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Originally Posted by gracielove  I suppose what your friend says is partially true but we live in a world where we can obtain just about anything through the mail or some delivery service....though maybe not a snow plow. 
When I lived there several decades ago they had gas furnaces. Not much insulation but they did have furnaces. Maybe some genius has since come up with the pump since then. If people don't like the pump why don't they insist that builders not use them?
You live in an area that does not usually get snow storms but obviously it has always been a possibility. I know it was quite cold down there during the winters I lived there so people must be ready to deal with some cold.
I don't know of anyone who makes fun of southerners that have to suffer through a storm. It is no more fun for northerners than southerns. We lose electricity just like southerners do when it ices.
Everyone, north and south, should stay home and stay warm during a storm. We may have snow plows up here but the roads are still dangerous even with snow tires and after the plow has gone through.
Many counties are so broke they don't bother to plow until the storm is over so having a plow is not always a great advantage when it is parked in the garage. You should see the cars and trucks with dents in them during the winters up here cars slide and there is a lot of danger on the roads up here. |
Yes, most stuff can be obtained through the mail. but when you rarely to never need it, most people would not think to do so, or that they would have the need to.
Well maybe you have your house built for you. but not everyone can. Most people I know can't. they have what the house came with. and in my case, I rent. so im stuck with what my landlord supplied. and I can not afford to be too picky on where I live to where I can say, I refuse to live in a place that is heated by a heat pump, and wait to rent a place that has something better. I suppose someone decided it would be fine, those who did build the houses, as it doesnt not usually get that cold down here to where it would be a problem. and when it does, usually it is only for a few days. But things have been changing the past few years or so.
I dont know anyone who is making fun of the Northerners for what they have suffered, but I have seen a WHOLE LOT of people making fun of the southerners. Its all over facebook for example. I have a lot of friends and relatives that live up north. I certainly do understand all the hardships gone through up there, as does my friend whom I went to high school with. We both grew up in the same place.