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It's mostly the weather. I prefer the weather in Miami to the weather in SF by just a little bit, but if I were homeless, it wouldn't even come close. I would v
by benatkin 7y ago
It's mostly the weather. I prefer the weather in Miami to the weather in SF by just a little bit, but if I were homeless, it wouldn't even come close. I would vastly prefer the weather in SF.
The weather is a big factor in peoples' decisions to move places. It's near the top of the list in any discussion on which city people would prefer to live in on the city-data forums. People who aren't homeless take the air conditioning or heating for granted when comparing the weather in two different cities.
- microtherion 7y agoThe weather in the Bay Area in general is pretty pleasant, but San Francisco in particular seems to be a bit of a local minimum, with the foggy and frequently quite cold weather even in summer. As we used to remind our guests before taking them to SF: "There's a reason why there are so many tourists wearing San Francisco branded fleece jackets".
- benatkin 7y agoI thought about it, and AFAICT it only widens the gap between ideal weather for a homeless person and ideal weather for a non-homeless person. For a homeless person, Walnut Creek is going to be worse during the winter because it's cold, and worse during the summer because it's hot. For a non-homeless person, San Francisco is going to be worse during the June Gloom because they might be stuck in an office during the times that the sun comes out.