# What climate do you prefer to live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491 "2014-08-14T05:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/21 "2014-08-14T16:16:21Z")
I like having changes of seasons, but if it never got over 60 in the summer I’d be happy. Extreme cold is invigorating and snow is magical. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/22 "2014-08-14T16:47:54Z")
I hate hot and humid so here in Texas I’m uncomfortable 6 months of the year. I loved coastal Alaska and would be good there or in the Pacific Northwest. There was a little area up in the Sierras east of Ventura I found to be quite nice too. But if I was to move tomorrow it would probably be back on Colorado’s Western Slope somewhere between Durango and Telluride at elevation. Cooler, drier summers, tolerable winters and picture perfect spring and fall. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/23 "2014-08-14T17:13:36Z")
I loved the PNW when I visited, but overall the climate of the upper South (?) like Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia (note, I’m talking weather only) - I like winters, but temps should stay around freezing so the snow doesn’t linger. Stuff like Minnesota and the other otas have is just ridiculous and Chicago’s winters are the sole reason I will leave when I’m older. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/24 "2014-08-14T17:13:38Z")
Tropical! Hot and rainy and stormy and humid! ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/25 "2014-08-14T17:42:44Z")
Definitely a four-season grrrrrrrrrrrrrlllllll here. I’ve lived in Chicago, Memphis, Mississippi, Alaska, and now Maine. Variety ROCKS! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/26 "2014-08-14T17:45:10Z")
Put me in the cool and damp camp. I love the PNW and hope to retire there. I’ve been especially dreaming about the PNW lately, because California is having a nasty drought. I’ve had 57 years of living in this desert with bumps and I’m up to here with it. I want greenery and moisture and trees and moss, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/27 "2014-08-14T17:50:32Z")
I like to have four seasons, zero humidity and a little snow but not a ton. Somewhere in the Southwest like Santa Fe is probably perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/28 "2014-08-14T18:12:48Z")
My favourite is warm and dry. I don’t do well in hot and humid; I sweat like a pig. And I’m not a fan of cold and wet either. If we could just skip the wet and cold of November here, I’d be happy. I like when it’s cold and dry though. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/29 "2014-08-14T18:16:21Z")
Warm to hot and dry. I’m on SoCal right now and it works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_The_Hell_Away_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/30 "2014-08-14T18:44:20Z")
If visiting Moscow during the end of July, early this month was anything to go by, a mild climate at the very least please! :eek: I hate the dry feeling my skin gets despite showering or bathing when the temperatures exceed 30c like it did in Moscow! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/31 "2014-08-14T18:53:17Z")
I love SoCal, but if I had to pick something else it would be Hawaii. Mid 70’s-low 80’s year round, basically 24/7. Not that much more precipitation than LA. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/32 "2014-08-14T18:53:27Z")
I have only lived on the central coast of California, Bay Area of California and western Washington (just north of Seattle). All three are quite mild, but I actually prefer WA’s cooler and wetter weather. Today is 60’s and overcast and I’m loving it! I have spent a little time in Los Angeles, Tucson (AZ) and Houston (TX) and find all of them too hot for my tastes. Frankly, anything over 75 is uncomfortable. At 85, I can survive in a sort of semi-coma, but don’t expect any higher functions out of me. Humidity doesn’t change those numbers much. 90 and dry in Tucson is miserable and 90 and humid in Houston is also miserable. Don’t give me that BS about “but it’s a dry heat” because it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_The_Hell_Away_From_Here)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/33 "2014-08-14T18:54:20Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I love SoCal, but if I had to pick something else it would be Hawaii. Mid 70’s-low 80’s year round, basically 24/7. Not that much more precipitation than LA. I would pick either New York or Boston. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/34 "2014-08-14T18:57:45Z")
> [@Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](#): > > I would pick either New York or Boston. 🆒 I grew up in central Ohio, the extremes of going below zero in the winter and getting to over 100 in the summer was annoying. I was told when I moved to LA that I’d miss seasons…I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/35 "2014-08-14T19:01:13Z")
I’m torn - I get migraines when the pressure shifts, so ideally I should live in Arizona or something. But I LOVE the idea of living on the East Coast, like Cape Breton or just outside of Halifax. I also can’t imagine a Christmas without snow, but can do without the -40 to -50 thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/36 "2014-08-14T19:10:45Z")
Pretty much where I am - near-coastal SF Bay Area. Mellow coolish mornings and evenings ( from the marine layer ), mellow warmish afternoons. One winter rainy season, no immediate snow ( but can be driven to in a few hours if you like that sort of thing ). If I had my druthers I might add a short, warm summer rainy season with thunderstorms and some fall color. But you can’t have everything and my little slice of NorCal suits. I spent many a long, snowy winter and sweltering, steamy summer back East and in the Midwest in my youth. No thank you. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/37 "2014-08-14T19:29:09Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > I grew up in central Ohio, the extremes of going below zero in the winter and getting to over 100 in the summer was annoying. I was told when I moved to LA that I’d miss seasons…I don’t. Oh, I think fondly of how pretty the fall was in the hills. Aaaaand, that’s about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/38 "2014-08-14T19:42:52Z")
I’ve spent time in the stretch of the south San Francisco Bay area between SF and San Jose, around Palo Alto and Stanford, that I fondly regard as a great place to live. But in the final analysis, I think many of us are happiest in the climate we grew up in and are most used to, and I know I’d really miss the four seasons. Real winters, with real snow, real Christmas trees, kids playing ice hockey, and sparkling pristine silent landscapes after a snowfall have their own beauty. Spring and summer are much appreciated by the time they roll around, and fall is the beauty of the harvest, of golden landscapes, and of buckling down to a new season of work instead of play, whether it’s school or office. And another nice thing about a cool climate is the absence of really nasty bugs, especially the big poisonous kinds! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/39 "2014-08-14T21:57:28Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > I’m the same way. I start hating life when it gets much above 80°. I also much prefer cloudy skies to the sun. > > I’ve lived in Portland, OR for ten years, and the climate is ok. But this summer has been a bad one. The average high in July and August is supposed to be 81°, but there have been few days below that this year; we’ve had 18 days (so far) above 90°. Ugh. > > I would like to go farther north, but there’s that thing about needing a job. I like snow in the winter, and here we don’t really get any - maybe once or twice each winter we’ll get a little bit, which melts by afternoon. Every five or six years we’ll get an actual “snow storm” of a few inches, which sticks around for a few days and completely paralyzes the city. 🙂 > > Anyway, to answer the question, my idea of paradise is Juneau, AK. The average high in the summer is 64°, and the all-time record high is 90°. It snows quite a bit in the winter, but without being excessively cold. The sun almost never makes an appearance. Perfect! Hmm. Juneau sounds good! I think Chicago somehow got Portland’s summer this year. It’s 65 and beautiful and sunny right now. I think it’s touched 90 just a couple times so far this year. Especially here at the lake. This has really been a happy summer for me, it’s been so nice. My windows have been opened for weeks now. Of course it’s not over, and I wouldn’t put it past a heatwave through September. It’s happened before! So I’m taking each day at a time with gratitude. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491/40 "2014-08-14T22:25:44Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > I like Denver’s climate a lot: there are four distinct seasons … Often in a single day, right? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-climate-do-you-prefer-to-live-in/695491.md?page=3)