How many months per year does the humidity bother you?

[ProjectMersh]

Originally Posted by StarfishKey

Since you say you like Miami in winter, one other thought is to consider budgeting for a trip once on a while or trying to live bicoastal or something. Florida's economy is in large part based on people who like the winters but hate the summers, so you wouldn't be alone. Living in cold regions is the same way - for many it is a way of life to yearn for and try to afford a warm-climate trip sometime during the winter, at least to break it up a little and get out in the sun. You could plan to return to CA to visit old friends during summer, or to go to a cold climate. Or if you have that financial flexibility you could find two locations that you like to live in, and either rent, or own and rent out your place when you're away. Sometimes dreaming can work out for real, if you plan it well and take your time.

If I win the lottery I could see going bi-coastal. Absent that I'll have to stick with just one residence.

[ProjectMersh]

Originally Posted by StarfishKey

This is a really personal issue, so you need to access more for how you respond to humidity than how others do.

Another way to look at it is, people don't tend to acclimate to humidity as much as they do to temperature. So, when you have been in really high humidity (close to 100%), were you uncomfortable to a point that would be hard to live with? I can't live in the desert, my body isn't made for it. Every time I am in very low humidity my lips crack immediately no matter how hydrated I am, I get a fever, and my skin breaks out in rashes. Some people are like that with humidity, they absolutely can't take it.
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I think you are right. Different people/bodies react differently. I grew up in SoCalif. but lived for a few years in my 20's in NYC and Wash, DC areas. East coast people that I made friends with used to say, "Oh you must hate the winters here." To which I'd always reply, "No, it is the summers I can't stand."

And I generally prefer warm weather. I just hated the humid summers. You get spoiled living in an area where you are almost always comfortable when you go outside. I realize Miami and humidity are a package deal.

Originally Posted by StarfishKey

In Miami there is a battle between style and comfort. You'll acclimatize to the heat within 2 months (the heat is worse than SoCal because of the humidity). But still, you will tend to be uncomfortable because Miami locals wear pants and sometimes even long sleeves or jackets in 80-90F. This is especially true if you are among FL natives or the Caribbean population, in part because they don't feel hot, and in part it's just the style. I never, ever, ever see people wearing shorts to go out in public (other than for exercise) in Miami except for in South Beach. It may be harder to stay comfortable because of pressure to wear clothes to fit in that don't allow much breathing. But you can wear sandals or Dockers all year long, and you may never wear another sock again....

I have noticed the same thing in other tropical places like Barranquila, Colombia. Most of the locals wear long pants even in sweltering weather (unless it is a weekend maybe). But I guess they are used to it.

[ProjectMersh]

Can anyone tell me the general rule of thumb for dress code in the downtown Miami/Brickell area? I am talking about work attire. Do most professional businesses/offices require employees to wear a long sleeve shirt, tie and jacket in summer? or do they relax the rules a bit in summer?

[Cubanchic]

Business casual and carry your jacket if going to a meeting. Basically you have AC in your car on the way to work, AC on the train, AC at work so you only suffer a little bit the few minutes you are outside. Always have a change of a shirt in your desk in case of spilling something or getting wet during a lunch time downpour.

[ProjectMersh]

Thanks Cubanchic. Appreciate it.

[StarfishKey]

I have never seen a white collar place in FL that doesn't have business casual. I had a friend who moved down from NYC for a big job, he bought 6 suits to get started for it. 2 months after work started, they switched to business casual, like everybody else here. All that money down the drain! Then he had to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe, because he didn't have "business casual." That was I think maybe 6 years ago. And they were one of the last hold-outs, from what I understand. It's just not a formal place, and of course the weather really doesn't fit the suit lifestyle either.

[Pincho-toot]

Nearly every single Goddamn day where the high temperature is above 75 degrees. Can't wait to be out of here and in Texas, as much as 110 degree summer days scare me, low humidity seems like heaven to me ^^

If you don't like humidity, the southeast in it's entirety will be hard for you to deal with.

[sportf190]

To be honest, the humidity really isn't that bad as everyone makes it out to be. The worst months are July-Sept and it can be pretty bad but you adjust to it. The cool thing about Miami is we get the breeze from the ocean so it is actually more comfortable down here in the summer months than in places like Orlando which get no breeze, and actually "feel" hotter

[Ohky0815]

Here in OH it is the humidity that will kill you, not the heat. Hot, sticky and annoying during the summer!

It can be 95 and feel like 120.