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To be honest, I think both NYC and Miami have a fairly decent climate. I partial to Miami because I love the tropics and the sun. NYC is still not too bad, you get the four seasons, but winter is not a killer like in Chicago, Minneapolis, or Buffalo.
To me the only climate I could never live in is the gloomy Pacific Northwest. Damp, cold, overcast, misting/raining frequently. Most Americans who live outside the Pacific Northwest don’t really appreciate “how” cloudy the region really is. Here is a map of the USA in December (the cloudiest month of the year on average). Note the very dark colors up in the PNW. In the USA, only places near the Great Lakes are even close in terms of a lack of sunlight. How people can function and not see the sun for several weeks at a clip is amazing to me. As you can see by the map...places like Seattle or Portland average less than 60 hours of sunshine in the month of December...while NYC averages 140 and Miami over 200 hours. Wow.
Give me that sun shining on the Atlantic over the beaches of South Florida or Long Island anyday. No sun would kill me (lol).
To be honest, I think both NYC and Miami have a fairly decent climate. I partial to Miami because I love the tropics and the sun. NYC is still not too bad, you get the four seasons, but winter is not a killer like in Chicago, Minneapolis, or Buffalo.
To me the only climate I could never live in is the gloomy Pacific Northwest. Damp, cold, overcast, misting/raining frequently. Most Americans who live outside the Pacific Northwest don’t really appreciate “how” cloudy the region really is. Here is a map of the USA in December (the cloudiest month of the year on average). Note the very dark colors up in the PNW. In the USA, only places near the Great Lakes are even close in terms of a lack of sunlight. How people can function and not see the sun for several weeks at a clip is amazing to me. As you can see by the map...places like Seattle or Portland average less than 60 hours of sunshine in the month of December...while NYC averages 140 and Miami over 200 hours. Wow.
Give me that sun shining on the Atlantic over the beaches of South Florida or Long Island anyday. No sun would kill me (lol).
you don't, the dates they run the heaters by the outside platforms of the L are pretty accurate though, but I forget the dates. this says nothing that you will survive jan feb without a heat source though
you will be blue like this guy
I'd like to see him go camping in the winter, w/ just some blankets...to give him some real perspective to what happens when there are NO heat sources. Even the best thermal gear will only last so long when an arctic blast comes down. But maybe he is sitting indoors with no heat in a single family home in sorel boots and blankets. Highly doubtful, I'm sure he goes somewhere to warm up at some point.
If he works and his job is indoor, he must spend at least 8 hours a day with a heat source.
I don't know what the wow is for. If you think it's funny that I would ask such a question, I think it's funny that you would suggest it's possible to live with no heat source in Chicago.
In NYC a person gets all four seasons, including an actual winter with snow around the holidays. IMO, Miami is just blazing hot, but some people like that weather.
Miami is the most persitently hot and humid major city with no relief in the continental USA.. almost like groundhog day
For example today November 1 per weather.com is expected to be 88/74 in Miami, while Phoenix is 87/60, Houston is 76/53 and Jacksonville is 80/64
I had central air, and heat, in an apartment building in Gainesville in 1971. My family is from southern Italy (Naples and Sicily). My Mom and Grandma both couldn't stand the heat. Maybe that was one of the reasons why my ancestors left Italy and migrated to NY?
Naples, Italy actually has weather closer to what you get on Long Island this time of the year maybe just a bit warmer.. Highs low 60's usually dropping 10-15 degrees at night...not bad at all..
Look on the bright side .... you do get to live in a place called Naples and it actually cools off at night a good 5 degrees more than Miami much of the year. And Florida has lots of very good Italian restaurants with owner/operators from NYC or the homeland..
My least favorite season is summer, and I live in the NYC metro area.
That being said, I can't even imagine Miami heat, which is stronger and longer... no way son, I rather have a longer fall, or even winter.
I am from New York and wish it had Miami weather, maybe except the hurrican season. Although winter in Manhattan and particularly central park can be picturesque it does not measure up to summer in the city and on Long Island beaches..
I am from New York and wish it had Miami weather, maybe except the hurrican season. Although winter in Manhattan and particularly central park can be picturesque it does not measure up to summer in the city and on Long Island beaches..
is nice. I am a native Manhattanite. 75 degrees in November (not happening in Naples, Florida), December (nope), or January and February (maybe) is NOT.
I want real FALL and WINTER. Anything under 70s, preferably 40s and 50s, is wonderful for me.
is nice. I am a native Manhattanite. 75 degrees in November (not happening in Naples, Florida), December (nope), or January and February (maybe) is NOT.
I want real FALL and WINTER. Anything under 70s, preferably 40s and 50s, is wonderful for me.
I hear ya however shoveling snow is not my favorite hobby...
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75 degrees in July or August
