September 22, 200916 yr QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 08:12 AM) June, July and August are rough. The rest of the year it's better weather than Chicago. and not any more humid than Chicago.
September 23, 200916 yr Yeah the heat doesn't bother me too much. The thing I love about St. Louis is how early in the year it gets warm there.
September 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 21, 2009 -> 10:03 PM) I like that you say awful weather keeps you away from St. Louis yet you like Minneapolis. Our ideas of awful weather are very different. Yeah, it's definitely too extremes. But I've been to St. Louis in bad summers and Minneapolis in bad winters, and I definitely hated St. Louis more. I'm just one of those people that deals worse with heat.
September 23, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 02:40 PM) and not any more humid than Chicago. Is it bad that this is the sole basis of my decision to transfer here?
September 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 11:51 PM) I'm not sure what "here" means. He started the thread by saying he just moved to St. Louis. I was confused until I decided to look if he started the thread.
September 23, 200916 yr hahahaha oh sorry. No, seriously, there is a chance you might really love st. louis. Just, if you have kids, after they leave high school walk around with them the first day at college and if they ask the new people what high school they went to just punch the hell out of them. My major gripe with STL is their really crappy crappy public transport.
September 23, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) hahahaha oh sorry. No, seriously, there is a chance you might really love st. louis. Just, if you have kids, after they leave high school walk around with them the first day at college and if they ask the new people what high school they went to just punch the hell out of them. My major gripe with STL is their really crappy crappy public transport. I'm in law school down here and people are still asking me that question. I thought it was some sort of cool law joke that I didn't know about. Nope. They're just odd.
September 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 08:40 AM) My major gripe with STL is their really crappy crappy public transport. It can't be worse than the CTA. There's no way.
September 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 05:02 PM) It can't be worse than the CTA. There's no way. It is because CTA sucks but can take you all over chicago and into north/south suburbs, and if not you have metra that'll extend you close to anywhere. STL's transit covers very little. Sox72, I have a couple friends going to WashU, I think you'll enjoy yourself. And go to Papis
September 23, 200916 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 12:49 PM) It is because CTA sucks but can take you all over chicago and into north/south suburbs, and if not you have metra that'll extend you close to anywhere. STL's transit covers very little. Sox72, I have a couple friends going to WashU, I think you'll enjoy yourself. And go to Papis exactly. In Chicago you know you're going to have to bite the bullet and put up with crap, but you can basically get anywhere you want, in St. Louis you can't get anywhere with the public transport.
September 23, 200916 yr The climate in this area is pretty much unbeatable. It gets hot, but the winters feel half as long.
September 24, 200916 yr Author QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 12:49 PM) It is because CTA sucks but can take you all over chicago and into north/south suburbs, and if not you have metra that'll extend you close to anywhere. STL's transit covers very little. Sox72, I have a couple friends going to WashU, I think you'll enjoy yourself. And go to Papis Any other suggestions?
September 24, 200916 yr QUOTE (Sox72 @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 01:06 AM) Any other suggestions? You know, when I was there I was being taken around and I really don't know what you like. Let me ask a friend of mine who lived in central west end. He had some funny taste, he loved wine and cigars, but he might know some places. I loved this one bowling alley/bar on some main strip. Really cheap beer and I liked the laid back atmosphere. Central West End sometimes feel like you are trying to show off your vertical striped shirt that you bought at express.
September 24, 200916 yr It's Pappy's and it's near not far from CWE. There are some small breweries you can check out Schlafly, Square One, Mattingly's. Cicero's in the Delmar Loop has a great beer selection. Built to Spill is at the Pageant on Tuesday night
September 24, 200916 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 10:22 PM) There are some small breweries you can check out Schlafly, Square One, Mattingly's. Schlafly is surprisingly decent. Not bad at all.
September 24, 200916 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 10:39 PM) Schlafly has some great beers. I'd take it over boulevard. Have you been to either of their bar/restaurants? They have styles on tap that they don't sell in bottles. They have a few that will kick your ass if you're not careful.
September 24, 200916 yr QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 05:09 AM) Have you been to either of their bar/restaurants? They have styles on tap that they don't sell in bottles. They have a few that will kick your ass if you're not careful. Yeah I went to one that was in/by Kirkwood, and that's actually why I mentioned it. I'd never really by shlafly in Columbia, and they really were losing the distribution battle to Boulevard. Shlafly has something awful of design on their beers. BUt yeah I had 2 great stouts around christmas time and another good porter.
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