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Anyone who says Duluth has shitty weather is an import from out of state. Duluth weather is skewed a little due to the lake but not all that different than the rest of northern mn.
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Skewed a little? I guess you must have missed the phrase "Colder by the lake"...
Weather:
If you get away from the Pond by about good 40 miles or so you can expect close to another "Month" of summer.. I live about 20 miles from DLH and when the wind is off the lake its long sleeves and pants, head another 20 miles inland and its shorts and T's... On the flip side, come winter it can make a lot of snow (provided its not frozen over) and help keep things a bit warmer (provided its not frozen over.)
Jan is our coldest month
Feb brings a sight warming
March is sort of know as our big snow month
April is snow melt and everything is shitty muddy
May&June our are rainy months,
July & Aug summer shows up
Sept gives you cool nights and some days in the 80's, it all depends upon if the wind is off the lake.
Oct and the leaves are dropped with snow mixed in
Nov stuff is starting to freeze up, and the orange army hits the woods
Dec winter is kicking in and we are hard water fishing.
As an FYI, I think July is the only month recorded that MN hasn't had snow.
We love using salt on our roads come winter, and our vehicles show it..
However due to the cold, it keeps the lesser liked creeper crawly things in the warmer climates..
You didn't say what the Mrs will be looking to do for employment.
I may be wrong, but I have a feeling you will have to depend upon being a gunsmith as a secondary job.. Lots of thrifty Scandinavians that like their Fud gun "turty turties". They start looking to get gun work done a few weeks before deer opener. Hell we just were allowed to own Suppressors.
Duluth:
Like mentioned DLH is a college town. Its also a tourist trap for the summer dollar, a big leaky fish tank that doesn't make enough $$ to cover costs, that matches the Ski slope that I don't think has ever operated in the Red. It has 3 big hospitals that the rest of N MN feeds. Its Very Very liberal, as in a mini San Fran, complete with a rainbow parade. Anti ATV, Anti Snowmobile, Ant-Gun. However are very pro outdoor sports, provided its something like a Mnt bike. Heck there is a big hoopla going on now because some want to put a bike path right down the middle of down town on Superior street. The City made a deal with the local Indian reservation and gave a block of Down Town to them to become tribal land for as long as the rain falls and the wind blows,,, in exchange for a % cut from the casino that was put in.. Well federal law was re-interpreted, and the band said screw you, no $$$$ for you. Now the city is hurting for $$$ big time. Gang issues pop up now and then, and it seams that there is always someone from Detroit or Chicago getting busted, this is due to them being able to pedal drugs up here with a huge increase in profits. The city also has its issues with the public schools.
The economy on the range towns follows the mines. Right now the local mines are slowing down, and contracts are up for negotiation, and according to the news things are getting close to an inpass.
Hunting, fishing, outdoors sports, yes we have lots of that..