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in SF, summer is often colder than winter. I've never lived in DC, but - presence of good chinese food - weather (even though I love winter weather, DC su

in SF, summer is often colder than winter. I've never lived in DC, but - presence of good chinese food - weather (even though I love winter weather, DC summers would not be worth it) - jobs (which companies have large presences in SF vs DC-area) all conspire to make me completely incurious as to whether DC is "$11k/year" nicer than SF.

rosser 13y ago
Exactly. SF is expensive, but it's going to take a hell of a lot more than ~$1k/month disposable income for me to give up what that amount buys me in quality of life — for, admittedly, my definitions of "quality of life"; YM, as always, MV.
gyc 13y ago
DC, especially in the suburbs, also has very good Chinese food.
- seanmcdirmid 13y ago
  Ya, I think parent hasn't been to DC before.
- ahoyhere 13y ago
  And, as much as I hate DC, all kinds of other foods, including really great Ethiopian and Moroccan. But not good sushi (back when I lived there 7 years ago).
baddox 13y ago
> in SF, summer is often colder than winter. A common misconception, even among residents, easily debunked by paying attention or doing a quick Google search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=san%20francisco http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=san%20francisco
- philsnow 13y ago
  SF itself has even more fine-grained microclimates than the peninsula (which only has a few). I didn't (immediately) find out how the wikipedia climate numbers were assembled nor what weather station(s) weatherspark gets data from, but if it's a single weather station, the data gathered is nigh-useless. weatherspark looks very nice btw, I'm going to go look if they have an android app.... seems there isn't one. oh well.
  - baddox 13y ago
    Is there any neighborhood that experiences higher average temperatures in the winter? I've spent most of my time in South Beach, FiDi, and Outer Sunset, and while I never kept records, it always seemed to me like each of those had a higher average temperatures in the (late) summer.

rosser 13y ago

Exactly. SF is expensive, but it's going to take a hell of a lot more than ~$1k/month disposable income for me to give up what that amount buys me in quality of life — for, admittedly, my definitions of "quality of life"; YM, as always, MV.

gyc 13y ago

DC, especially in the suburbs, also has very good Chinese food.

seanmcdirmid 13y ago
Ya, I think parent hasn't been to DC before.
ahoyhere 13y ago
And, as much as I hate DC, all kinds of other foods, including really great Ethiopian and Moroccan. But not good sushi (back when I lived there 7 years ago).

baddox 13y ago

> in SF, summer is often colder than winter. A common misconception, even among residents, easily debunked by paying attention or doing a quick Google search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Climate http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=san%20francisco http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;q=san%20francisco

philsnow 13y ago
SF itself has even more fine-grained microclimates than the peninsula (which only has a few). I didn't (immediately) find out how the wikipedia climate numbers were assembled nor what weather station(s) weatherspark gets data from, but if it's a single weather station, the data gathered is nigh-useless. weatherspark looks very nice btw, I'm going to go look if they have an android app.... seems there isn't one. oh well.
- baddox 13y ago
  Is there any neighborhood that experiences higher average temperatures in the winter? I've spent most of my time in South Beach, FiDi, and Outer Sunset, and while I never kept records, it always seemed to me like each of those had a higher average temperatures in the (late) summer.