I've been told that New York City is the coldest place on Earth. That may be true on many levels, but in terms of temperature, you don't really understand what that means until you've lived here for a while. I've lived in colder places, but I really only experienced the coldness in that short amount of time it took to get out of my car and to the entrance of the building where I was going. That's not so much the case around here.. where you have to spend 10-15 minutes or longer regularly, on foot with the wind blowing straight at you.
