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Now that I have a daughter I vowed she will grow up with seasons. To this day I have never ridden on a sled and I feel like I really missed out on snowball fights and jumping in leaves. We are moving back to NE in May , she'll be 3 1/2 then and I hope shell love it.
That's great. For the vast majority of people a four-season climate provides the best childhood, because once they grow up they'll have a full spectrum of weather and climate experience to fall back on*. If they decide they like some other warmer or colder climate they can always move elsewhere later. Plus there's the near-universal joy and interest of playing in the snow, snowmen, and snow forts which, although people of all ages can enjoy it, is special when one is a kid.
*As opposed to people who have never experienced winter, cold weather, summer, or hot weather in their lives.
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That's great. For the vast majority of people a four-season climate provides the best childhood, because once they grow up they'll have a full spectrum of weather and climate experience to fall back on*. If they decide they like some other warmer or colder climate they can always move elsewhere later. Plus there's the near-universal joy and interest of playing in the snow, snowmen, and snow forts which, although people of all ages can enjoy it, is special when one is a kid.
*As opposed to people who have never experienced winter, cold weather, summer, or hot weather in their lives.
That's true, but there are benefits to living in a climate like LA. You can do comfortable outdoor activities anytime of year, just more comfortable without excessive clothing.etc. LA also doesn't get as hot/humid as NYC in summer.
That's true, but there are benefits to living in a climate like LA. You can do comfortable outdoor activities anytime of year, just more comfortable without excessive clothing.etc. LA also doesn't get as hot/humid as NYC in summer.
But that's relative. Anybody can do any activity they want outdoors, provided hey have the tolerance for it, and kids have tolerance for almost anything. Kids don't care if it's too hot or too cold outside, dry or humid. Those are all adult concerns As for adults, we have posters on here that claim they can't function in anything but the hottest, most humid conditions and some who say that the colder it is, the better they can work outside.
I was born in Nov. 1992, and during the winter of 1992-93 there was a snow event. I was an infant, so I can't remember that one. My first snow memory was in the winter of 1997-98. I had turned 5, and I remember having snowball fights with my dad. I loved seeing the winter wonderland in my backyard and the forest behind it. Snow in the southeast USA isn't so common, so it's a treat when we do get it.
I had another interesting snow event in Feb. 2011 during my senior year in high school. At first I was angry at having to go to school (I had a cold and couldn't sleep the night before). Not to mention the fire alarm constantly going off that morning during class. But it turned out to be a good thing. Early before classes began, and between 1st and 2nd block, there was a plethora of people outside in the courtyard having what I like to call "The Great Snowball War!" It was ruined, however, when some idiots thought it would be a brilliant idea to hide rocks in the snowballs.
That's true, but there are benefits to living in a climate like LA. You can do comfortable outdoor activities anytime of year, just more comfortable without excessive clothing.etc. LA also doesn't get as hot/humid as NYC in summer.
You can do anything you want except any activity that involves cold weather or snow . That's a huge aspect of life and weather that the child that grows up in LA misses out on, and you only get to be a kid once. Heat and humidity is also something to experience. The biggest point is that you will have much more knowledge of what kind of weather you like and dislike if you actually experience a variety of weather (i.e. a four-season climate) versus if you only have ever experienced one kind of weather (like warmth/sun in the case of LA, or even cool/cloudy in a place like Iceland).
I think the case to have a "home base" of experience like that is a convincing one. If your home is in a four-season climate, that's good, but it's even better to have a home base like that but also to have experience (like vacations) traveling to ski resorts and places like the Sierra Nevada, tropical beaches, places like LA, deserts, and the subarctic regions. If you put all that together you couldn't have a better-rounded childhood in the area of climate.
With all that said, I think children will tend to turn out just fine regardless of what climate they're raised in, but I think growing up with four seasons is best.
Also, who ever said NYC was a good four-season climate ? I was thinking more along the lines of New England, southern Quebec, northern Iowa, and southern Minnesota. Those places actually have a snowpack on the ground for the winter (which is vital in the four season experience), plus hot summers. However, neither the cold in winter nor the heat in summer is constant (like it is in NYC), since they receive the occasional January thaw or July cool spell.
Well my hometown is Nice but that didn't prevent me from experiencing snow and cold weather as 1) mountains are nearby and you can get to -10°C and snow with a 2 hours drive (ski resorts) 2) my parents used to own a house in a nearby Cfb/borderline Dfb climate (-4/5°C in winter), in the Alps, where it snowed every winter.
Although I agree that I was really nice to experience snow & cold stuff while being a kid, I'm glad it was occasional and I didn't have to cope with it every day, every winter
The winter after I was born we were it with a huge blizzard. We received roughly a foot and a half to 2 feet of snow (approx 60cm) with snow drifts 6 feet (182cm) or more deep. There is a picture of our house with practically the first entire floor buried under snow. And my parents were stuck in there with a 5 month old!
So I grew up in a climate the experiences snow every winter. But in college I once dated a girl from Corpus Christi, Texas that had only seen snow a couple times in her life. She came to stay with me for a week at my parent's house during Christmas break and her last day, we got hit by a good snowstorm with several inches of snow. She was amazed that it was not only falling so hard, but that nothing was closed and we could still go out if we wanted to. The first thing she did, though, was plop down in the snow. Then she instantly got back up claiming it was cold and wet! I said, what did you expect! What did you think snow was?? Needless to say, the butt of her jeans was soaked. I found it rather funny. Her, not so much.
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But that's relative. Anybody can do any activity they want outdoors, provided hey have the tolerance for it, and kids have tolerance for almost anything. Kids don't care if it's too hot or too cold outside, dry or humid. Those are all adult concerns As for adults, we have posters on here that claim they can't function in anything but the hottest, most humid conditions and some who say that the colder it is, the better they can work outside.
Relative schmelative...anyone will agree that 20C/68F weather is better for playing sports than freezing weather where you fingers are numb to the bone.
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As for adults, we have posters on here that claim they can't function in anything but the hottest, most humid conditions and some who say that the colder it is, the better they can work outside.
But it turned out to be a good thing. Early before classes began, and between 1st and 2nd block, there was a plethora of people outside in the courtyard having what I like to call "The Great Snowball War!"
It was ruined, however, when some idiots thought it would be a brilliant idea to hide rocks in the snowballs.
. That's a huge aspect of life and weather that the child that grows up in LA misses out on, and you only get to be a kid once. Heat and humidity is also something to experience. The biggest point is that you will have much more knowledge of what kind of weather you like and dislike if you actually experience a variety of weather (i.e. a four-season climate) versus if you only have ever experienced one kind of weather (like warmth/sun in the case of LA, or even cool/cloudy in a place like Iceland).
