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“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” - Mark Twain
by gizajob 2y ago
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” - Mark Twain
- CaliforniaKarl 2y agoExcept Mark Twain never said that https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/and-never-the-twain-shall-tweet/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/and-never-the-twain-shall-...
- PaulHoule 2y agoHe spent some time in Elmira, NY, back when the world was -1.5 °C colder, so he experienced worse winters.
- BobbyJo 2y agoI grew up there partially. Its a terrible place now.
- JJMcJ 2y agoAccording to Albert Einstein, or maybe Benjamin Franklin.
- benatkin 2y agoPhilly area :)
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoDefinitely Churchill.
- dekhn 2y agoThis is a situation up with which I shall put
- jrnichols 2y agonarrated by Morgan Freeman, probably.
- benatkin 2y agoSamuel Langhorne Clemens, then
- deepsun 2y agoIt's typical now for half the quotes online. So it's easier to make it "As Mark Twain famously never said, ...".
- bluejekyll 2y agoI suspect that Mark Twain would even greatly appreciate the humor in referring to it that way.
- flyinghamster 2y agoSee also, Winston Churchill. https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/ https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/ It's especially instructive to call up the list of fakes from that page (it isn't directly linkable due to JS stupidity).
- tbrownaw 2y ago> Except Mark Twain never said that Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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- DerekL 2y agoThat wasn't from Twain. He quoted someone else making the same joke about some unspecified place. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/and-never-the-twain-shall-tweet/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/and-never-the-twain-shall-...
- DamonHD 2y agoMy very first visit to SF (and the Bay Area generally) was from Edinburgh Scotland, and I wrongly assumed that SF would be warmer when I packed. (This was kinda before the Internet existed, so not trivial to check...)
- b112 2y agoI heard tell from a local that there's less fog now.
- dredmorbius 2y agoLess fog, and far more thunderstorms.
- ghaff 2y agoIt's mostly not true of the Bay Area (at least South Bay) as a whole but definitely the case for SF itself. I've been there on some rather damp/chilly late spring and summer days even if it can also be quite nice.
- bcrosby95 2y agoSunny days are perfect. The sun warms you up and the breeze makes sure you don't get too warm. But shade, clouds, fog, or night time in general can make it a bit chilly. But it's nothing a light jacket can't take care of.
- Gibbon1 2y agoOn the flip side you can have some utterly glorious but short days in January. Friend moved to SF for a job and got an apartment in the Richmond because it looks safe. After a year she moved to an apartment at 16th and Mission. Because the fog was making her depressed. And because she could ride her bike to work instead of taking the bus. The conundrum of San Francisco the sketchiest areas have the better weather.
- pfannkuchen 2y ago> The conundrum of San Francisco the sketchiest areas have the better weather This seems to be the conundrum of the planet Earth in general.
- PyWoody 2y ago- Woody Boyd
- isatty 2y ago- Abraham Lincoln