie versus southern).

Granted I've only been here in Pgh for about 8 years but in that time I've never seen snow compared to what I was used to growing up in Ohio. Maybe it's just climate change, if you've lived here for a long time maybe you can attest to that? But there's definitely a difference to the dig-your-car-out snows I was used to and moving here seeing very little and only a few storms, if that each winter.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5l8vp0 wrote

Reply to comment by Jesuismieux412 in The local news when someone blasts a dook downtown by ParkwayWestSunset

I've worked downtown for twelve years. It's fine. I've never felt at risk down there, and prior to the pandemic I spent a lot of time after work there.

 
> Keep it moving and act like you’re a foreigner when the bums ask for money.

 
Saying "no" really isn't that hard, people on this sub act like they're being violated when a panhandler speaks to them.

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James19991 t1_j5l8d1b wrote

Reply to comment by Upbeat_Estimate1501 in Weather by Routine-Interview991

Columbus averages 28 inches of snow a year, Toledo averages 37 inches of snow per year, and Cincinnati averages only 23 inches of snow a year.

Pittsburgh meanwhile averages 44 inches of snow per year.

Sure Cleveland and points north and east of there in Ohio can do well with the lake effect, but it's absolutely not true that the other major cities of Ohio are snowier than Pittsburgh.

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