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Dunno. Half my ancestry is from Guangdong, China, a tropical climate. I grew up in Massachusetts, and I do fine with cold. My wife is Taiwanese (also trop

Dunno. Half my ancestry is from Guangdong, China, a tropical climate. I grew up in Massachusetts, and I do fine with cold. My wife is Taiwanese (also tropical) and grew up in California and hates the cold. Then again, the other half of my ancestry is from Ireland & England. Am I fine with cold because it's more about where you grew up and became accustomed to, or because I got my mom's genes? It's a good question, but the rest of my dad's family (currently living in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal) seems to do okay.

wsc981 7y ago
I grew up in The Netherlands, and so did my parents and my parents parents, etc... I hate the cold. I prefer to sweat from too much heat compared to shivering from too much cold. So I emigrated to a tropical country. Perhaps part of the reason why I hate the cold, is that it makes it harder for me to do my work. If my fingers are cold, typing is more difficult, for example. And in the cold I think too much about staying warm.
- carlmr 7y ago
  It's funny, I hate winter, not because it's cold, but rather because it's dark all the time. I like running in the snow, skiing, etc. I also don't like summer because I'm always too hot. I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot. Ideally here you can ski in winter and climb in summer.
  - Robin_Message 7y ago
    Colorado might suit you. Although, looking at timezones, you probably want a place that is more West-skewed for the timezone in order to get more daylight in the evenings.
  - badestrand 7y ago
    > I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot I feel similar and for me elevated cities (at ~2000m) in sunny climates are perfect. For example Mexico City, Bogota or Arequipa (Peru). I know, the total list of suitable cities is probably narrow but it is by far my favorite climate.
taneq 7y ago
Yeah, I think it's more to do with where you grew up and your adaptation to it than your precise heritage. Phenotype over genotype. My family is all from cold places but I grew up in a warm place, and while I like cold air on my face, I could never walk around on a 4°C day wearing short shorts.

wsc981 7y ago

I grew up in The Netherlands, and so did my parents and my parents parents, etc... I hate the cold. I prefer to sweat from too much heat compared to shivering from too much cold. So I emigrated to a tropical country. Perhaps part of the reason why I hate the cold, is that it makes it harder for me to do my work. If my fingers are cold, typing is more difficult, for example. And in the cold I think too much about staying warm.

carlmr 7y ago
It's funny, I hate winter, not because it's cold, but rather because it's dark all the time. I like running in the snow, skiing, etc. I also don't like summer because I'm always too hot. I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot. Ideally here you can ski in winter and climb in summer.
- Robin_Message 7y ago
  Colorado might suit you. Although, looking at timezones, you probably want a place that is more West-skewed for the timezone in order to get more daylight in the evenings.
- badestrand 7y ago
  > I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot I feel similar and for me elevated cities (at ~2000m) in sunny climates are perfect. For example Mexico City, Bogota or Arequipa (Peru). I know, the total list of suitable cities is probably narrow but it is by far my favorite climate.

taneq 7y ago

Yeah, I think it's more to do with where you grew up and your adaptation to it than your precise heritage. Phenotype over genotype. My family is all from cold places but I grew up in a warm place, and while I like cold air on my face, I could never walk around on a 4°C day wearing short shorts.