Using the Thrillist Winter Misery Index they have determined which states are the most miserable to live in during the winter and of course Maine landed in the top 5, I thought we would be number one!

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Based on average temperatures and weather as well as winter activity availability Thrillist has determined the worst states in the winter. The worst 5 are:

  1. Minnesota
  2. Michigan
  3. Alaska
  4. North Dakota
  5. Maine

Thrillist had this to say about Maine winters:

More than 80% of Maine’s land is forests. There are entire huge thousand-mile swaths of land that are uninhabited or barely habited, and that is because northern Maine has winters that are only really spoken about in Game of Thrones -- brutal and never-ending and likely on par with The Long Night.

The coast and the south where people actually live have more moderate winters, thanks to the Atlantic, but the Mainer attitude towards winter is a great one -- they all seem pretty fired up to ski and sled despite not getting to eat lobster or blueberries for many months -- and they tend to be much more upbeat than say, us Bostonians, who always like to pretend that we’re getting it the worst and thus are the strongest. And that attitude (and the general lack of people in the real harsh stuff) prevents Maine and its Longest Winters from pushing even farther down the line.

Luckily most Mainers have at least one thing they like about Maine winters and most of us are used to it by now. I probably could have predicted Hawaii having the best winter, but I was surprised to see Colorado listed as one of the best places for winter. Find out why here. 

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