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Having moved from Boston to California — I’m never going to miss frozen hair, chipping ice off the sidewalk, and going for walks in shopping malls.

filmgirlcw 5y ago
Right, like, suggesting people move to Albany or Pittsburg or Worcester, without mentioning that the winters are incredibly tough and that colder climates are another aspect of global warming, strikes me as incredibly naive.
- wffurr 5y ago
  “Incredibly tough” is overstating a bit. Winter isn’t that bad in any of those places. Not like Saint Paul or Maine or parts of Canada.
v0x 5y ago
The article repeatedly calls out Miami for being the hottest city in the country. I've never been to Miami, but it looks like averages in the 70s and 80s year-round. I'd take that any day over having to put up with the blizzards, shoveling snow off my driveway and car, etc. that I did in Omaha.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  Miami is sickeningly hot in the summer, regardless of what the numbers say.
  - bavell 5y ago
    It's the humidity that makes it so bad. You're basically sweating after a few minutes outside, even at 80-85F.
elevenoh 5y ago
You might miss the air quality however.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  Yeah. I miss a lot of things. The crisp air, making snowmen, sledding, fall colors, the intellectual culture, the sense of history... I am not at all saying that there’s nothing to miss.
wffurr 5y ago
I get a perverse sense of joy from showing up at work with a frozen beard after riding my bicycle over the packed snow in the bike lanes. Wouldn’t dream of taking a walk in a shopping mall even in the dead of winter. I’d go for a hike in the Fells instead, with a couple of layers and some ice traction on my boots. You’d have to pay me a fair bit to move to California. Maybe I’m just weird? Lots of people seem to like it here though.

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Having moved from Boston to California — I’m never going to miss frozen hair, chipping ice off the sidewalk, and going for walks in shopping malls.

by spoonjim 5y ago

filmgirlcw 5y ago
Right, like, suggesting people move to Albany or Pittsburg or Worcester, without mentioning that the winters are incredibly tough and that colder climates are another aspect of global warming, strikes me as incredibly naive.
- wffurr 5y ago
  “Incredibly tough” is overstating a bit. Winter isn’t that bad in any of those places. Not like Saint Paul or Maine or parts of Canada.
v0x 5y ago
The article repeatedly calls out Miami for being the hottest city in the country. I've never been to Miami, but it looks like averages in the 70s and 80s year-round. I'd take that any day over having to put up with the blizzards, shoveling snow off my driveway and car, etc. that I did in Omaha.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  Miami is sickeningly hot in the summer, regardless of what the numbers say.
  - bavell 5y ago
    It's the humidity that makes it so bad. You're basically sweating after a few minutes outside, even at 80-85F.
elevenoh 5y ago
You might miss the air quality however.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  Yeah. I miss a lot of things. The crisp air, making snowmen, sledding, fall colors, the intellectual culture, the sense of history... I am not at all saying that there’s nothing to miss.
wffurr 5y ago
I get a perverse sense of joy from showing up at work with a frozen beard after riding my bicycle over the packed snow in the bike lanes. Wouldn’t dream of taking a walk in a shopping mall even in the dead of winter. I’d go for a hike in the Fells instead, with a couple of layers and some ice traction on my boots. You’d have to pay me a fair bit to move to California. Maybe I’m just weird? Lots of people seem to like it here though.