"Once they knew how cold it was, why didn't they move on?" he asked. "Here's this whole, new country with southern parts, but no. They said, 'We're stopping here.' "
These are the days when I find myself beyond grateful that I no longer live in Minnesota. I lived there from age two to 23, and I left for warmer climes once I was done with college. Today I feel vindicated, because when you're talking about air temperatures (never mind the wind chill) of -40+ F, there is no amount of money, and nothing anyone could say, to convince to move back to the land of my youth.
Hey, it's -21F (with a -37F windchill) in Minneapolis this morning. Yeah; ask me how much I miss that.... You can have your frozen wasteland....