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<p>I bet people think you are kidding! College students in Philly wear flip flops 'til Christmas break and then typically switch to their “winter” footwear - wet tennis shoes.</p>
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<p>sockhermom:</p>
<p>If I were a college kid, knowing what I know about wintery slush living near Boston, and I could hoodwink, bamboozle, or otherwise okie doke my mom into springing for $100 to keep her baby’s tootsies toasty, I would jump at the chance to get a pair of Gore Tex trail shoes such as these:</p>
<p>[The</a> North Face Ultra 104 Gore-Tex XCR Trail-Running Shoes - Men’s at REI.com](<a href=“http://www.rei.com/product/763585?preferredSku=7635850139&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-7635850139&mr:trackingCode=B58ED06A-DBB1-DE11-93DB-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA]The”>http://www.rei.com/product/763585?preferredSku=7635850139&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-7635850139&mr:trackingCode=B58ED06A-DBB1-DE11-93DB-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA)</p>
<p>Are they going to keep your feet dry hiking in the Himalayas or snow blowing a path through 3 foot drifts? No. But, they will keep your feet dry in the puddles and slush typically found on Philly sidewalks and pathways, plus double as a pair of sneakers for cold weather, muddy days, etc. You wouldn’t even have to tell any of your friends that your feet aren’t soaking wet in your sneakers.</p>
<p>Every major athletic shoe and outdoor apparrel company sells a version of this shoe in Gore Tex or equivalent water resistant unobtanium. They are all expensive as heck. Tell your boy not to be a dummy if mom wants to spring for a pair of shoes!</p>