Snowbelt

Periods of milder weather followed by sudden cold snaps.

Ohio's expected to get several bursts of snow, particularly in the Great Lakes Snowbelt.

Okay.

Northern Ohio Snowbelt, especially around Lake Erie shore, is singly, singled out for potentially frequent lake-effect burst cold.

There's gonna be bursts of bitters, but not necessarily continuously cold winter.

Uh, normal for precipitation.

into what is, you know, for her wilderness to sort of dream up this new town.

She does not, I'll point out, stay for the winters in Western New York, Snowbelt.

She goes back to New York City for that.

But I think she does enjoy it.

But one of the things I was really interested in was how do different cities grow, not grow.

And at the time, was able to observe that Sun Belt cities were growing very rapidly, particularly here in California where I live now, and that the Snow Belt not so much, which is where I'm from.

And I was always disappointed.

It was as if I was rooting for a team, which I was.

There have been a number coined since then.

There is the Rust Belt, the Sun Belt, the Corn Belt, the Dairy Belt, the Wheat Belt, the Snow Belt, the Jello Belt, the Borscht Belt, the Gun Belt, the Tool Belt, the Leather Belt, and the Conveyor Belt.

What about the I don't give a fuck about any of the belts belt? That's the belt you live in, Liz.

Just the belt that's right around you as we speak.

... very harsh winters.

We were in the Snow Belt.

[laughs] And, um, my husband grew up in Minnesota, and I grew up in Pennsylvania, so we were done with the snow.

Yeah.