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I have a great concept of walking in a city. I enjoy the walkability of NYC. When I am there I take transit everywhere and it's great. I live in Florida. It ge

• rufus_foreman 3y ago
  >> It gets into the high 90's with 80% humidity 96 degrees and 80% humidity is a dew point of 89. The highest verified dew point ever recorded in the US is 88, and that was in Minnesota which might sound odd to people who have never heard the term "corn sweat". But yeah, even high 90's with 65% humidity (dew point in low 80's) is not healthy to be walking around in.
  • mattw2121 3y ago
    Yes, my bad...humidity decreases some in the hottest part of the day. So the 80% humidity is overnight while the high 90's temperature is during the day. As you said, still not walkable :).
• digging 3y ago
  > There are places that just aren't walkable certain times of the year. Because we built them to be unwalkable. We ripped out the trees so there's no shade. We paved the soil so we could drive portable furnaces over it. You're not wrong that it's unwalkable where you live - it is also unwalkable where I live. But it not just because of natural climate.