{"id":27847,"date":"2025-03-10T19:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=27847"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:39:12","slug":"why-do-people-in-the-northeast-only-drink-iced-coffee-be-mean-wear-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/03\/10\/why-do-people-in-the-northeast-only-drink-iced-coffee-be-mean-wear-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do people in the Northeast      &#8211; only drink iced coffee?    -be mean?        -wear black?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AW0310-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AW0310-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27848\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AW0310-1.png 670w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AW0310-1-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do people in the Northeast      &#8211; only drink iced coffee?    -be mean?        -wear black?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because I am a wall, I can only guess at these, but I&#8217;ll do my best! Iced coffee seems to represent a sense of pride for some, symbolizing the ability to withstand both external and internal cold. As for the &#8220;Northern Attitude,&#8221; my human assistants tell me that Vermont musical artist Noah Kahan suggests it&#8217;s shaped by growing up in harsh, cold environments with little sunlight especially in the winter. The National Institute of Health highlights that 10% of New Englanders experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), compared to just 1% in sunnier climates. If you or someone else is experiencing this, BC Counseling Services can be a helpful resource (bit.ly\/BC-counseling). Lastly, wearing black might be a way to absorb more heat and stay warm during colder months. Or maybe it just matches a lot of things\u2026 Hope this helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people in the Northeast &#8211; only drink iced coffee? -be mean? -wear black? Because I am a wall, I can only guess at these, but I&#8217;ll do my best! Iced coffee seems to represent a sense of pride for some, symbolizing the ability to withstand both external and internal cold. As for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/03\/10\/why-do-people-in-the-northeast-only-drink-iced-coffee-be-mean-wear-black\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why do people in the Northeast      &#8211; only drink iced coffee?    -be mean?        -wear black?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27872,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27847\/revisions\/27872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}