So Cal. vs. Phoenix

[Howard Roark]

I worked in Baltimore all summer. 80 degree days there are much more uncomfortable than any 80 degree day in Phoenix, especially in December in Phoenix.

I get hot very easy and cannot handle humidity over 80 degrees without dripping sweat.

I have no problem on an 80 degree day in Phoenix.

Originally Posted by Jeff Jarrett

In Phoenix it can be 80 freaking degrees right smack in the middle of December. If you love your winters to be cold like I do, than avoid Phoenix like the plague. I don't want to be sweating like a pig during the christmas holidays.

[zenkonami]

Originally Posted by Howard Roark

I worked in Baltimore all summer. 80 degree days there are much more uncomfortable than any 80 degree day in Phoenix, especially in December in Phoenix.

I get hot very easy and cannot handle humidity over 80 degrees without dripping sweat.

I have no problem on an 80 degree day in Phoenix.

You're absolutely right. 80 degrees in Phoenix is pleasant go to the park weather. Relax. Have a beer.

80 degrees in Baltimore can be sick, sticky and unbearable.

But in the summer, in Phoenix, you can have days (and sometimes even weeks) on end at 108 - 118 degrees, with lows (we're talking 4:30 AM here) never dropping below 90. That simply doesn't happen in Baltimore.

You can't touch your seatbelt or it'll burn you. The handle to your car door will burn you. The concrete may not burn you, but it can cause you plenty of pain. If you stand in one place for too long, the soles of your shoes start to become sticky. You sweat, and it evaporates before the breeze can cool you, but the breeze hits you like a hair dryer that just won't turn off.

On the east coast, at night, during the summer, you can put a fan in the window and have a shot at a decent, if muggy night's sleep.

If you do the same thing in Phoenix you just won't cool down, so you become addicted to air conditioning, and that can get expensive fast.

For some people, a constant inside (A/C), outside (hot and dry), inside lifestyle can be the source of headaches and discomfort, challenging the body's immune system to withstand rapid changes in temperature.

It's very easy to be fooled by that dry heat and think it's just fine for a while, but it can dehydrate you very quickly.

Muggy and hot is unbearable, no doubt, but high desert temperatures have their own hazards and discomforts. Some of us just adapt to some of these discomforts better than others. Some of us even revel in them

[ArizonaBear]

Add in the nasty Wash DC winters (30 miles S of Baltimore) and I will gladly 'suffer' through our 110F+ summers here!

In all fairness: the direct sun here is quite intense but; due in part to my porcelain white skin--------I avoid direct sunlight as much as possible.

[ArrowThruTheMoon]

the roads are so much nicer here, i bet you could save a bundle on just by running your car on flat freeways.... i remember riding on the 405 thinking my mirrors' gonna fall off (and I had a solid Audi)...

oh and we don't have a clown for governor! or a corrupt jerk-off mayor!

[barryhussein]

And you would rather have a Fred Flintstone look alike for Governor? Maybe you would like Grey Davis to come back and work on the energy problem(s) some more.

[xpunksurferx]

arnold is the man! he just inherited a state that spends much more then it makes due to its legislature

[sheena]

Originally Posted by Jeff Jarrett

In Phoenix it can be 80 freaking degrees right smack in the middle of December. If you love your winters to be cold like I do, than avoid Phoenix like the plague. I don't want to be sweating like a pig during the christmas holidays.

If you think 80 degrees in Phoenix is sweat like a pig weather I would hope you would avoid Phoenix like the plague. 80 degrees in Phoenix is very pleasant.

[barryhussein]

Originally Posted by xpunksurferx

arnold is the man! he just inherited a state that spends much more then it makes due to its legislature

But Janet did let those sideburns come in real nicely.