I’m not arguing with your opinion, guy. Maybe if you’d actually bothered to read any of my posts you’d be able to figure that out.
You’ve been accused by two people in two separate threads about being argumentative about opinions. Maybe if you actually bothered to read any of your posts with the attitude of “what does this sound like at the receiving end?” you’d be able to figure out why.
I haven’t argued with your opinion, and you seem hell bent on making this personal, going so far as to bring other threads into this. Time to stop. This is getting a little creepy.
Have you ever run in the upper 70s with high humidity? I’m drenched with sweat in the low 70s with medium humidity trying to exercise, let alone what it gets to here in Florida. In late April.
Yes, but…
If you’re dressed properly you won’t be shivering. Admittedly, not everyone has good cold weather gear
Actually, no - when it gets REALLY cold it’s bright, bright sunshine, clear skies (all the moisture is frozen out of the air, so no haze) and while it’s cold I wouldn’t call it dreary.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Heat makes me ill, sweating makes my skin break out and rashy, and I have the complexion of a vampire so sun is a no-no.
Gimme cool or even cold weather every time over heat.
Being properly dressed for the winter sucks. It’s bulky and uncomfortable, and you are constantly having to shed or add layers as you move indoors and out. There are gloves and hats to lose or forget, and if you go to a restaurant or bar you are stuck with figuring out where to stash your giant pile of wet, slushy winter crap. And there is no good answer to shoes. You can’t wear snow boots in the office or out to nice places, but you can’t walk outside in normal shoes without your toes dressing off.
Compare that to summer. Underclothes, dress, sandals. Keep a blazer at the office. Congrats, you are now prepared for the entire day. No crap to lug around, no 10 minutes of lacing and tying and shielding every time you want to go outside, and nothing constricting or constraining.
70 degrees Fahrenheit is not hot. Try 95 to 100+ degrees fahrenheit, East coast in the mid-Atlantic region, from the Mason Dixon line all the way south to Key West and west to New Orleans.
Baking sun with humidity around 80 percent or higher, full Glorious Summertime… ahhh!
I’m a fat fuck and I prefer it cloudy, windy, and under 75. I think smaller people like hot/sunny weather because they can go out with minimal clothing and stay relatively comfortabler than, say, me. If I tried the same thing, I’d be shot (out of a cannon, into the sun). Skinny or normal-sized people tend to have less padding and IME are sensitive to cold temperatures, particularly women.
Not to mention people who have swimming pools or live near a beach. They would have an obvious bias toward warmer/sunnier days.
Introversion/extraversion may also be a factor. Based on nothing scientific, but most of the introverts I know prefer indoor activities like reading, gaming, knitting, and so forth.
This is my least favorite time of year, from now until the first week or so of September when things begin to cool off. It’s all air-conditioned house to air-conditioned office and I’m never outside longer than I can help. And the humidity in the DC area just makes it worse.
I’m most comfortable in the upper 60s and low-to-mid 70s.
Running goes against my religion, but the upper 70s with high humidity is what you get in the northern seaboard of Spain on the summer, or right now here in Sweden. I call it pleasantly cool; my coworkers keep asking “but you don’t find it cold?” “no, it’s great! I love it!”. The Spanish town of San Sebastian got its nick of San Sestabien (St It’s So Pleasant) because, being on the northern seaboard, what you describe is its summer weather; add a large beach and some of the best food in the country and yep, it’s a very pleasant place to be.
Compare with lows in the mid-30Cs, highs in the upper-30Cs or the 40Cs. At any humidity you care to be, that is what I call hot.
There is no nice weather.In my view the sun belt cities get way too hot in the summer to point it is uncomfortable with out the AC on. Well nice in the winter!! The northern cities too cold in the winter.
I think the west coast or midway of north vs south is the closest you are going to get.Where it not too cold but not too hot.
I too am mystified by the popular equation of “nice” with “hot and sunny”. I wouldn’t want it to be snowy every single month of the year; that would be taking it a little too far; but I am quite content with clouds and 50-60ish temperatures for my warmer months.
People whose idea of a good time involves not moving very much usually like it best hot. People whose idea of a good time involves activity tend to be in the cooler camp (unless their fav activity involves being wet).
I can only take dry heat, because in order to feel comfortable you can get wet. Humid/cool is okay, dry/hot is okay. But only barely. I am aiming to move to the PNW asap. P is taking a little longer than I thought though.
I’m definitely more of a cold weather person than a heat lover. I’d much, much prefer a Canadian winter to a Floridian summer. Dry heat isn’t great, but it’s tolerable - the sticky and humid stuff is what makes me want to lock myself in a freezer.
This is a big factor as well. I hate that feeling of lying on your bed in mid July and wanting to crawl out of your skin. If you’re cold, there’s action to take, things you can do to make it better. With extreme heat, short of getting an AC, beyond a certain point you’ve done all you can do.
Plus, I love snowstorms. It’s just so pretty - being holed up in front of a crackling fire with a cup of coca, a cat, and a good book, watching the white flakes dance outside . . . This past winter was harsh, and shoveling sucks, but I still never got tired of the snow.
In the end, I like being in a part of the world where I get a nice taste of each season. Living in a place dominated by any one of them - even spring or fall - would get boring. I’d miss snow/swimming/crazy rainstorms/whatever.
Born and raised in Hotlanta. I know something about some heat.
Still, I could only last in South Florida for a few years before I had to get out. It wasn’t just that it was hot most of the year. It was also too sunny. Given the lack of trees, I found it impossible to do much recreational walking down there without getting fried. And man, when I look at my pictures from back in those days, I do look deep fried.
It’s really hard to work when you’re hot, if you’re me. The central heating/cooling of my building is bipolar. One day it’s freezing. The next day it’s boiling. As much as I complain about the cold, I can tolerate it more when it comes to productivity. I can pile on an extra sweater and wrap myself in a blanket if I have to. But when it’s hot, all I can concentrate on is how fucking hot it is and how much I want to kill the building manager.
HOWEVER, when it comes to outdoorsy fun, give me a hot day before a cold day. A hot day is anything 90F and over. A cold day is anything 40F and under. I can handle some heat if I’m having a good time and I’ve got plenty of water and there’s some shade. But the cold gets into my bones no matter what I do. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more sensitive to chilblains in my fingers and toes. All the fun in the world ain’t worth that shit.
I appreciate having four (OK, maybe six*) seasons but summer is blessedly short. Give me cold over hot anytime.
*winter
mud season
spring
summer
foliage
dull brown November
hate hate hate hot weather!
I have lived in Htown for many years and the prob here is that is is HUMID HOT. I could be doing so much more outdoors if this wasn’t a factor. I recall going to San Antonio when it was 90 and cloudy and definitely tolerable w/o humidity.
Today I did my shopping errands and really tried to beat the noon hour here in the morning it was already 87 degrees (and wet wet wet).
Yeah, that. No matter how hot it is, I’m comfortable in the knowledge that once I get into the shade/ac/water, I’ll be okay in fairly short order. But the cold…it just seeps into my bones and my fat and just stays there even after I’m in warmer conditions. I can pile on blankets and socks and heat sources until I’m sweating, and still my ass and feet feel like they’ll never not be frigid ever again. It’s completely fucking miserable.
And if I dress to avoid anything getting cold, I walk 50 feet and start sweating under my 47 layers. If I gotta sweat anyway, I’d really prefer to do it with the sun and wind on my bare skin.
Thanks for identifying #6. I already knew enough about Mud to let it help me decide I didn’t really want to live in Maine. We had considered that seriously after some pleasant fall visits back in the 90’s.
It was on into my adult years before I realized that the Carousel song * “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” * was about the real life thing of Spring not getting there until June! In Alabama June was already too hot to wear much more than a bathing suit and a straw hat.
And Lewis Grizzard once joked that Chicago has two seasons: Winter and the 4th of July.
Tennessee suits me enough that unless Asheville, NC, keeps on with its siren’s song for us to move over there (almost the same latitude with a bit more altitude) we’ll probably be here until the bitter end.
70 is perfect…
jus sayin