The best way to get through winter is to get out into it, we are told; we are also told, by way of a severe Norwegian saying, that there is no such thing as bad weather, just poorly chosen clothing.
(There are days, though, when a chair by the fire and an encouraging beverage also have their appeal.)
This week, we asked people whether they'd choose downhill skiing, cross-country skiing or snowmobiling:
Men would choose snowmobiling, while women would choose cross-country:
There are political divides, with Conservatives on the snowmobile end and Liberals and Greens on the cross-country end:
The difference is roughly apparent on a left-right spectrum:
We see a divide between snowmobiling and downhill skiing on an income graph. This seems pretty clearly a cultural rather than income-based divide, though, since both downhill and snowmobiling can be expensive, while cross-country is pretty budget-friendly by comparison.
Younger readers prefer downhill, while older readers prefer cross-country:
Cross-country people are far more open to buying an EV:
People with at least some regular attendance at religious services prefer cross-country, while those with none prefer downhill and snowmobiling:
People who are content to never get tattoos prefer cross-country:
People who oppose the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act are much more likely to prefer snowmobiles, as are those who support loosening gun controls:
People who oppose legalizing cannabis, and also other drugs like mushrooms and MDMA, are somewhat more likely to prefer snowmobiles:
And people who disliked phys.ed. class in school are more likely to prefer cross-country:
