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Of course London is one of the warmer parts of the UK.
Though I am yet to figure out why Europeans (and Americans) like cold climates, I just spent the last winter in Seoul which has far colder winters than London and would describe it as hell on earth, particularly if you are carrying an infant around with you. London's winters are more bearable.
Well wiki is not at times 100% accurate. Dunedin is a little warmer in winter, but a littler cooler in Summer compared to London.
Here is a link which compares Dunedin to London and a few other cities in weather:Comparison of New Zealand with UK Climate and Weather
When I was in Dunedin during the summer I was astonished on how cold it was. It felt like winter in my city Sydney.
Of course London is one of the warmer parts of the UK.
Though I am yet to figure out why Europeans (and Americans) like cold climates, I just spent the last winter in Seoul which has far colder winters than London and would describe it as hell on earth, particularly if you are carrying an infant around with you. London's winters are more bearable.
But London doesn't have the average British climate.
And still we are colder and closer to the pole so we see more snow and ice anyway.
Well wiki is not at times 100% accurate. Dunedin is a little warmer in winter, but a littler cooler in Summer compared to London.
Here is a link which compares Dunedin to London and a few other cities in weather:Comparison of New Zealand with UK Climate and Weather
When I was in Dunedin during the summer I was astonished on how cold it was. It felt like winter in my city Sydney.
Well if you think 20c is cold you'd have a nervous breakdown here at 12c.
Of course London is one of the warmer parts of the UK.
Though I am yet to figure out why Europeans (and Americans) like cold climates, I just spent the last winter in Seoul which has far colder winters than London and would describe it as hell on earth, particularly if you are carrying an infant around with you. London's winters are more bearable.
I've often wondered this? I've heard people say they dislike the British climate because its Winters are too warm! I don't get it!! Give me a winter temperature of 20 degrees any day over the 10 degrees of London let alone anywhere that is sub-zero!
Dunedin is quite a bit colder in the summer than London, and quite a bit colder than my own city of Leeds, but conversely a little milder in the winter.
I prefer colder winters because I like snow, and cold does not bother me. Plus, cold winter climates like Seoul are way sunnier than anywhere in the UK, so for some, the extra sun is worth the colder weather. In the UK, winters are very cloudy, but also rather damp, and often breezy - not very nice, and they kind of offset the mild temperatures. I mean, if it's a choice between 8C with cloud and drizzle, or -5C with sunshine and snow on the ground, I am going to pick the latter - no question.
Dunedin is quite a bit colder in the summer than London, and quite a bit colder than my own city of Leeds, but conversely a little milder in the winter.
I prefer colder winters because I like snow, and cold does not bother me. Plus, cold winter climates like Seoul are way sunnier than anywhere in the UK, so for some, the extra sun is worth the colder weather. In the UK, winters are very cloudy, but also rather damp, and often breezy - not very nice, and they kind of offset the mild temperatures. I mean, if it's a choice between 8C with cloud and drizzle, or -5C with sunshine and snow on the ground, I am going to pick the latter - no question.
Fair enough dunno, horses for courses but as somebody who cycles to work Summer and Winter I would rather live somewhere where I could let go of my handlebars once I got to work 😀
Generally, people in countries that are industrialized stop emigrating in large numbers (eg. Irish and Italian immigration to the New World has slowed since Ireland and Italy are now rich), so rich countries generally stop getting immigration from other rich countries but instead get immigration from poorer countries. Many New World countries, from Canada to Argentina once received very large numbers of European or British Isles immigrants but very few in modern times.
But for Australia and New Zealand, it seems immigration from the UK still seems high up into very recent times.
Why is that? It seems like in the US and Canada, most immigration is from poorer countries (Mexico, China, India) and few from developed ones any more (like Italy, Ireland, the UK, even Japan). Why does Australia and New Zealand still attract immigrants from a rich, western country?
Australia has:
Stronger Economy
Better Weather
Better Wages
Less Americanised. (ie Australia's national sport is Cricket, like the UK. They love binge drinking, like the UK. They drive on the left, like the UK.)
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