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It's Spring and It's 5 Degrees above Zero: Why Do You Live in MN Again?

A windchill of minus 10 on the first day of spring. Have you considered moving out of state to get away from this climate?

It's 5 degrees above zero on the first day of spring—10 degrees below zero if you count wind chill. Why do you live in Minnesota again?

Today is the vernal equinox, when the Earth decides which end it wants to tip toward the sun. Why do our chances of being warm again seem less than 50-50?

Spring has sprung, but the climate seems to have sprung a gasket. It's the coldest it's been this late in the season since 1996. Why haven't you moved someplace warm yet?

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Watch the video above, titled Why We're Here: Twin Cities. It was shot two years ago—entirely in the summer. Coincidence?

Leave a comment below and share five good reasons you still live in Minnesota—one reason for each degree above zero this morning.

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