 Today we're going to talk about what's good and bad about the winter in New Jersey. Hey there, njrew22.com with a continuation of our four-part series about the seasons in New Jersey. We started off in the fall about three months ago about what's good and bad about the fall and the next season in line is winter. We're going to start off with the bad things about winter in New Jersey. First thing that is obvious for most people is that it can get pretty damn cold and I don't know who loves the cold weather. I mean maybe some people who like hiding their appearance might like the cold weather but we don't like it. Unless you're like wearing a thousand dollar outfits and you're snowboarding somewhere looking all fashionable like dumb and dumber. Remember when they walked in with those little outfits on? I don't know. I don't like the cold. I think cold is very uncomfortable and of course weather headaches. You know any other season you know spring fall summer rain is really not such a problem unless you get a major storm and there's a lot of wind and flooding rain rain is rarely a problem compared to the winter. The winter you get an inch of snow not even an inch of snow like a maybe a dusting of snow and the idiots come out they can't drive they don't they think they're four by fours work great and nobody understands that slippery surfaces frozen surfaces certainly cause problems. Of course like we just said frozen things are just not good in general it's not just the driving per say it's your home you have frozen hose lines you have ice dams in your gutters frozen situations just stink branches falling and all this stuff I don't like things frozen unless it's a food or ice for my drinks and of course there's something called sad seasonal effective disorder it's the lack of light you know at the peak of summer we have about 15 hours of daylight and at the peak of winter we have only about nine hours this is plus or minus whatever minutes I'm just using a roundabout number when it gets dark you know at like 4 30 and it's kind of wears on you like the darkness if we all lived basically like like we did before modern technology came around we would probably go to sleep when it got dark and woke up naturally when it became light just like animals do I guess some people suffer more than others it's definitely a factor when it comes into the pros and cons of winter one other thing is the discomfort and hassle that comes along with winter time you have to admit it putting a tank top in the pair shorts and some socks and or just flip flops is really fun in the in the summer summer time in the winter time you have like so much more stuff to deal with jackets jeans boots and all multiple layers and everything it's just a big pain in the neck your laundry is probably at least double the size and double the frequency in the winter time because you have bigger things you need to wash obviously that you know it depends on how big you are as a person I'm you know over six four and two hundred pounds so my I have to do laundry definitely more often and another thing about the winter that it can be a real big pain in the neck is the heavy snow you know last year in 2019 we did not have any measurable snow I mean it was like I think an inch or two and it was nothing it melted quick I didn't have to use my snowblower in 2020 here we've already had one or two snow storms one that required my snowblower and it broke of course and it was all out of shape because I didn't use it for almost two years cleaning up after snow is is really a lot I think it's a lot harder than cleaning up your grass or your leaves in any other season but there's one good thing that you need to know about this is that winter is only about 13 weeks long every season is about 13 weeks long so it really gets back to normal relatively quickly so what's good about the winter really I mean it's really hard to find the silver lining you know in this armpit of America called New Jersey but I'm going to try my best to be a little positive about it it's all about perspective I think we really do enjoy having four true seasons here in New Jersey because it gives you a way to compare the good and the bad like you really wouldn't appreciate the nice weather without having something bad to compare it to if it was nice always perhaps that you might get a little complacent and just get used to it I think having it mix up you know four times a year is is something that adds to the the integrity of a human being there are beautiful moments you know when you wake up or when the snow just finished falling you have a nice six or eight inches of of fresh snow and it's all quiet and there's no wind it's just really beautiful those moments are something to cherish and another thing that I found a little overlining is there's something about being cozy I guess there's a difference between you know feeling hot and cooling off in the air conditioning and after sweating and feeling exhausted from the sometimes heat is oppressive the cold is oppressive in its own way but there's something about being cold and warming up that I think might have a little bit more happiness involved with it one of my favorite things about the winter is the lack of bugs now it was getting really good at the end of the fall where the bugs started diminishing but there's literally almost zero bugs in the winter no flying insects in your ear in your face no stings no I mean we don't get stings anyway it's just really nice that these pesky bugs are gone they're just sitting there resting up for the spring that comes in a few weeks or 13 weeks there are many others that you can put it into this little video snippet now such as that you can get more propane you get like I don't know 10% more propane in your tank when it's cold out or you know maybe some of the people that typically wear too little clothing that shouldn't now have to wear coats and that's kind of a nice visual reprieve from from that kind of thing what about how you know a nice hot cup of soup or coffee really just hits the spot in a way they could never feel in in the summertime you know like a nice hot cup of chicken soup I make just feels so good when it's cold out but in general here in New Jersey the winter is short when you think about it compared to like northern areas like Canada or Alaska you're not sitting there six months or eight months of the year freezing cold and I think growing up here we can't even fathom what it would be like to live in a place like San Diego where it's like 70 degrees exactly like every single day of the year I mean I that certainly is nice but does it wear on you does it kind of like make you feel mundane like it's just perfectly nice every day I don't know that's it if you enjoy this video please hit the bell and subscribe and we'll talk about other random crap later