Hell no: Hot weather is bad for productivity. I lived in Florida for 5 years. Lived in St. Louis for 15. It's not a myth, being in a hotter state makes you laz

Hell no: Hot weather is bad for productivity. I lived in Florida for 5 years. Lived in St. Louis for 15. It's not a myth, being in a hotter state makes you lazier, more tired, and decreases your productivity levels (unless you're indoors 100% of the time). It's the heat & sun and the way it affects productivity and thinking, and blood distribution. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/24/a-hotter-world-is-a-less-productive-world/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/24/a... http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865562780/Hot-news-The-best-workplace-temperature-is-warm-or-cold.html?pg=all http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865562780/Hot-news-The-be... For me at least, being in the heat would just drain me of my energy and focus. When I lived in Orlando, Florida my productivity just hit rock bottom. I didn't want to do anything. Neither did anyone around me. My neighbors were all lazy, everyone was lazy, the parks had a lot less people than parks up north. Every thing was just slower. Less people walked. Everyone was just inside. The sun is just intense since Florida's closer to the equator, the heat is extreme during the summer and since there's so much humidity your body can't cool itself off through sweat evaporation. Also, when you're in the heat your body sends more blood to circulate in your skin and uses a lot more energy to keep itself cool. And even simple things like going outside to check my mail would just be a burning pain. I'm serious, we all stayed indoors. We were like prisoners. Miami is even worse. And Key West was just... a boiling oven. Compare the productivity levels, development, & innovation of colder countries with warmer countries. Is it really a surprise that so many 3rd world countries are hot countries near the equator (with very little availability of air conditioning)? "According to this theory, about 70% of the economic development of a country can be predicted from the distance between that country and the equator. In other words, the further from the equator the more developed a country tends to be." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_determinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_determinism After my Florida experience I'm staying away from the south. Some people love it there though.