As much as I like the interactive map the truth is it makes things look way more shadowed than they actually are because its showing the averages of shadows fro

As much as I like the interactive map the truth is it makes things look way more shadowed than they actually are because its showing the averages of shadows from all time of the year and all times of the day. The reality is that most of the streets have a shady side and sunny side at all times of the year. It's shady on one side of the street in the morning and shady on the other side in the afternoon. This is actually great because you can choose the side of the street to walk on. If you are too hot in the summer you can go walk on the shaded side, or if you are too chilled in the spring/fall/winter you can walk on the sunny side. During the summer it is actually very nice to have a long stretch of tall buildings where you can cool off by walking on the shady side of the street. It's kind of like enjoying walking down a street that is shaded by a lot of trees, although sadly the buildings don't absorb as much heat as the trees do, and in some cases glass buildings actually seem to reflect the heat harshly.