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I would describe Vegas and Phoenix type places as oven heat or hot coffee heat. You might not sweat as much the humidity places, but your skin burns a lot more and that's very uncomfortable. I once made the mistake of wearing black on an outdoor day at Phoenix, might just have been the worst weather experience if my life.
Also, it feels atrocious when you have been out a while and your skin keeps drying up in places like Vegas. Nothing fun about feeling like you always need moisturizer.
I would describe Vegas and Phoenix type places as oven heat or hot coffee heat. You might not sweat as much the humidity places, but your skin burns a lot more and that's very uncomfortable. I once made the mistake of wearing black on an outdoor day at Phoenix, might just have been the worst weather experience if my life.
Also, it feels atrocious when you have been out a while and your skin keeps drying up in places like Vegas. Nothing fun about feeling like you always need moisturizer.
If that's the worst weather you've experienced you clearly haven't been through a really humid day in the south. I went to the south this last august and as someone said...the humidity felt like walking around in cotton batten that's been soaked in water the temperature of your shower.
My friend had to go back to our hotel room and lay down until the evening and I felt so faint that I had to sit inside an air-conditioned room for 20 mins drinking gatorade before I could carry on with the tour of the city.
If that's the worst weather you've experienced you clearly haven't been through a really humid day in the south. I went to the south this last august and as someone said...the humidity felt like walking around in cotton batten that's been soaked in water the temperature of your shower.
My friend had to go back to our hotel room and lay down until the evening and I felt so faint that I had to sit inside an air-conditioned room for 20 mins drinking gatorade before I could carry on with the tour of the city.
Don't assume, you make an...
Been through 90's in the South, never felt as bad as the bad heat days in Phoenix to me.
If that's the worst weather you've experienced you clearly haven't been through a really humid day in the south. I went to the south this last august and as someone said...the humidity felt like walking around in cotton batten that's been soaked in water the temperature of your shower.
My friend had to go back to our hotel room and lay down until the evening and I felt so faint that I had to sit inside an air-conditioned room for 20 mins drinking gatorade before I could carry on with the tour of the city.
I actually blacked out on a tour in Cambodia because of how hot and humid it was there. I ran out of water and Angkor Wat is all stones, which isn't good for heat either. To be fair though I've blacked out here too, but both could have easily been prevented with having more water (I was forced to limit my water in all of those times, even though I wanted more). I have lasted longer in Arizona without water than a humid rainforest jungle, so that says something.
What so many seem to forget is that the South is not monolithic!
The summer weather in Atlanta is not remotely as hot and humid as the coastal plains/Florida. At 1,000 feet plus in elevation, we get breaks in heat AND humidity here that many parts of the South could only wish for.
If that's the worst weather you've experienced you clearly haven't been through a really humid day in the south. I went to the south this last august and as someone said...the humidity felt like walking around in cotton batten that's been soaked in water the temperature of your shower.
My friend had to go back to our hotel room and lay down until the evening and I felt so faint that I had to sit inside an air-conditioned room for 20 mins drinking gatorade before I could carry on with the tour of the city.
Cookie cutter houses? Check. Lack of any true history or culture? Check. Monuments to excess and epitomization of everything wrong with our society? Check. I don't know how anyone that has resided in or visited anywhere else could not view Vegas as a horribly depressing place to live. But I digress. Escorts, gambling, and strip malls aren't my thing......
Nice pics, though.
Every major city has cookie cutter homes. Every city has its own history, too. Not sure what the big deal is. Monuments to excess are also found in every city. IMO, Vegas in all its flashiness, is more for dream chasers than those already living in excess. Sure many rich and famous travel there, but most people are average Joes looking to hit the jackpot. Places like NYC and LA offer more monuments to excess (in the form of million dollar apartments, etc) than Vegas does. Vegas just looks flashy on the surface, thats all. And yes, there are tons of strip malls, but then again, like I said above, every major city/suburb has tons of them, too. Vegas is no different in that aspect.
Every major city has cookie cutter homes. Every city has its own history, too. Not sure what the big deal is. Monuments to excess are also found in every city. IMO, Vegas in all its flashiness, is more for dream chasers than those already living in excess. Sure many rich and famous travel there, but most people are average Joes looking to hit the jackpot. Places like NYC and LA offer more monuments to excess (in the form of million dollar apartments, etc) than Vegas does. Vegas just looks flashy on the surface, thats all. And yes, there are tons of strip malls, but then again, like I said above, every major city/suburb has tons of them, too. Vegas is no different in that aspect.
True that every city has "cookie cutter" homes but LV is at the top of that list.
Google homes in "Las Vegas" and "Homes in Atlanta"
All you see is sand colored houses with ceramic tile roofs mainly in Las Vegas. Atlanta has so many different styles that you cant say what is the norm for the city.
not to mention there are many towns in the metro Atlanta area that have the "town square surrounded by the courthouse" that have quaint shopping,restaurants and historic housing and lofts.Yes this is also in addition to the strip malls etc. This is a difference between Atlanta area and LV. Atlanta is not as monotonous.
True that every city has "cookie cutter" homes but LV is at the top of that list.
Google homes in "Las Vegas" and "Homes in Atlanta"
All you see is sand colored houses with ceramic tile roofs mainly in Las Vegas. Atlanta has so many different styles that you cant say what is the norm for the city.
not to mention there are many towns in the metro Atlanta area that have the "town square surrounded by the courthouse" that have quaint shopping,restaurants and historic housing and lofts.Yes this is also in addition to the strip malls etc. This is a difference between Atlanta area and LV. Atlanta is not as monotonous.
As I just posted in another thread in the Atlanta forum, what makes the City of Atlanta so attractive and charming is the plethora of residential "villages" centered on an historic commercial retail core that sprung up at the turn of the last century as streetcar suburbs. Sure, other cities of the era (particularly in the South) developed similiarly, but few have been preserved nor experienced the level of gentrification that Atlanta has. I have never had visitors from other parts of the country visit Atlanta and toured the historic residential neighborhoods and NOT be impressed. These historic neigborhoods are, quite simply, the heart and soul of Atlanta (and why some people who only see downtown or Midtown come away with a false image of Atlanta).
And you are absolutely correct: As Metro Atlanta has "sprawled" across formally rural counties, many small towns have been transformed into charming and historic destinations in their own right. The "new urbanism"' and "live / work / play"' transformation of Atlanta's suburban towns has been well documented.
There is nothing - NOTHING! - in Las Vegas to compare.
If that's the worst weather you've experienced you clearly haven't been through a really humid day in the south. I went to the south this last august and as someone said...the humidity felt like walking around in cotton batten that's been soaked in water the temperature of your shower.
My friend had to go back to our hotel room and lay down until the evening and I felt so faint that I had to sit inside an air-conditioned room for 20 mins drinking gatorade before I could carry on with the tour of the city.
This. Perspiration actually serves its intended purpose in Las Vegas. It helps the body cool itself. In Atlanta, it just adds another layer to to the discomfort.
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