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Post by Lommaren on Jan 30, 2018 17:41:04 GMT -5
So, back at it again! This time with the midwest. Please select four cities that can progress to the Last 16 of the largest cities in respective states' battle for supremacy. Today's round (Midwest) is also known as "isleofpalms85 Trophy"  I'm going for Denver, Cleveland, Detroit and then the fourth one is really tricky... I think it's got to be Chicago due to greater chance of snow cover than Indianapolis without getting violent lows. Colorado: DenverIllinois: Chicago (Midway)Indiana: IndianapolisIowa: Des MoinesKansas: WichitaMichigan: DetroitMinnesota: MinneapolisMissouri: St. LouisNebraska: OmahaNorth Dakota: FargoOhio: ClevelandSouth Dakota: Sioux FallsWisconsin: Milwaukee |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 30, 2018 17:56:55 GMT -5
In a state with several A+ climates, you picked the worst Nebraska climate IMO.
Poor choices for Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota as well.
Denver
Wichita I guess.
Omaha and St. Louis get the last two spots.
Too bad Rapid city, North platte, Dodge city, Bismarck, Scottsbluff, Goodland, Pierre, etc. didn’t make it on the list...
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Post by Lommaren on Jan 30, 2018 18:06:05 GMT -5
In a state with several A+ climates, you picked the worst Nebraska climate IMO. Poor choices for Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota as well. Denver Wichita I guess. Omaha and St. Louis get the last two spots. Too bad Rapid city, North platte, Dodge city, Bismarck, Scottsbluff, Goodland, Pierre, etc. didn’t make it on the list... I can't rule over which is the largest city in each state which is what this entire climate battle extravaganza is about  Which state's largest city has the best climate and all that! I saw KC has a larger city population than St. Louis, but the latter has an urban population advantage of 2.1 mil to 1.5 mil so I'll go with that. |
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 30, 2018 18:12:06 GMT -5
I can't rule over which is the largest city in each state which is what this entire climate battle extravaganza is about Which state's largest city has the best climate and all that! Oh I didn’t realize you were doing the largest city, that you were just choosing a random city from each state. Didn’t change much since I still picked Wichita, Omaha and Denver but pretty much any other South Dakota climate would have beaten St. Louis. |
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Post by boombo on Jan 30, 2018 18:13:30 GMT -5
Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, St. Louis for me, in that order.
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Post by alex992 on Jan 30, 2018 18:13:53 GMT -5
I'm confused as to why Denver is considered "Midwest" here but Cheyenne and Albuquerque weren't. They're all at very similar longitudes.
My choices are Fargo, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, and Des Moines.
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Post by Lommaren on Jan 30, 2018 18:18:26 GMT -5
I'm confused as to why Denver is considered "Midwest" here but Cheyenne and Albuquerque weren't. They're all at very similar longitudes. My choices are Fargo, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, and Des Moines. Colorado goes to a point further east than New Mexico and Wyoming and with the more vastly geographical west being the one that had to get one fewer than 13 climates to battle for the four spots, I chose to include Denver here. |
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Post by nei on Jan 30, 2018 18:33:00 GMT -5
I'm confused as to why Denver is considered "Midwest" here but Cheyenne and Albuquerque weren't. They're all at very similar longitudes. My choices are Fargo, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, and Des Moines. Colorado goes to a point further east than New Mexico and Wyoming and with the more vastly geographical west being the one that had to get one fewer than 13 climates to battle for the four spots, I chose to include Denver here. It's next to the Rockies, culturally and historically it's always been considered West not Midwest. Way too high and dry for the Midwest. It does get called "midwestern" occasionally, locals don't like that. You might have created a long fight on the CityData General US forum if you did that. Doesn't really matter here |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 18:53:46 GMT -5
All terrible, but Wichita, Denver, St Louis and maybe Indianapolis are the least bad.
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Post by alex992 on Jan 30, 2018 19:42:55 GMT -5
Colorado goes to a point further east than New Mexico and Wyoming and with the more vastly geographical west being the one that had to get one fewer than 13 climates to battle for the four spots, I chose to include Denver here. It's next to the Rockies, culturally and historically it's always been considered West not Midwest. Way too high and dry for the Midwest. It does get called "midwestern" occasionally, locals don't like that. You might have created a long fight on the CityData General US forum if you did that. Doesn't really matter here I pretty much consider anything west of 100 W as "Western" IMO as the climate grades out to semi-arid around that longitude. Which does include western halves of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, etc. |
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Post by sari on Jan 30, 2018 19:46:49 GMT -5
Denver, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis. In that order.
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Post by rpvan on Jan 30, 2018 20:09:36 GMT -5
In order: Fargo, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
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Post by Lommaren on Jan 30, 2018 20:11:26 GMT -5
I pretty much consider anything west of 100 W as "Western" IMO as the climate grades out to semi-arid around that longitude. Which does include western halves of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, etc. Yeah pretty much what I do too. Difference in this is that I had to find names to call the four "divisions" something and since it spans St. Louis to Cleveland through Minneapolis and Chicago I'd be hard-pressed not to call it the midwest after all if I had to call it something  |
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Post by Cadeau on Jan 30, 2018 20:20:42 GMT -5
Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis
Alphabetical order not by preference.
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Post by ilmc90 on Jan 30, 2018 21:15:09 GMT -5
1) Milwaukee
2) Cleveland
3) Detroit
4) Minneapolis
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Post by Mörön on Jan 30, 2018 23:04:36 GMT -5
Denver, Detroit, Omaha, Minneapolis but Denver is the best and Omaha the worst.
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Post by knot on Jan 31, 2018 0:23:50 GMT -5
Denver. Highest diurnals and closest to my ideal inland climate, with frequent thunderstorms (hopefully). Fargo for being rather exciting, too (despite winters being too chilly).
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Post by Mörön on Jan 31, 2018 1:02:22 GMT -5
Denver. Highest diurnals and closest to my ideal inland climate, with frequent thunderstorms (hopefully). Fargo for being rather exciting, too (despite winters being too chilly). Thunderstorms are usually frequent but it does vary year to year. I was lucky while I lived there from March-August 2015. May-June were the most amazing month I've ever experienced anywhere. I got about 7" of snow on mother's day and between those two months literally 80-90% of the days were thunderstorm days. |
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Post by Donar on Jan 31, 2018 15:55:04 GMT -5
Indianapolis, Omaha, St. Louis, Des Moines
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Post by P London on Feb 1, 2018 12:46:07 GMT -5
Denver really REALLY isn't in the Midwest at all..
Milwaukee is my first choice. Followed by Chicago, Detroit and Denver.
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