Dallas Summers or Chicago Winters (climates, Phoenix, living, better)
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In response to other posters: Minneapolis is colder than Chicago, but the difference is only approximately 10 degrees. Also, Chicago summers are significantly cooler than Dallas, usually by about 10 degrees. The average summer highs in Chicago peak in the low to mid 80s, with lows in the mid to upper 60s.
Why is ten degrees significant in the latter but played down in the former?
Anyway, I prefer Dallas summers, probably because I am used to them. Like people say, put on more layers in the cold. Well, in the heat, you can open an umbrella, which I do do sometimes. While it is not fun to be outside in either situation, Dallas' heat is more convenient. It is annoying to wake up and have to scrape ice off your car or wait for it to warm up. Never really had issues with cars in DFW because of the heat or humidity.
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I absolutely hate the heat and especially heat with humidity. Anything over 90 on a regular basis is just no good for me. I hate breaking into a sweat just walking from the office to the car and getting into an oven to drive hone where sht actually burns your hands. Nooooo.
Winter and snow I like. I would love to go outside at 2PM and it's 5* with snow piled up. Can always bundle up and put on layers...cant shed enough clothing in Dallas without breaking laws as Well! Can't just jump in a pool if no pol is around you.
2 years ago I had a car that had no a/c. In durham. That was an awful, awful summer.
I spent two winters north of Chicago when I was in the Navy. When it came time to get orders to my next duty station, all I wanted was someplace warm. My experiences might be different from the average. I was there during this time: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1...day-in-history
As I always say, "You can always put on more layers if you're cold, but you can't rip your skin off if you're hot."
Jokes aside, I'll take a cold snowy winter over a hot and humid summer, although I prefer seasonality in general to keep things interesting. As an outdoors person, I've always enjoyed the tranquility that winters give to the environment, and I don't just mean in the countryside. With more people staying indoors and the white snow on the ground, there's a certain peace that can be achieved even in dense urban cores that I really appreciate.
Yes! There's the peace, but there is always the excitement of the first snow, people of all ages running outside to watch it fall. These are memories. Great memories.
I absolutely hate the heat and especially heat with humidity. Anything over 90 on a regular basis is just no good for me. I hate breaking into a sweat just walking from the office to the car and getting into an oven to drive hone where sht actually burns your hands. Nooooo.
Winter and snow I like. I would love to go outside at 2PM and it's 5* with snow piled up. Can always bundle up and put on layers...cant shed enough clothing in Dallas without breaking laws as Well! Can't just jump in a pool if no pol is around you.
2 years ago I had a car that had no a/c. In durham. That was an awful, awful summer.
And stripping off clothes doesn't necessarily help. The sun just burns you faster. It's still hot. And you were in Durham, it gets much hotter in Texas.
Both suck to be sure. With that being said I tolerate colder temps better than ridiculous heat & humidity, I've already lived in DFW, and I have zero desire to ever return to Texas so give me a Chicago winter. When the weather isn't lousy Chicago's more scenic and it blows Dallas's doors off in terms of urbanity.
Dallas summer heat is relentless, with rarely a break between May and October. Chicago winters have several "thaws" that occur during the season where temperatures rise above freezing.
Many people in Dallas consider 50 degrees is "cold" while many in Chicago consider 80 degrees "hot."
Some people's brains and bodies are wired differently.
My biggest shock in Dallas was thinking I could "cool off" in a pool on a 100+ degree day - I did not consider that the pool water was above 90 degrees.
I also do not like sweating thru my clothes if I am outdoors for more than 20 steps (night or day).
My biggest outdoor problem in the winter up north is putting on too many clothes and sweating underneath, but that's easy to fix.
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