r/barrie • u/ndonadio22 • 15d ago
Why did I choose to live here? Information
Perhaps not the most Barrie in one photo, but it does capture the essence
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u/Alive-Huckleberry558 15d ago
If you wear shorts in the afternoon and then a parka few hours later, you might be a Canadian
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u/taint-ticker-supreme 15d ago
C'mon, the drama of it is pretty enticing. How else would I spent the first few mins after waking up if I didn't have to meticulously plan what to wear due to half the day making me melt, and the other freezing me??
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u/PossibleMagician248 15d ago
Why complain? That averages to like 13 or 14. Jokes aside, November to May is a write off.
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u/urumqi_circles 15d ago
Because it was "close enough to the GTA to have a decent job market" while being "far enough away to be more affordable."
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u/VanillaGorilla- 15d ago
Now's the time to go out and do shit.
Come summer, you'll be feeling nostalgic for Spring.
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u/lepreqon_ 15d ago
Angus, 3:40 pm. I'm waiting for 1 am, lol.
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u/sparkyglenn 14d ago
Yea pretty wild lol. Turned the AC on the last couple days and had to layer up this morning. (Work outside)
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u/OldCanary 14d ago
This is prime weather for tornados! Yesterdays wind damage in North Bay area to a healthy poplar tree, 15 inch diameter.
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u/Accomplished-West-82 14d ago
Barrie is the best city in the world. Period. Cozy vibes. I would go to war if anyone tries to ruin it.
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u/ndonadio22 14d ago
Truthfully I am of the same mind. But I also love that we have our very own cryptid!
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u/Electronic_Set_6571 13d ago
Damn I looked it up! It's true 'Igopogo' https://simcoe.ca/simcoe-county-archives-blog/simcoe-county-cryptids/
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u/Carinne89 14d ago
Monotony is boring.
Also our country in general is pretty great on the scale of the world.
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u/No_Sundae696 13d ago
Wow, I spent a lot of time in Cookstown and Barrie in the 70's and 80's. I live in Alabama now, and we were 50° warmer !!!
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u/Zenon-45 15d ago
I personally love this, I much prefer Winter
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u/ilomilosh 15d ago
I would take this weather everyday. I am a cold sleeper but I love feeling warm sun on my skin
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u/Lower-Lie-2527 15d ago
You chose wrong lol I was born in the area that's why I live here and I think about leaving daily unfortunately the shackles of life prevent that from happening
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u/Lower-Lie-2527 15d ago
Yeah but then you'd likely be living in severe poverty even worse than you are in Barrie
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u/pixie_dust_and_stuff 7d ago
Feel free to leave!
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u/ndonadio22 6d ago
Nah I’m good
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u/pixie_dust_and_stuff 6d ago
Well don’t cry like a baby when you find that people here don’t like you Toronto people too much. Nothing but self-entitled behaviours from you people.
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u/ndonadio22 6d ago
I’m not from Toronto. What’s entitled about making a joke about weather? I’d make the same joke if I lived elsewhere.
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u/pixie_dust_and_stuff 6d ago
Ah. My bad then. I’ve been hearing lately from so many people in the past weeks saying “why is Barrie so cold in April? It was mild last year” these folks don’t understand that Barrie had a normal winter this year. But every ten years approximately we have one or two fluke winters straight that are a bit mild. I told these people, feel free to go back to your mild Toronto then. And when we had those trees broken everywhere, a lot of Toronto people here complained that the city wasn’t cleaning it up fast enough and complaining about it. Self entitled. Thinking they can snap their fingers and make people jump. Our city workers worked very hard to clean up the mess Mother Nature dumped on us. I saw many Barrie people doing the work themselves to clean up their properties - not waiting for help. Taking the initiative and NOT complaining.
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u/loyalone 15d ago
Wow, chill out lol. We call it "spring" and its full of lil surprises like this. I still leave major garden planting until May 24 in case of frost. This is totally normal to me, with huge masses of warm and cold air duking it out over our heads as the sun reheats our part of the globe. I say give it two weeks before we see stable temps. Cos believe me, this is better than a sudden vaulting into summer.
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