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Chicago is on Lake Michigan. He’s at the lake.
Wrigley was a company that made chewing gum - Tutti Frutti, Spearmint, Doublemint. Chicago is on Lake Michigan, hence a beach.
It still exists but it now owned by Mars, inc.
tutti fruiti? Juicy Fruit
@@stischer47 geez I used to love old school tutti frutti/juicy fruit. That flavor was the best 7 seconds before it disappeared.
Wrigley sells products in UK, it has for over 100 years. It is called Mars Wrigley UK. I am a fan of skittles. Its UK HQ is in Plymouth.
Wrigley made his fortune with chewing gum. Wrigley Field and the distinguished Wrigley building on the Chicago River in downtown Chicago are his legacy.
7:49
"I've Never Known Chicago To Have A Beach"
Well, Lewis, to be fair, Chicago is on the shores of Lake Michigan, which is one of The Great Lakes, which are considered inland freshwater seas
It's like saying 'Wales isn't known for beaches' because it's just on the Irish Sea -- which is slightly smaller than Lake Michigan IIRC.
When I think of beach I think of oceans and beaches, but lakes have beaches too.
@lindanizamoff7981 Yeah, most people would be likely to an ocean come to mind when they think about a Beach
Lake Michigan is so big, it has actual tides. I live on the North side of Chicago very near it and I can see the spray hitting the rocks at 20 feet or more in places during a decent storm.
9:25 Lake Michigan is massive.
Even from the observation deck of the Sears tower you can't see the other side.
My brother lives in Dunes Acres, Indiana and often posts pictures of the Chicago skyline. I'd drop one but it would get deleted. But yes - you can see to Indiana as "the other side". That said? Lake Michigan is a massive lake!!
@lindab2323 Indiana is not the other side. It's very close, right next to IL to the south east of Chicago. You cannot see Michigan when standing directly across from it in IL or Wisconsin on the other side.
Harry Caray was the announcer for the Cubs baseball team and in the middle of the 7th inning he would lead the stadium singing " Take me out to the ballgame". That's what the statue is depicting.
PLEASE, someone send him a map of the U.S. for his wall that he can glance at.
Many people from other countries do not realize how big the USA is. My nephew wife, who is from England. had relatives visiting them in South Caroline, they. the relatives, wanted to go to Niagra Falls in upper NY and thought it would take about 12 hours. They were shocked to find out it would take a lot longer than that.
As much as he wants to be here, a nice wall map would help alot. To see the Dunes national park along Lake Michigan which Chicago is located on
😆🤣🤣
Seriously! And they say Americans don't know their geography. Lol
Sweet guy. The PAIN I feel whenever he speaks about the States is intense! The average Brit is such a moron when it comes to geography, history, and reality.
Chicago's south side has been notorious for getting a little dicey for decades. But, as Lawrence suggested, there are LOTS of nice, low-crime parts. It really comes down to the higher-poverty neighborhoods - much like in most cities.
Exactly, my mom lives near Evergreen Park and Beverly and it’s fine
West side is dicey
The south and west sides are scary dangerous. But they have some of the best food. Kinda makes it worth the risk 😅
The south side is huge some neighborhoods are dangerous some are not.
Went to a Rave around 25 years ago on the South Side. First time in Chicago. First time seeing real hookers.
Chicago has 33 beaches along 26 miles of shoreline.
I used to live very close to this when I lived in Chicago. I was in Lakeview East. Weekends at the beach for sure and walking home along the Lake from the Loop when the weather was mellow. I definitely miss that.
Lots of great lakes in America. Huge lakes. I live 10 minutes from lake Ontario in Rochester, New York. Lots a fresh water here. Soccer goals are in almost every sport park in my city and surrounding suburbs.
New York is such a big state. I live on Long Island 10 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. I don't think most foreigners realize how huge NY is and that we have everything from major cities to rural farms. I'm a big fan of the Finger Lakes region.
I live right outside Rochester and grew up near Highland Park. I’ve lived here all of my 66 years except for 2 years in Texas. Wouldn’t move back there now. My 3 choices for favorite places are Seattle, Tucson, and Vermont.
I live 10 minutes from the beach too. A pizza bistro is right across the street. City living works for me
There are 5 Great Lake: Michigan, Superior, Erie, Ontario, Huron. Superior is the largest and Erie is the smallest.
He lives in my old neck of the woods. I miss the north side. I loved it. Only a few blocks from Wrigley is where I used to live. Watching this is making me homesick.
@@manangb I lived in Roscoe Village quite close to Wrigleyville & Boystown as you know. Cozy little neighborhood and close to brown line. I miss it too!
Harry Caray was the Cubs announcer for ages. His famous line was "Holy Cow!" (There is a "holy cow" in a steak restaurant in downtown Chicago - cow statue with holes in it). Due to the Cubs being on the air nationally, people all over knew who Harry Caray was. He passed in 1998. Skip Caray, his son, announced for the Atlanta Braves, but passed in 2008. I understand the grandson wants to get into sports announcing, too.
So Phil Rizzuto stole "holy cow!" from HC?
@@jaxxon98 Wow! I had to do a little research, as I'd never heard that before. Seems to be some debate on who said it "first," but both were famous for saying it.
@@revgurley We both learned something new.
The grandson, Chip, IS a sports announcer.
Harry "Chris" Caray IV is already announcing at 24 for the Oakland A's, he's great
Lake Michigan is about 118 miles wide. So if you swam from Chicago to Michigan it would take you a while.
As compared to the English Channel which is about 21 miles across at Dover
My aunt grew up in Zion Illinois, Lake County and near the lake. Very miserable winters..
@@olivervandebeer7492 perspective about winters. Cold and snow but that's when you go south to get away. It's only a few months.
@@lynnfish3653 I'm in Northern California and those two months would kill me lol..Yet the heat here will prob kill me faster..Thanks Cheers
Most cities in the midwest can go from -20°C in the winter to 40°C in the summer. Some places have an even broader range.
We lived in several American cities. Chicago has everything. Big city vibe, serene parks, big, safe beaches on Lake Michigan, great world-class restaurants, outstanding entertainment & sports. You may hear about crime, but I lived there for 12 years, and on the North Side of the city, I never witnessed a single crime. Spectacular!
Agreed - and I have lived all over - Chicago awesome - lived there 20 years.
If you want to see a tv show that takes place in Chicago, there was a comedy in the late 80's and early 90's called Perfect Strangers. The story is about a young man from Eastern Europe that leaves his small Mediterranean Island and searches for his long-lost cousin in Chicago so he can live out his American dream.
...and then when he becomes a successful art dealer he somehow gets mixed up with Axel Foley multiple times.
Or how about "Good Times".
@@TheRagratusThat shows the bad side of Chicago.
I loved Balky and cousin Larry 😊
Love that show! Is it streaming anywhere? I would love to watch all the episodes.
I live in the south in Georgia. Today we were 40.5c or 105f in the shade. This is normal summer weather for us. I have a/c now but I grew up without it. I've worked steal for 26 years. That's playing with fire in the heat. It's just what you get use to. My first year in the military I was in Washington state and thought I would freeze to death lol
to really drive home how big the lakes can get in this region: they literally create their own weather patterns that affect the surrounding land masses. there's just massive bodies of water up North.
"Lake effect snow" comes to mind
1:14 In the 1990's, I used to drive through the "dangerous" parts of Los Angeles all the time and never had trouble with anyone. Stop for a coffee at a convenience store/shop and people were downright friendly.
The Great Lakes are amazing! You need to do a video on just the size of the Great Lakes for sure! You can see the other sides of them.
Can or can't lol
@@JoeVanGogh oh can’t! lol damn spellcheck. 😂
At the time it was being constructed, Wrigley Field was funded by the family that owns the Wrigley gum company. Mr Wrigley helped buy the Cubs in 1915.
Wrigley currently owns Big Red, Spearmint, Juicy Fruit, Winterfresh, & Doublemint gum brands
If I'm not mistaken, Wrigley bought the patent for chewing gum from a descendant of General Santa Ana.
The South side of Chicago is huge and diverse, bigger than most US cities. I live on the South side, a few blocks from the lakefront. The Museum of Science and Industry, one our biggest attractions, is nearby, as well as the University of Chicago, one of the finest universities in the world. President Obama's house is down the street from my brother's house, in one of the many beautiful, leafy green neighborhoods on the SOUTH SIDE. Don't believe the negative hype.
always appreciate people coming in here and counteracting the people who don't actually live here. I'm in the near southwest suburbs and we have some cheaper, lower-income areas, sure, but very few are actually all that dangerous. It's just like any city - know where you are going, stick to populated areas at night if you are worried, and you'll be fine.
I love Chicago. Beautiful places museums, hotels, the pier. Lovely.
“Hey Chicago what do ya say? THE CUBS ARE GONNA WIN TODAY!” BIG cubbies fan!
GO CUBS GOOOO!! GO CUBS GOOOO!!! 🐻
"Go, Cubs Go" , written by the great Grammy-Award winning Steve Goodman, who also wrote "City of New Orleans", made famous by Arlo Guthrie.
Chicago is on Lake Michigan, which has extensive sand beaches, Great Lakes have almost 97,000 square miles of surface area. Basically inland seas.
I used to live five miles from Lake Erie in northeast Ohio. Loved it!
As a native Floridan when I think of beaches the salty water of the Atlantic Ocean. Funny we have lakes but I do have see them as beaches. Silly me.
Way back in the dark ages of the 1970s, only some major local stations became national. One example is WGN in Chicago. They aired nationally, so my husband, though living several hundred miles away, became a Cubs fan. One of his "bucket list" items was to go to Wrigley Field. We did several years ago, and it was lots of fun. They call it "the friendly confines" because compared to other stadiums, it feels very small/intimate.
I was born in 1970 and grew up in Kansas City. Sometimes on clear nights, we could pick up WGN AM broadcasts of Cubs games - I thought it was really cool!
That happened to me a couple weeks ago. Came home, A/C on and it was 91F, I had a new A/C within an hour!
Our A/C was out for 3 days this month before we could get it fixed. We had indoor temperatures of over 90!
I like that the dog run next to Wrigley Field is called Wiggly Field.
The most surprising thing to me when I traveled to Chicago was the beach-like quality of the shores of Lake Michigan. Lakes in Texas sure aren't like that. It was a HUGE culture shock - waves and all, just like the ocean. I felt like I paid NO attention in science class..... 2nd most surprising was how UN-big-city-like North Chicago was. Almost moved there.
Lake Michigan is a big part of Chicago. Lots of beautiful beaches and very long walking/biking trails along the shore.
According to Google, the Great Lakes comprise 1/5 of the Earth's fresh water supply. These lakes have profound effect on the weather on the surrounding states. Lake effect can cause snowfalls of 3 to 5 feet in a day. I live in western NY, bordered by 2 lakes and it sets up what the weather people call micro climates. One memorable year, my county got a foot of snow in the first half of October, causing havoc since trees hadn't dropped their leaves. But the truly weird thing was that the surrounding counties got little or none.
I am in Chicago, got to love the lake effect weather. We just had that bad storm hit us. Tornados further west. Hurricane winds everywhere, the derecho, trees getting knocked over. The river here is at the max level from what I have seen.
Hopefully we have a mild winter if we get all our water in this summer. 😅
L3 the heat and humidity in Texas is brutal.
The higher humidity is in only a part of Texas. West Texas has lower humidity due to a desert-like climate. The heat is everywhere in Texas.
Lawrence: this is Lake Michigan
“Is he at a big lake?”
Another commenter on one of his videos said his memory is erased by a witch between videos. I’m starting to think he’s right.
Lake Michigan is one of our Great Lakes. So, ya, he’s at a big lake
He really needs to pay better attention to what people are saying during the videos. 😂 half the time his questions are answered before he even asks.
I was in Chicago a little over a year ago. They've done a lot to improve the city and attract tourists, and we had a great time while we were there. If you're around Lake Michigan, Lincoln Park area, it's really great. Or you can go the Navy Pier where there's lots of cool stuff, boat tours, etc.
Live in NorCal. Last week, it was 115 F outside and 105 inside with no AC. Just fans. I feel him.
I live in Not Cal too. 119° day was so fun 😢
I miss norcal. Our power went out at 800pm till about 930pm. My house temp quickly matched outside 110 F at night. How about selling my house in SF and moving to Vegas? Should have said because it's too hot duh! 😂😂😂
The Ozarks. Awesome scenery and directly in the center of the country, so easy access to wherever you want to go.
Your #1 concern in moving to the US is cost of living. Beautiful places to live all over the country but check the cost.
Yes. That is very diverse.
In general, the quality of life and the cost of living are opposing forces in the US. The states with the lowest cost of living are places most people in the rest of the world really would not want to live. If you want to be happy you have to have the best place for you.
@@kaliberimaging5579 Oh, no! The Mississippi Gulf Coast is wonderful. Low cost, great food, right on the ocean. Move to Biloxi or thereabouts and have instant access to New Orleans and Mobile. Plus, casinos!
William Wrigley, who was the owner of the Chicago Cubs from 1918-1932, was a manufacturer of chewing gum. One of the Cubs minority owners was an advertising executive and suggested they rename the ballpark from "Cubs Park" to "Wrigley Field", which it has been for slightly more than 90 years. There is also an iconic building along the Chicago River named for him, The Wrigley Building
lol, I’m from Chicagoland and I didn’t know the history behind the Wrigley name. Spent much time in Wrigley field
@@cindymswyo It succeeded also in selling Doublemint and Juicyfruit gum.
And a beautiful building it is. Skyscrapers were invented in Chicago.
Harry Caray was the Cubs' TV announcer. He was always drunk by the 7th inning, when he led singing during the 7th inning stretch.
There has to be video, I suggested he look.
I'm live in Florida, Ft. Lauderdale. We go fishing in the Keys quite a bit. It is beautiful. Our waters close to the beach is like a light green. But when you get on a boat and go out a bit, it is the most indescribable, beautiful blue.
LOL! 32°C inside!! Where I live in norCal, AC isn't as common as the rest of the country and it can get hot here sometimes. The other week it was 107° outside (41°C) and it got up to 98°(about 36.5°c) inside. We have fans going though, but it just blows the hot air around. Going to have to install central AC one of these days. We have central heat though.
Nor Cal too🤘
Chicago has some great beaches. 24 in total. North Avenue is the best. There's a restaurant that looks like a boat where you can get food, drinks and listen to music. It's great. Lake Michigan is part of the Great Lakes and it's huge. It does look like the ocean from the shoreline. Lake Shore Drive runs along the edge of the lake and it's a scenic and beautiful car ride going north.
There are major cities along the Great Lakes, from Wisconsin all the way East to New York. But, since us Midwesterners live in cold weather part of the time (about 3-5 months a year, depending on how far North you live), we try to take full advantage of warm weather when we have it.
Florida is nice because of sunshine and beaches, but, the wages are lower and the cost of living is higher.
It costs money to live in a top vacation spot.
I lived there for seven years in different places on both sides of the State.
The Bay Area in CA, leads to redwoods, beaches, mountains, dessert, snow, any landscape and weather you want in a couple of hours! Climate is mild. Any type of food you might want-tons of
Mexican. Beautiful scenery, diverse backgrounds. As near as perfect as I have found. And 5 other states within east reach.
North Carolina is a great place to be. The east has the Atlantic Ocean beaches, the west has the Smoky Mountains, you can be to Washington DC, Atlanta, Nashville, or NYC within a couple hours by plane ( which is considered convenient in the US). It’s got some of everything- including Southern cooking and great barbecue!
Actually, Lawrence didn't show much of anything of his old neighborhood in Chicago, only his face and whatever was behind him, lol
Lewis, time to start planning a trip to the US.
Chicago is absolutely wonderful. It has good transit. It has lots of public parks the beach that you saw. Chicago is on the west side of Lake Michigan, which would normally mean there was no sand. The city brought in tons of sand so that they have beaches in several places.
Lake Michigan is so huge. You can’t picture it unless you’ve been there. It takes hours to cross the lake in a ship.
Yes, especially young people and immigrants play a lot of soccer in the United States. I was in middle school in the early 1970s and we had to learn about soccer but we didn’t play it. When my children were in school, it was a normal part of school and they even had afterschool recreation soccer teams.
You might want to check out the RUclips channel City nerd. He visits lots of cities, mostly with the view on public transit and he goes into different cities/neighborhoods all over the country.
4:13 The statue of Caray is depicting him leaning out of the Wrigley Field press box (American sports venues have windowless press boxes) to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch. The fans in the rows immediately in front of the press box would usually turn toward Caray and sing along.
My AC broke for a couple days last summer and at around 4pm it was 97° in my house. The same exact temp as outside only there was no breeze. It was miserable. Luckily the ice machine in our fridge works cuz we used a whole lot of it 😂
You should look up video clips of Harry Carey. He was a colorful character, one of the if not the most beloved figures in Chicago. If I’m not mistaken, he created the tradition of singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the “seventh inning stretch” of every game. Look up the clips of him with Bill Murray.
Everyone always says to move to San Diego for the perfect weather every day of the year
Mostly perfect Mediterranean climate (San Diego native), but rather warm and dry for a UK resident. Downtown on the coast it's cool year round, but a few miles inland 28-30C is comfortable summer heat. On my European travels one summer I remember listening to these blokes in Wiltshire whinging about the "terrible drought"--it hadn't rained for a whole 2 weeks! We only average 8-10" of rain per year in San Diego, with no measurable rain from April to mid October most years.
@@JohnOlsen-dt9ekYes, they say San Diego and Hawaii have perfect weather.
San Diego is very hot in the summer. That’s where I got heat stroke. In bed all day long
Hey, Chicagoan here. Chicago is a fairly spread out city when compared to say New York. If you think of it as being in quadrants the quadrants are pretty big and no side is all safe or all dangerous. But the south and west side have the neighborhoods with the highest levels of violence, but they also have beautiful, peaceful neighborhoods that are perfectly safe. The north side is the wealthiest outside of downtown, but even it has its questionable neighborhoods. I keep mentioning neighborhoods because it's really more about which neighborhoods have the biggest problems.
The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world and are more comparable freshwater seas than lakes.
Move to Virginia Beach. We have beaches, mountains and just pretty places. Still get all 4 seasons but shorter winters and longer summers. Beautiful in the Fall when the leaves change.
Lewis you need to know that I live in California and it's been over 100 Fahrenheit for over 28 days, straight. I envy your weather in the UK 😅. My air conditioner was broken for several of those days and I was miserable, indoors. It was 84 Fahrenheit indoors. You are so lucky. Enjoy your videos, greatly!!❤❤. Thank you
It was 36.11 here in coastal S. Carolina yesterday. With the humidity, it felt like 109 degrees Fahrenheit
My daughter was a member of her high school soccer team and my Boston
Terrior, Bandit, was the team mascot. He played soccer during half time and no one could stop him from goaling a soccer ball lol.
Lake Michigan is 22k miles in size. It's a BIIIIIIIIIGGGGGG lake lol When I was younger I lived in Waukegan, which is just north of Chicago. It's all lovely when it's nice weather... but winter next to Lake Michigan is hell. LOL
Lake Superior and Lake Huron ar bigger
@@buster2268 right you are!
Chicago is the place to be. Forget Texas and Florida. Lake Michigan is an inland sea and it's beautiful. We also are big on sports in Chicago- we've got the usual American sports teams, but there's also active community leagues for soccer, rugby, bocce ball, softball, bowling, hockey, volleyball, etc. You name it, we got it.
😂 I get chased by bees all the time. I think they know Im allergic.
If you can get over here, come to South Carolina! I live near Myrtle Beach, about 15 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. It's starting to get more crowded, but there are a lot of areas that are yet to be filled up. I grew up in Alabama and have always lived in the south. People tend to be super friendly and polite. We'll invite you over for a barbecue even if we just met you. Lots of beautiful scenery, different sizes of homes and such. I would like an English garden though. Y'all have some really beautiful gardens over there.
I love seeing people's reaction to Chicago, it's such an amazing city! Most American's also don't realize that it has beaches. I've moved away, but I definitely miss it. Also it's top 3 food cities in the country! You should definitely visit
Most “big” parks have the soccer goal post for weekend teams to play.
The beach is Lake Michigan and it’s quite beautiful.
Yes, Chicago has a ton of beach front property. It's on the west side of Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is 300 miles long (north to south) and 110 miles across.
I think, since you love the mountains, Colorado, Oregon or Utah would be good for you. Plus it weather wouldn’t be a huge shock to your system…living in the south straight from the UK might end you in the ER with a heat stroke.
Don't forget about WA! 🌲🌲🌲
Seattle would be a better fit weather wise, about the same latitude as London, with breathtaking wilderness relatively close by. I think Louis would like the Olympic Rainforest and the Cascade Range mountain parks. And if he missed British Empire culture he could always visit Vancouver Canada about a 2-hr drive north.
He has to travel the US before choosing for sure!
In NYC yesterday the temperature was 98 degrees F and very humid!
Man, soccer goals are all over the place! When I was growing up (80s/90s,) it was a lot of tennis courts and basketball courts.
because we have a Wrigley's gum, he thought Wrigley's Field was a chewing gum factory from the outside, and didnt know it was a baseball field. 🤣😂😋
In 1969 I was 12 years old, I took my 10 year old brother to Wrigley Field. We just had to take the North Ave bus all the way down. Kids wouldn't do that these days. Anyway, we were on a rain delay and it was announced that Neil Armstrong just walked on the moon so I always remember that. From 1983 to 1995 I worked at O'Hare Airport and got to meet a few of the 1969 Cubs - Ron Santo and Ernie Banks.
Hey Lewis! How about eastern Kentucky? We've got mountains, hiking, fishing, swimming, trails to walk on, trails to ride on, waterfalls and a lot of greenery. Natural Bridge is a natural rock formation in eastern Kentucky. It actually is a natural bridge that you can hike to and walk across. Or if so "inclined," one could ride the sky lift up to the bridge! Awesome scenery and view! Not to mention good southern food, wildlife, city life or country life. Kentucky is connected to 7 different states: Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia and West Virginia. Traveling is easy. ✌️😎
Wrigley's is a brand of chewing gum - most well known is a spearmint gum.
5 gum is made by Wrigley's they have a factory near where I live and it smells soooo good!
I live in Chicago and it's amazing from May through November. From December through April it's a bit cold, and by "a bit" I mean consistently below 0 degrees Celsius. However, I go to Key West, FL every year in early March so escape the cold. Key West is my favorite place on earth but it's mostly retirees living there because there are very few high-paying jobs and the houses are ridiculously expensive.
We have all sports in our schools. Baseball, Soccer, Football, wrestling, volleyball, girls softball, track. I'm pretty sure the colder northern states also have hockey teams in their schools. Kids go to these parks to practice and most likely games. The younger kids don't usually play their ball games on the High school fields. They have separate facilities.
There is hockey too in Chicago, although not as common due to the need for the ice.
So funny! Like the idea of going around the neighborhood.
The statue in front of Wriggley is a likeness of Harry Cary. He was a long, long-time field announcer for the Cubbies. Before every game, sing (very badly) and lead the crowd to " Take me out to the ball game." You have the net. Look him up on an old film. He was a Chicago icon. He announced the home games for decades. The statue is a depiction of him holding his microphone out of the pressbox window to pick up the fans singing. There you have it.
To find out where the worst part of Chicago is just ask Leroy Brown!
I live in Florida and the AC went out at my job last week and our thermometer read 35.7 C (around 96.4 F). I literally felt like I was going to be sick. Got to the point I went outside to cool off.
Love Wrigley Field
laurence had some tornado warnings yesterday .
the wind and lightening was CRAZYYY
Utah is really nice. There’s a lot to do, like hiking and skiiing. You get all four seasons. You won’t die of heat stroke, and you don’t need to worry about hurricanes and floods like in Texas and Florida.
7:13 Yes having soccer goals at a park is incredibly common, it's one of the easiest kind of sports fields to set up, you can have a football field You put out the goals and look at you've got a soccer field You've got baseball Will the outfield is usually grass You put up two goals look at that you've got a soccer field Most parks will have a pair of goals for soccer / football. When I was a kid the area that I lived in in San Diego walking distance from my house there was probably five different places that I could go to play soccer, that's walking distance not driving, if you added driving 10 minutes There was probably 30 to 50 places. Incredibly common
Chicago is on Lake Michigan which is like the ocean its so big! So yes, there are beaches on Chicago's east side mostly. If you travel to Chicago one day be sure to get a hotel room that's right next to the lake, because your view could be tremendous! And since you're British, use that at check-in to get a room with the best view! I BET that the receptionist will do it for you!
I live in NW Florida and I'd take 32 Celsius right now, it's been 97 Fahrenheit(37 C.) with a heat factor of 109 F (42.7 C.) Humidity has been terrible, you can sweat just sitting on your deck.
Harry Caray was colorful character who was a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Hobestly, if i could move anywhere, I'd seriously consider Sedona, AZ. It's roughly 25 miles south of Flagstaff, AZ, which is the city most people stay in when they visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. When we visited the Canyon back in '93, we stayed the night in Flagstaff, and then tge next morning we drove down to Sedona, and then Jerome, AZ which is an old Gold Mining town up in the hills. But Sedona is a nice little touristy town nestled down in a red rock valley which is beautiful at all times of the day because as the sun moves across the sky, it hits the rock formations at different angels and it gives off all sorts of different colors. Look up some videos for Sedona. I think you'll be pretty impressed.
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay Sedona is an amazing place, but it has become so overrun with tourists and Instagramers. It was so quiet in the early 90s. In Nov 2009 I hiked to Devil's Bridge and encountered just one other person. Six years later, same time of year, there were mobs with a long line to go on the bridge. I'm so sad at how built up and crowded it's become.
Sedona is beautiful with all the red rock landscape, and also very touristy these days. Jerome is an *interesting* drive to be avoided if you have any problem with heights, as it is literally hanging on the side of a cliff.
for about 20 years now, soccer has been huge with kids! Boys, especially love to keep up with the biggest international soccer players. Adults don’t watch it so much on the TV like football, but they go to their kids soccer games all the time.
32 Celsius. Convert to Fahrenheit, easy. Double 32= 64. Take away 10%, so minus 6=58. Then add 32. You get 90 F. Look it it up on a conversion calculator.
I live in Nashville Tennessee. A few days ago, it was 102 degrees inside my car!! Air is broken right now. Cost a lot to have fixed.
Chicago is fun. I am guessing you would love Southern California and NYC. But your dream of mountains and a valley, I suggest Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Very western and beautiful, but cold in winter. Seattle is a great place I have lived. Austin, Texas for BBQ.
July 19 in Westminster, Southern California, where it should be HOT, it's currently 70F degrees (21C). The high today will only get to 82F (27C). The weather in So Cal has changed pretty drastically over the last decade. We used to get much, much hotter than this as the standard.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where I grew up was fun…different nationalities and their foods, there’s German, Polish, Jewish, Soul Food, the weather is ok….can be hot but not real hot…house and food prices are reasonable.
That was me with my ac a few days ago… it was around 30C with about 70% humidity, it was hellish.
Soccer is quite popular in the United States. It's mostly considered a school sport, but there are still lots of people born elsewhere that play. Most parks and almost all suburban schools have metric football fields somewhere there.
Chicago has tons of green space mixed in with the big buildings and Lake Shore Drive.(LSD if you're a local...lols)
Like the song “Leroy Brown”. 🎼On the south side of Chicago,min the baddest part of town….”
I love this guy’s dry humor. So funny 😂!
Chicago has Lake Michigan a natural lake with sand, it’s huge and it looks like a calm ocean 🌊 they call it a beach, it’s a large lake beach. Very nice!
Washington State! It's beautiful, diverse landscapes & nice people!
The Great Lakes are huge.
Washington is an interesting place to visit. We have multiple eco systems. Rain forest, mountain, desert, beach.