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Are there any warm and sunny cities with intellectual vibes? Do any exist?
I was thinking about this so figured I would create a post.
Do any of these exist?
No, I do not consider SF warm, it's rather chilly and mild with rainy gloomy winters. And no, Raleigh/Durham does not count, it snows. Same with Atlanta/Athens, they are above the snowline, so don't mention them.
Cities I consider like this might be Boston, Seattle, Ithaca, Princeton, Cambridge, etc.
So are there any warm cities with intellectual vibes? I would think they would need to be in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Southern Georgia, Southern Alabama, Southern CA, Arizona, New Mexico.
Does a place like this exist? And if not, why? Are people too concerned with weather/outdoors stuff for this to occur?
Most of the upper echelon universities, the ones that typically give places that "intellectual vibe," that are in the areas you're considering just happen to be located in larger cities and not quintessential college towns (Rice, USC, etc.). And those larger cities don't have the mass concentration of upper echelon institutions that a city like Boston has (very few larger cities do).
It snows in Raleigh once in a blue moon. When it does snow, the whole city shuts down and everyone plays for a day or two until it melts. I'd hardly consider the Triangle above the snow line. When I was a kid, we'd pray for snow to get a day off. But, snow is inconsistent at best and there are sometimes many years in a row with no snow at all.
It snows in Raleigh once in a blue moon. When it does snow, the whole city shuts down and everyone plays for a day or two until it melts. I'd hardly consider the Triangle above the snow line. When I was a kid, we'd pray for snow to get a day off. But, snow is inconsistent at best and there are sometimes many years in a row with no snow at all.
The average lows for raleigh
Nov 39
Dec 32
Jan 29
Feb 31
March 38
Records snowfall of over an inch on average in Jan, Feb, March and always some on average from Nov-March, can also get ice storms/blizzards. Max snowstorm in Raleigh was 20 inches of snow, which is up there with Chicago levels of max snow fall from a storm.
That is not a warm city to me.
You should know the difference between Florida warm, and NC warm. As I said I wouldn't even consider SF warm as many parts of the area never get above 70 on average as a high in the warmest month of the year. Under 70 to me is "mild weather". In the 30s or below at night is cold weather, especially 5 months out of the year.
Anyway back to discussion, good point with Rice Village. Never spent any time there, how is it? Also what are intellectual areas of LA if there are any? How about Austin?
Last edited by Garfieldian; 09-25-2011 at 03:08 PM..
Records snowfall of over an inch on average in Jan, Feb, March and always some on average from Nov-March, can also get ice storms/blizzards. Max snowstorm in Raleigh was 20 inches of snow, which is up there with Chicago levels of max snow fall from a storm.
That is not a warm city to me.
You should know the difference between Florida warm, and NC warm. As I said I wouldn't even consider SF warm as many parts of the area never get above 70 on average as a high in the warmest month of the year. Under 70 to me is "mild weather". In the 30s or below at night is cold weather, especially 5 months out of the year.
Anyway back to discussion, good point with Rice Village. Never spent any time there, how is it? Also what are intellectual areas of LA if there are any? How about Austin?
I do understand the difference better than you ever will because I live in both NC and FL. On any given day in the Winter, it can be cold or it can be warm in Raleigh. The day we moved to Raleigh on Jan 11 of '74, it was in the 70s. The Winter weather in Raleigh see-saws from Dec. to early March. The first flowers bloom in February. Piedmont NC is hardly the snow belt. This is especially true for Raleigh since it sits at the very eastern edge of the Piedmont before the landscape becomes the Coastal Plain.
Regarding the 20 inches snow, I remember it well. It was a once in a lifetime event like a 100 year flood is to those living in a river basin. It does not define the typical year or decade.
I have spent Christmas in shorts and Christmas bundled up in a coat in Raleigh. Don't like the Winter weather in Raleigh?... wait a few days...it will change.
But...if you are going to stay technical about where it snows and ices on rare occasions, then you also have to toss out Austin. It happens there too.
In the end, a college town in Florida like Gainesville might be the best example. It's not much of a city but, as most college towns are, its intellectual credentials are elevated. It's can be chilly in the Winter but frost is rare. Even Miami has had about a total of a dozen(ish) days that I'd consider cold in my ten years of experience.
Big arts & music scene. Huge university. Lots of tech companies. Probably most educated city in Texas.
Last edited by PapaGrande; 09-25-2011 at 08:05 PM..
Reason: fixing typo
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