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Can confirm. I was in the Bay Area a week ago and the temperature difference in San Jose vs. San Mateo County/SF was like night and day (literally).
I've only been the San Francisco once, but the temperature difference in areas not that far from each other was definitely noticeable. It was 91 in downtown San Francisco in May (believe it was a record that day). From there I drove to Half Moon Bay along the coast where it was 55 (all day long) and then back over to Heywood in the late afternoon where it was above 90 degrees again.
The SE is just unbearable - even by the coast - in the summer.
Unless humidity, sweat, and not being able to breathe well is your idea of refreshing. The weather is just oppressive, regardless if you are by the water or not. So, I really need to disagree with this suggestion.
I prefer Northern Michigan in the summer. Maine or Alaska in the summer are also attractive.
However I wouldn't say that any of these offer a pleasant climate year-round. Very few cities are actually temperate or have a 'refreshing climate" all year round.
The SE is just unbearable - even by the coast - in the summer.
Unless humidity, sweat, and not being able to breathe well is your idea of refreshing. The weather is just oppressive, regardless if you are by the water or not. So, I really need to disagree with this suggestion.
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Californian here. Visited Louisiana and Mississippi for two months during the summer, and the heat was nothing compared to the heat in Fresno, Bakersfield, or San Bernardino.
You can breathe much better in the Gulf Coast than in inland California. Florida has among the best air quality in the country, thanks to all that rain. Inland California has the worst air quality in the country, because the dry heat means it never rains during the summer. Yes, you read that right. Most summers, it might only rain for 30 minutes on a single day.
I found the thunderstorms by the Gulf very refreshing.
The cooler the air, the richer the hood! Cool air is for the one percent, the rest of us just pay $$$ for AC!
One percent? Approx 3 million people live in cold or cool summer air in the Bay Area. Richmond, the flatlands of Oakland and Hayward are hardly bastions of the rich. LOL.
You can breathe much better in the Gulf Coast than in inland California. Florida has among the best air quality in the country, thanks to all that rain. Inland California has the worst air quality in the country, because the dry heat means it never rains during the summer. I found the thunderstorms by the Gulf very refreshing.
I second that. Great points
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