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[–] 124 points 8 months ago (13 children)

SoCal here. Nope, weather is consistently great. Also, Arizona's drivers are much worse.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    NorCal here. Weather here isn't great but it's very predictable.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Speak for yourself. Love and miss that cooler, predictable weather. Sick of this shit where I send my kids to school in 30 degree weather and pick them up in 70-80 degree weather. ALSO...IT. FUCKEN. WIMDY. And to top it off stank ass Bradford pears spaffing into the breeze through spring and summer. Oh and lots of tornados every year. Oklahoma weather is bullshit.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I actually moved here from Tulsa so I know very well what you mean lol. Left Tulsa 2 years ago after 15 years. I miss the thunderstorms but literally nothing else lol.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    A buddy of mine helped his sister move from AZ to Socal, he comes from a family of city-planner types, so he's constantly going on about roadway designs. He told me that while my area has better constructed roads, and our drivers are terrible, that Socal had worse roads, but great drivers (road discipline wise, at least). Probably sample bias but neat trivia.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Washington has the worst drivers on the west coast.

    Oregon has the best.

    CA and AZ are both pretty average.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Missouri here. Most of this area is valid in making the weather statement. Because we're right where weather fronts like to meet up at to fight, we will literally get times when the high is 35f one day and then 70f the next. I think last year we had a day that went from 78f to 19f over the course of like half a day.

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  • [–] 65 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Nobody in California ever said that shit.

    Having rain 3 days a year isn't bipolar weather

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    A couple years ago I was back in Florida visiting my parents and I forgot how weird shit was there sometimes. About 75+ degrees outside and out of nowhere sudden hail/downpour. Hail of all different sized, one piece was like half a soft ball. Went on for maybe 60 seconds. Was long enough for me to open the door, acknowledge I could no longer see shit, and then pick up that giant piece of ice and the storm cloud passed. A bit over 2-3" of rain I emptied out of the rain gauge.

    Everywhere has weird weather moments, but that one will always stand out to me.

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  • [–] 50 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Seriously Colorado though:

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  • [–] 42 points 8 months ago (13 children)

    Well, guess it's nice to know I'm not giving away my location when I complain.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (12 children)

    I worked for a dollar branded store they would monitor the companies Reddit for employees that were being saying something bad.

    They’d look thru the account for pictures of the store layout or anything identifiable. Like the weather on certain days were specifically helpful yes.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Are you willing to name and shame? Which company was it?

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Honestly? Dollar stores are all pretty bad.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In more ways than people realize. I’ve got so many heartbreaking stories.

    My record for most drugs found in the bathroom was six baggies of crystal. One of my jobs as GM+ was “he’s been in the bathroom for a really long time… and there’s no noise in there”

    “Alright I get the narcan from my car (we weren’t allowed to keep it in the building but sometimes you need narcan)”

    Another horrible story is the time I spent all day stomping on baby Jesus. Products have to be destroyed so not peasants can take them out of the trash. Surprisingly a lot of people didn’t want to stomp on Jesus Christmas ornaments. So I went around to all the store to stomp on Jesus for them.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I figure if some place is selling Jesus merch to amass wealth, it's not intended as a holy item and shouldn't be treated as one. Stomp away. Lol

    That said though, the company demanding damaging product before chucking it is just shit tier behavior.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Actually the worst part of all is people died at stores. Nothing that was our fault but yeah, I saw people die and didn’t even list that as one of the “sad things” it was just a tuesday

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Sorry I thought it was obvious if you think about it.

    It was dollar tree. I worked the transition from family dollar-dollar tree- dollar tree plus.

    What I can say good about dollar tree is I went from part time cashier on Christmas for extra money to running stores in 6 months. I opened 7 stores, lead the stocking teams, helped out at dozens of stores and was “person you call” when you don’t know who to call. DMs called me. On the other hand i had a mental breakdown (litterly I was hospitalized for close to a month then I moved home with my mother that’s how damaging the work was under that one specific district manager) so dollar tree is a great place to move up but it’s like… Harvey Weinstein…. Yeah he can make you a star but at a cost.

    Lol sorry I have ptsd lol

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Tell dollar tree I will never shop at a dollar. Tree.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Also on a lighter note, I don’t believe in Nebraska. It’s a myth. I’ve never met a person from Nebraska and neither has anyone one else. I’ve never seen a Nebraskan license plate. Is it Nebraskan? Nebraskanight? Nebraskanought?

    Do you guys have austronoughts or something? Or is it just corn?

    The next town over from me is having a dispute over repaint the water tower that currently features someone you’ve never heard of and his (music?) career.

    Anyway I suspect Nebraska news is that all the time.

    To be clear I’ll take my stereotype card. I’m from Texas. Yes I had horses but not everyone from Texas did… yes I rode it to school for special events but it wasn’t a day to day a thing. We had a car.

    What does Nebraska have? Elephants? My god do you guy have like mammoths or something. I bet you have a good hockey team. I don’t watch sports but it sounds like a Nebraska thing “Nebraska mammoths”

    I know sports teams are normally named after a city but I can’t think of a single city in Nebraska. Nebraska city? My good is the state capital Nebraska city and it has an amazing zoo and a board walk are that’s kinda dangerous after sundown?

    Nebraska isn’t real

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I’ve got bad news for you about capitalism in general.

    Dollar tree isn’t specifically bad. In fact I recommend working there if you need a lot of experience really quickly. It’s “easy “ in that way. You’ll move up faster than you would at Walmart.

    But yeah most stores regardless of brand there is ALOT more going on than you see. Like someone dropping dead in line 10 min before you walked in. If the store manager is running the register at any store something very bad happend s/happening

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Sure, but I was talking about general complaints. Things like, "the drivers here are so bad", "the winters are too cold and the summers are too hot", "the government sure is poorly run", "the yellow sports car parked out in front of the fast food place I work looks so stupid", "I hate my boss and his stupid name, like seriously, who is named Methuselah Honeysuckle", and "If they don't give me a raise this time, I'm going to start a union, I'm serious, working a Chipotle sucks".

    You know, the kind of stuff that could never be traced back to me.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I totally get that and thought about it. People reading it might think differently and I wanted to warn them. Not specifically you.

    Funny story though: my ex wife lived in the same small town as me and she told me “you’re employees were talking shit about you”

    “Well yeah… I’m the boss. We all talk shit about our bosses “

    “Do you want to know what they said “

    “Nope.‘if it’s important they’ll talk me directly “

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  • [–] 36 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    No Californian would say that. The weather is stable and nice 9 months of the year and cloudy and nice the sun the other 3.

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  • [–] 33 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Hey, the drivers in my state are fine. It's the drivers in the neighboring state that are all reckless idiots who don't know to drive.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Do you live in PA DE VA or WVA by chance

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    Drove through VA once, and we were amazed at how good the drivers were. Normal speeds, being predictable instead of trying to be "polite", not sitting in the passing lane for miles, it was crazy.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago*

    The only big problem with drivers in VA, imo, is that while they're good they're competitive within the bounds of good. And moreso within/near city or big town limits. Really this just means that if you turn on your indicator to show that you're trying to change lanes, many VA drivers will speed up to pass you to allow you to merge behind them rather than in front of them. Comparatively not a big deal, but I didn't even realize this was a thing until I lived in NC and regularly experienced people happily making way for me to merge when I indicated.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I knew it , I'm in the state that causes all the havoc!

    Every day I start the car I gotta slap my face and look in the mirror and pump myself up

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    If it makes you feel better, I think you guys are a better state in almost every other way but driving 😂

    edit: Genuinely y'all might have the best state flag in the nation, and that's coming from a Virginian and our flag is pretty fucking great

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    "If you don't like the weather in [insert location] wait five minutes"

    I used to naively believe this was actually unique to Newfoundland. Recently learned that it's a saying everywhere and everyone acts like it's unique to where they live

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    It's not, though. People from LA will say the exact opposite.

    That saying pops up anywhere where there's a large range of weather. Which is most places, but not everywhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    I have heard this almost exclusively for Florida and not any of the surrounding states. Or really I have never heard it about any other states on the Eastern seaboard.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Nah, Florida's gone from bright, clear, and sunny to "holy fuck, did we forget about a hurricane hitting land?" In the time it's taken me to go to the bathroom.

    Not use the bathroom. Just getting there.

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  • [+] 24 points 8 months ago (12 children)
  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    There's a big difference between drivers who only drive in rural areas and drivers who drive in crowded rush hour traffic in big cities. And, different big cities have their own challenges. As a visitor, trying to navigate LA's freeway hell was awful, and the drivers who were used to it were not at all accommodating. But, I think LA drivers would find driving in Boston and its Masshole drivers to be hell, because it's all about squeezing down narrow streets that come from a time before automobiles.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    I used to be a trucker. Drive everything east of the Mississippi.

    Indiana has the dumbest drivers. Never have I been to a state with a lower average i.q. Idk, it might be an environmental thing, like in the water, or too many generations of cousin fucking. But something ain't right there. They make poor choices and have a lack of self preservation.

    New england the rudest, but they're at least predictable. When they do something rude and reckless its always in pursuit of a goal. E.g. making the next exit, turn, lane ect.

    The south has the most lackadaisical drivers. They just don't give a fuck. They're doing what they're doing and that's that.

    The Midwest has the nicest most considerate drivers, and as a result traffic jams are far fewer, everything just flows smoother.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    California I believe has the statistically worst drivers. New York id say has the most insane but skillful enough to somehow not die drivers.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    https://www.moneygeek.com/resources/states-with-the-worst-drivers/

    New Mexico has the worse drivers, Texas is fifth. California seems to just be average.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I find that ironic because Massachusetts drivers and New Jersey drives are the worst drivers I've ever seen. On the East Coast, it's almost guaranteed that the car overtaking you doing 30 over the speed limit is going to be from one of those two states.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Call me weird but I enjoy driving in Manhattan. People drive at a reasonable pace.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Never been to the east coast (that's a goal for sure though), but I totally get that. It's why I like driving the areas surrounding LA. People are more decisive while driving than other states up the coast. The California driver is more likely to be an asshole, yes, but one who knows what's happening around them, makes a decision, and stick to it. My home state drives (ha) me insane with the amount of people who just seem totally checked out, either fiddling around on a cell phone or some other bullshit that shouldn't be done while driving.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    In central Indiana it was 70 with tornados and then 20 and snowing two day later.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    I was gonna say the same. I'm middle east-coast, and one day will be 85f and the next can be below freezing, and alternate each day for a week after, and that's before precipitation/wind.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    In Colorado those changes can happen same day within a few hours. No need for multiple days. It will be 14f in the morning, snowing, then by lunch it’s all melted and 60-70 then by dinner it’s incredibly windy and raining.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Living at altitude, this is actually true. Very low atmospheric buffering. Temperature swings of 40 degrees within a few hours.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    No one in the southwest say this lol

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    [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    'don't like the weather, wait an hour.', every state i've been to.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    In my state, it was 70° last week; now it is 28°.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Here in New England we don't talk about rain and shine, we talk about how yesterday was 60f and today it's 17f with getting 3ft of snow.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Just looked it up and apparently my state actually has a remarkably low rate of traffic deaths, so apparently we're actually pretty good drivers

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    The real issue is being temperate enough to freeze, but not cold enough regularly to have good road maintenance or drivers experienced with ice/snow.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    PNW here, nope, it's just a light rain, sometimes some sun, but that's seasonal. Rarely there's a storm.

    The Midwest on the other hand, nah it typically gives you fair warning when it's about to do something crazy

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Living in Seattle there weren't like extreme weather swings but there are days where you get to see several types of weather softly cycle through. Sometimes in the winter I'd get snow and rain and sun and fog all in a single day, or days where I look in one direction and it's rain and can't see the sky and look the other direction and it's blue skies and sun. Seattle has such stellar rainbows because of this

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    All the drivers in my state are the worst, and all the drivers from other states are the worst too.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Arkansas doesn't require driver's ed so I think we do have the market cornered on bad drivers. I see folks slam on their brakes on the interstate, reverse back to their exit, the interstates themselves were obviously designed by folks who don't understand how it works, etc. I've lived in several states and never seen anything quite like it.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago*

    I think what people don't realize is that roads are mostly designed by politicians and transit engineers just check to make sure the whole thing doesn't collapse or sink when a car drives over it.

    There are standards but 9/10 times the standards are written by the local council member whose background is in like real estate law or is the son of the local auto dealership owner.

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