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We Californians (possibly other places in the same latitude) are spoiled like that, but can anyone blame us? For most of the year, weather is something that ju
by ravenstine 5y ago
We Californians (possibly other places in the same latitude) are spoiled like that, but can anyone blame us? For most of the year, weather is something that just doesn't need to enter the equation when planning things. I know that "but the weather" is kind of a meme for Californians, though I will say that it really is pretty frickin' nice having lived in New Zealand (a really nice place btw) where it rains heavily for a large portion of the year.
- gnat 5y agoDepends where you are in NZ, of course. Some places it only rains for much of the year. I grew up in NZ, moved to Colorado for ten years and whined about the snow, then came home and realised how good I'd had it in CO. I hadn't noticed the rain because I'd grown up with it. Only when I came back to it from a place with little and predictable rain, did I notice it.
- ravenstine 5y agoI lived in Welly, though yeah I imagine maybe up north it would have been a bit more temperate for more of the year.
- gnat 5y agoWell called, Wellington. I lived there for five university years, but home is up north in Leigh. I grew up barefoot. Went to university in Wellington and in my first year, had to go see the doctor. "I have weird things on my feet." "They're chilblains! Wear shoes!" Wellington definitely has a different climate to the north.
- mdoms 5y agoI'm outdoors almost every day in New Zealand - arguably with the worst weather in NZ, in Wellington. The trick is to not let the rain chase you back inside. It's just a bit of water. We're lucky here that temperatures are bearable basically year round. The spring wind is the thing that stops me going outside most of the time.