<p>Agree Thumper - there is nothing more fun than a “snow day” on a college campus. I remember them fondly - and they don’t happen every single year.</p>
<p>UW-Madison has only closed a couple times in 30 years for snow but when they do students make the most of it:</p>
<p>[Slide</a> show: Snowball Fight! : Slide 1 of 9](<a href=“http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/40/slides/288]Slide”>http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/40/slides/288)</p>
<p>Not many gloomy faces to be seen.</p>
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<p>I don’t know where this trope originated that Midwestern winters are appreciably different from those in the northeast. They aren’t. It’s the same darn thing, but no one suggests “don’t go to Harvard” because it’s in New England.</p>
<p>My Boston-based daughter has had far worse winter weather overall than my Chicago-based son. Earlier this year, they had that great blizzard that caused cancellation of classes. It was Philadelphia I got stranded in for 3 days straight a few years ago when they had a blizzard. The Northeast gets cold and snowy, too. At one point, you have to wear a coat and deal with snow - there’s little difference.</p>
<p>PG, I actually HAVE seen people suggesting that. I do not get this idea that snow is some horrible curse. I like snow. (Now heat and humidity…that is intolerable! 
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<p>But I am always complaining about people’s assumptions here regarding what is “good” weather and what is not. :)</p>