<p>I think CayugaRed2005 identified the issue correctly, which is:</p>
<p>When it is cold and miserable here, and moreso in our prior home in the midwest,
my kids and I were typically in a car, driving or being driven someplace.</p>
<p>On campus at Cornell, this is not an option, you are actually walking in it, frequently long distances at that. You are actually more exposed to the elements there than you would be in most aspects of the typical sheltered suburban (or Urban) existence these days, save for the occasional voluntary foray to the ski slopes. (and for those, yes sometimes a ski mask is a good idea). It’s not necessarily that the weather is so much worse, it’s that you actually are forced to deal with it.</p>
<p>The cold weather is invigorating. As long as you’re warm enough.</p>
<p>But ya know, I lived, toughened me up for chicago afterwards, and after all these years what I mostly remember is the good weather, the Fall colors and the gorges. (Except briefly when one of you posts something like this to remind me of the rest.)</p>
<p>Hopefully, 30+ years from now, that’s what you’ll mostly remember too.
Meanwhile, dress warm, don’t get sick. and what the heck, get a ski mask if you need it, who cares.</p>