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Old 03-03-2013, 02:05 PM
 
Location: Seattle area
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We also had a longer summer than usual with sun into September this past year.
Sunny weather in September is not unusual because it happens almost every year. Actually last year it was sunny and 70+ until October. I remember being at a Sounders game on October 7 and it was HOT. June is the problem because it's usually rainy and cold and June 2012 was no exception. I was watching the Euro cup final on July 1 and it was raining and was 60. That is bad and happens more frequently.
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Old 03-03-2013, 02:06 PM
 
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this last summer was an anomaly compared to the previous 4 summers I've experienced.
The summer of 2009 was much sunnier, warmer, and longer than 2012 with a lot of temperature records. June 2012 was rainy and cold, while the summer in 2009 started in the middle of May and had a lot of 90+ in June and July, including 103 on July 29.
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Old 03-03-2013, 02:32 PM
 
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Compare the dry brown hills where I used to live in CA to the kind of views we have here.
Hemlock, what are you trying to do?!

Joking aside, I've always liked the look of Pacheco Pass Highway/152 in Northern CA.

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Old 03-03-2013, 03:15 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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My thought is, if it is SO miserable, why do so many live there?!
People go where the jobs are. Boeing & Microsoft are big draws.
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Old 03-03-2013, 04:54 PM
 
Location: West Coast
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To each their own, but I really like the golden rolling hills of California, spotted with palm trees and the occasional greenbelt and wildflower patch. Of course on a (rare) sunny day here, we have some incredible views as well that can't be matched by anywhere short of the Alps or Hawaii. When you get here, check out Diablo Lake/Ross Lake area in July, it really is a sight to be seen.




It really looks like that when the sun is on it, even right up close, it's something to be seen.
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Old 03-03-2013, 05:49 PM
 
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Western WA's weather is wonderful for the complexion! You won't have as many wrinkles and spots as folks living in sunnier states. You can always drive over to eastern WA if you need to see some sun....
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Old 03-03-2013, 05:58 PM
 
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The summer of 2009 was much sunnier, warmer, and longer than 2012 with a lot of temperature records. June 2012 was rainy and cold, while the summer in 2009 started in the middle of May and had a lot of 90+ in June and July, including 103 on July 29.
Wrong
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Old 03-03-2013, 06:00 PM
 
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To each their own, but I really like the golden rolling hills of California, spotted with palm trees and the occasional greenbelt and wildflower patch. Of course on a (rare) sunny day here, we have some incredible views as well that can't be matched by anywhere short of the Alps or Hawaii. When you get here, check out Diablo Lake/Ross Lake area in July, it really is a sight to be seen.




It really looks like that when the sun is on it, even right up close, it's something to be seen.
Amazing water color, beautiful.
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Old 03-03-2013, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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People go where the jobs are. Boeing & Microsoft are big draws.
Isn't that the truth! That is why we are headed West....job offer
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To each their own, but I really like the golden rolling hills of California, spotted with palm trees and the occasional greenbelt and wildflower patch. Of course on a (rare) sunny day here, we have some incredible views as well that can't be matched by anywhere short of the Alps or Hawaii. When you get here, check out Diablo Lake/Ross Lake area in July, it really is a sight to be seen.




It really looks like that when the sun is on it, even right up close, it's something to be seen.
thanks for the tips and for sharing those Amazing photos!! I am looking forward to the wonderful outdoors the PNW has to offer!

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Western WA's weather is wonderful for the complexion! You won't have as many wrinkles and spots as folks living in sunnier states. You can always drive over to eastern WA if you need to see some sun....
already bringing some sun spots with me lol I refuse to put my Maui Jim sunglasses in my Moving Sale!
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Old 03-03-2013, 06:11 PM
 
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To OP, I had to start antidepressants after living in Seattle for a while. I generally have a cheerful disposition, but the lack of sun seriously affected me. I love almost everything about this place, but the grey cloud-covered months can be difficult for many. I sometimes wonder if I am doing my children a disservice, and load them up with vitamin D supplements. Every one of my friends, very successful and educated, are on antidepressants. Sometimes sheer willpower to get through the winters is not enough. And despite what many say about not being affected by the hundred shades of grey, I think MOST people are in fact impacted to some degree. You can see it in our culture -- on sunny days, people seem more energetic and spill outdoors, while on cloudy drizzly days people are typically holed-up inside and become more passive-aggressive, rigid, unsmiling. I'm not the only person who has noticed this. We have a bipolar culture.
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