Texas Is The Ultimate Climate Rip-off (snowing, farmers, annual, Kansas)
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Yeah, well, I grew up in Rochester, NY which means in the 18 years I lived there, I saw approx 1,800"/150 ft of snow, more than enough to last a lifetime. I don't ever want to see another flake of snow for as long as I f@$!#ng live, is that clear enough?!?!
Okay, and apparently to a guy that grew up in Rochester, Dallas is too snowy LOL.
Your girlfriend left you for a snowman, that's what it was wasn't it?
As a resident of eastern Texas, all I can say is AMEN!!!
The weather here is absolutely appallingly stupid, only a moron with the IQ of dryer lint would set weather up in this way.
As I get older (I'm in my 40s), I can't deal with extremes very well, hot or cold. I like WARM weather, but I cannot stand HOT weather, I just can't stand it, yet at the same time I don't want a very cold winter either, but the only places that give you that are places like San Diego or Hawaii which have a high cost of living and are crowded as heck. .
I always have wondered why older people, especially after retirement age love the hot places to retire, Florida,Texas,Arizona,the Carolinas, Georgia etc? Heat wears me down but I really hate the cold, especially the early darkness in winter . I can still barbecue at night on a humid evening , a cold winter evening is depressing but I know what you say about the heat. If I could stay in maybe no higher than 88-89 and certain dew point I would be happy.
I love a humid evening thunderstorm though no matter how hot the day was
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Okay, and apparently to a guy that grew up in Rochester, Dallas is too snowy LOL.
Your girlfriend left you for a snowman, that's what it was wasn't it?
Wtf are you talking about? I just hate snow, it's cold, depressing, doesn't allow palm trees to grow/thrive, kills the grass, trees and flowers, makes it so you have to wear pants and a heavy coat instead of shorts and a t-shirt. But, I don't like humidity either, so only subtropical deserts and mediterranean climates appeal to me.
Why do you say streets are not active? It doesnt seem that way to me at all, its one of the fastest growing downtowns and states in the country and there are condos going in left and right downtown, that downtown has grown like 130% since 2000. On first friday and weekends when I am there visiting I avoid most of the downtown because its packed , I hate big crowds and places like glenwood south are just packed with p[people you can barely walk from bar to bar, I hate stuff like that .
Me too. I'm grateful to live in a quiet suburban area.
Me too. I'm grateful to live in a quiet suburban area.
Yep, though I hate suburbs because they take over too much land,I would prefer if most folks lived in dense urban cities that were walkable with tracts of protected forests and parks and lakes within the city and a large urban crown similar to Charlotte Atlanta and Raleigh where basically even in the heart of the city you are in a forest, sorrounded by medium dense suburbs and small rural towns. I would prefer if at least 60% of the land was protected forest. Then another portion protected farmland. I also would prefer if we managed to GREATLY reduce noise and light pollution to the point you can see the stars even in the downtown area of a city. Would be some great living. Can't think of any cities that match what I described, Raleigh has lots of lakes inside the city limits an urban crown and a state forest but has suburban sprawl everywhere. Maybe Seattle or portland???
I can't deal with dense places. Claustrophobic, scared to park my car anywhere with all the regulations, nope I'll keep my spacious roads and strip malls.
Yep, though I hate suburbs because they take over too much land,I would prefer if most folks lived in dense urban cities that were walkable with tracts of protected forests and parks and lakes within the city and a large urban crown similar to Charlotte Atlanta and Raleigh where basically even in the heart of the city you are in a forest, sorrounded by medium dense suburbs and small rural towns. I would prefer if at least 60% of the land was protected forest. Then another portion protected farmland. I also would prefer if we managed to GREATLY reduce noise and light pollution to the point you can see the stars even in the downtown area of a city. Would be some great living. Can't think of any cities that match what I described, Raleigh has lots of lakes inside the city limits an urban crown and a state forest but has suburban sprawl everywhere. Maybe Seattle or portland???
If you have the same amount of people in a dense city center as you do in a city with sprawling suburbs, light pollution will be worse in the city center. Use some common sense for once.
Yep, though I hate suburbs because they take over too much land,I would prefer if most folks lived in dense urban cities that were walkable with tracts of protected forests and parks and lakes within the city and a large urban crown similar to Charlotte Atlanta and Raleigh where basically even in the heart of the city you are in a forest, sorrounded by medium dense suburbs and small rural towns. I would prefer if at least 60% of the land was protected forest. Then another portion protected farmland. I also would prefer if we managed to GREATLY reduce noise and light pollution to the point you can see the stars even in the downtown area of a city. Would be some great living. Can't think of any cities that match what I described, Raleigh has lots of lakes inside the city limits an urban crown and a state forest but has suburban sprawl everywhere. Maybe Seattle or portland???
Coming from other places, visiting Raleigh it has an amazingly large amount of trees and canopy, huge amount of trees even in the downtown area ,from around the five points area to the capital, its like driving in a forest. from rialto to downtown a mile or two.
Though thats a really a big problem if the City of Oaks gets a hurricane like Hurricane Fran.
I think the sprawl has more to do with all the biotech and research and Duke, UNC, NC State and RTP and the whole concept of the "research triangle"
If Raleigh did more tech and research stuff downtown , like red hat and citrix, and gets this train service to chapel hill and duke, it would be a much more important city in America. Raleigh downtown is gorgeous ,very walkable and very green and alot of great nightlife, very wooded downtown . Raleigh just needs more corporate headquarters downtown and not around research triangle, Duke and durham and UNC, thats where the traffic comes
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If you have the same amount of people in a dense city center as you do in a city with sprawling suburbs, light pollution will be worse in the city center. Use some common sense for once.
In the city center public transportation is more efficient, reducing the amount of cars on the road. It pushes more people to walk. The city center might be dirtier, but overall it's much better for the atmosphere. There is a reason why NYC consumes the least energy per capita in the US
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