January in NYC

Embrace it - change your perspective and learn to love it!

Drink.

Dark and dreary in Chicago today also, not cold but is been raining all day and depressing.

I used to live in New York City Everything there was dark and dirty Outside the window was a steeple with a clock that always said twelve-thirty

Go west, young man!

Buy a place in Fort Lauderdale.

Or Palm Beach.

Los Angeles weather for tomorrow:

TUESDAY

70°HI RealFeel® 71° Precipitation 3% Partial sunshine

How's the drought, R6?

Please, Op, I'd give up body parts to be back in NYC. I'm stuck in Pittsburgh where it's always dreary. IIRC we had 60 sunny days last year. We give Seattle a run for its money in terms of dreary and we are no where near the energy and excitement of NYC..

Try looking at pets.

I think that humans are meant to relax and hibernate in the winter.

I remember when I lived in NYC I used to say The East Village looked like Poland in the winter.

Move to Hawaii.

It's actually been somewhat on the cold side in SoCal this winter -- some days it doesn't get into the 60s and it can be in the 30s at night. I've used my heater more than I usually do.

Meet up with with R1 and R2.

Oh please, try Berlin or Stockholm, baby boo.

The days are starting to get noticeably a bit longer.

Yeah, after New Years it feels like getting over a hump.

Why do Americans always say New YearS?

It's one year.

Now that the holiday season is at end. I am trying not to fall into a terrible depression. I find the days dreary, dark and long now. I am looking forward to spring this year.

HYGGE!!!

Bette and Joan on YouTube

R21 - Thank you. And the other responses. I don't have a fireplace in Chelsea but I totally know what you mean.

Have been going to bed around 9:00, get a good night sleep.

OP it could be worse. You could live near Detroit like I do and drive through the ruins of this city 2x a day in this dreary weather!

OP, you can stream crackling fireplace vids on Netflix.

In one month, it will be light at 5pm.

At the end of February it will be light at 5:30

NYC can be very sunny in winter (see pic)

Here in London, we've had one sunny day in the last 30.

We're over the worst of it! I walk every evening and have come to enjoy my dark nighttime strolls. Go for a walk. Go ice skatiing and enjoy the winter in NYC!

Its True NY has pretty sunny skies on the regular. Many European cities are dismal and overcast. That's why we go up high in the Alps to ski - the sun.

It's dark by 4:30. It's cold and dreary. What do you do to keep happy?

Weed, red wine, healthy snacks

[quote]We're over the worst of it! I walk every evening and have come to enjoy my dark nighttime strolls.

I thought they had LED street lights in NYC and "dark nighttime strolls" were a thing of the past.

It was beautiful today here in the Ocala National Forest, OP. Sunny, warm, and no humidity, with a high of 77 and low tonight of 56.

These are the Florida winter days the snowbirds live for.

Too bad there are Floridians.

The days are getting longer

[quote] I don't have a fireplace in Chelsea

You need to pick up one of these.

Escape to the South for a long weekend or a week every Jan and Feb - ocassionally March. NYC has cheap flights to FL, Caribbean, Texas - even CA. Find a cheap hotel in Tampa for 2-3 nights. Can cost less than a weekend of drinks and dinner in NYC.

And NYC is way better than Europe - overcast, rainy, damp, dark. NYC has those crystal clear winter days where the light is blinding. Makes even the dreary streets cheerful.

Plus in NYC, there is always somewhere interesting to go inside. Try being stuck in rural New England where you can’t leave your house all winter.

R37 try to dress more warmly. There is no reason to be stuck indoors all winter.

Every day, after the first day of winter.. it stays lighter by one minute.

Thank you, r32.

R37 but it doesn’t get as cold in London or Paris and hardly ever snows or has those crazy storms.

When I lived in NYC my favorite time to walk through Central Park was February. It was deserted & I had it mostly to myself. I’d go in the park at 86 and walk down to 59th. Then I’d walk to 42nd along 5th and come back home along Park or Madison.

I loved the bare teees and the gray sky, especially when there was snow on the ground. It was only rarely too windy to walk. I’d bundle up and walk every day it wasn’t raining and I’d lose a good 10 lbs by March.

OP no sympathy from me, a lonely suburban dweller due to work. You’re in the city for krissake, go find something to do.

OP, if the darkness is getting to you go to the East Side Club and suck some dick for a while.

First of all, bundle up. Go to a different hotel every night and have one drink. Go see a show. Go to a museum. Go to a different restaurant and sit at the bar and have an app. Go sit in a hotel lobby and people watch. Ride the subway to a new neighborhood and explore. Take a college course. Get a second job.

R19 it's possessive, not plural "Why do Americans..." troll

Yeah, but in Europe it's overcast and grey a lot more from October to May. Euros tell me even 25F feels better here because the sun is shining. Better for mental health, too.

Love the short days. Hate the summer.

^^ Yesssssssssssssss!

OP, five years from now, you'll look back on this memory with longing in your heart and soul -

What do I do?? I live in NYC, OP.

R51, what a useless answer.

Light candles, exercise, take 10,000 IU of Vitamin D, learn something new, watch YouTube videos.