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I'm sure you would notice the difference. Pretty much every day I was in NYC was mostly sunny. It's certainly noticeably sunnier than London in summer.
It's only about 30 hours sunnier in summer than London if you take away the 'inflated' hours, although they have shorter days so would have a higher % sunshine. Still I think in July NYC is about 58% sunshine, we are around 50% so not too much difference. If I lived in NYC for a few years then I would probably notice it more though (outside of winter)
London guys Ι think is not depressing as you say. I think some places in Scotland would be depressing because the sunshine levels are around 1000 to 1200 hours. That means the half sunshine that I get in Ioannina. Oh my God!
Probably they would. But as history shows, the human race is able to adapt to almost anything. It would probably be a shock for you the first time around, but if you've lived 5 years in Finland you'd know what to expect.
The competition is fierce, which just tells that the cool cloudy oceanic weather doesn't prevent people from flocking to the city. Likewise as there's much more other opportunities that trumps the climate it's Moscow who has 12 million inhabitants and not Sochi.
Yes, that's me, but I seriously doubt many healthy persons have climate as a primary criteria. Already as climate knowledge among "normal" people is on kindergarten levels, tells that it's just not getting too much attention.
Well they are big cities so...
Big city = more people = more competition. And young working people don't care much about weather anyway. I personally don't. However, when it comes to the older generation I think there is a difference. After all I'm sure it is not a coincidence that there are so many (retired) British people living in Spain.
It might not be related to climate, but it seems to me that people from southern countries (Greece, Turkey, Spain) have better skin...This is just a personal observation.
I agree, the weather can be annoying in the Uk (I am originally from there now living in Utah) and do agree that is can make you feel down when not only do you get long winters but not very many long summers or consistent sunshine. However we do get a lot of daylight in the summer which is a big bonus. Sometimes it doesn't get dark until after 1030pm.I am enjoying the sun here and the better weather however here I slightly miss the girlie social side that I had back home with friends. Here you have to drive a lot to go anywhere as the public transport is not as great and there are quite long distances between me and the friends I have made here. There is also the fact that people have far more children so are always busy meaning less time as mum's for social interaction in the evenings as they are tying themselves in knots running 5 kids from one activity to the next nightly( I have a child who plays soccer at comp level and I do this but not every night & day). I have friends with no kids and sometimes do a taxi if we fancy going out for a night that involves drinking
There is also the factor that culturally it is slightly different as few women drink here which I knew before I came as it has a large Mormon population, which is tough sometimes socially when you come from a european culture that socialises involving drink (and I don't mean getting totally drunk before I get jumped on )
There is always a compromise where you live, I enjoy it here and love the outdoors so there has to be a compromise but doesn't mean I don't miss things. There are also inversions here which I think are far more detrimental health wise than a lack of sunshine sometimes . This sometimes makes me miss home as socialising with other women is a big part of who I am and my girlie friends are important. I have a little of that here with people in a group I have joined and a couple of friends who have moved here from out of state but sometimes the distances limit spontaneity unfortunately as cant just walk round the corner to a friends house like I did before or jump on a train for 15 minutes
It might not be related to climate, but it seems to me that people from southern countries (Greece, Turkey, Spain) have better skin...This is just a personal observation.
Especially the Spaniards are quite paranoid about the sun. Rarely go sunbathing.
It's only about 30 hours sunnier in summer than London if you take away the 'inflated' hours, although they have shorter days so would have a higher % sunshine. Still I think in July NYC is about 58% sunshine, we are around 50% so not too much difference. If I lived in NYC for a few years then I would probably notice it more though (outside of winter)
I think outside of summer, the difference would be obvious.
First time in this particular forum and Ariete's posts are making me smile.
As an EXTREMELY Pale person currently living in the US, I'd say take me back to that UK weather any time. I lived there for 3 years and definitely prefer the "gloomy" overcast days. "Jacket weather" is my favourite time of the year.
Loving that weather is part of the reason I settled in the San Francisco Bay Area of California for a while. Too bad it's so expensive.
Sunshine makes me wilt. I used to pass out and get heatstroke all the time in Missouri summers when I was growing up. Others thrive in sunshine and need to drink it up to feel refreshed.
I think there have been some really good points in here:
1) Weather affects mood, but in different ways in different people.
2) Perfect weather does not a perfect living location make. It's just one facet of a happy life.
Now...if I had a safe affordable location that had weather like the UK or San Francisco...I'd be all over that -- Poppin' dem vitamin D pills, and slathering on the sunscreen for when the sun dares to show its face!
EDIT: Oh yeah. Currently in Austin, Texas, as you can see from my profile. Hate the sun. I endure it by staying in the air conditioning all the time. Heavy black curtains up on the windows. VERY good air conditioning in my car. Freezing office that I work in and have to wear a coat in year 'round. Do I take walks outside? HARDLY EVER. I hear Austin has some beautiful parks. Too bad it has all that sun to melt me. -_-
I think outside of summer, the difference would be obvious.
I'm not so sure, it probably would, but then this past April we had over 200 hours of sunshine, more than NYC would have in an average April, yet until I checked the stats I didn't realise we had that much. NYC tends to have sunny days that have a fair amount of cloud, not blue dome skies, right? Because I tend to only really notice its really sunny where there are no clouds in the sky at all - like most Mediterranean climates in summer
Eureka, Nunavut gets 700 hours of sunshine in May. No one lives there because they all commit suicide with so much sunshine. Even the Eskimos couldn't handle it.
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