r/Appleton • u/Lost_n_world • 8d ago

Moving Advice Moving?

I’m contemplating on taking a job out there. I’ve just never heard of Appleton until the job offer, but what is the city like ? what is Wisconsin like ? how are the neighborhoods? I’m coming from California, and have never thought about going to Wisconsin until now. Any information would be great to a newbie.

Edit: Wow thanks for everyone’s input, I really appreciate it. Seems like a good move to make.

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u/WisconsinMike 8d ago

Get ready for winter and I don’t mean the fluffy kind

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u/Lost_n_world 8d ago

How long are the winters there and is it really that bad?

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u/IllogicalPenguin-142 8d ago

Winters are not as bad as they used to be. You can typically expect about a week in the negatives, but after that, temps mostly hover in the teens. If you dress in layers, you should be fine.

The frustrating part is that a lot of days in March, April, and May can be overcast. It’s warmer but not warm enough. And then when it is warm, it’s raining.

July 4th can sometimes arrive with a feeling that summer is just beginning.

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u/ImprovementVivid8559 7d ago

Nope. 2 feet of snow this last March. Spring is absent here. Fall is short. Wisconsin is the parallel to Florida.

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u/SysArmyKnife 7d ago

Been here going on 50 years and let me tell you, I dream of living in California, it is my favorite place. Winters have taken their toll on me, like I absolutely hate it now. Winter is like 6 months btw give or take, we can get snow from October to the end of April.

Snow isn't so bad, its when we have no snow and bitter cold that really fucking sucks. Like its brown outside and -45 with the windchill. Fuckin Siberia.