Which climate would be harder for a coastal Southern Californian to adjust to? Seattle or Miami? (San Diego: buy, to live)

[ltrrtl218]

God just the transition from San Diego to San Francisco has been rough and depressing for me and I can't wait to get back to the nice weather of SoCal. I can't begin to imagine how tough it must be to move up there. I think places like Seattle or anywhere where it never actually gets warm for a extended part of the year, you would have to have grown up in or just truly love to want to spend your life in place like that.

I could honestly handle the midwest weather over places like SF or Seattle because at least for 3 or 4 months a year you are guaranteed warm weather (even if it is humid) regardless of it getting to 20 below in the winter. In places like Seattle or SF or Portland you are maybe given a couple warm days a year but that's it so you don't get that feeling of knowing that even if the weather the rest of the year is terrible at least you have a nice warm summer or fall to look forward too.

[BeauCharles]

I can't imagine most Californians - north or south - appreciating steambath summer heat and humidity. I'd vote for Miami being hardest.

[ABrandNewWorld]

Originally Posted by BeauCharles

I can't imagine most Californians - north or south - appreciating steambath summer heat and humidity. I'd vote for Miami being hardest.

Southern California gets a little taste of humidity sometimes in August or September. I imagine its a very alien concept for those from the Northern part of the state.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

I hope I never have to find out. If I ever need to leave here I will take the heat of the Phoenix area before ever moving to either Florida or Washington. LOL

[goolsbyjazz]

Originally Posted by SOON2BNSURPRISE

I hope I never have to find out. If I ever need to leave here I will take the heat of the Phoenix area before ever moving to either Florida or Washington. LOL

WHAT?!!! I am recording this that someone from California chose the HEAT of Phoenix over Florida or Washington State! Jk.

[Gunion Powder]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

Note: Miami gets almost twice as much rain as Seattle but it comes in sudden and heavy downpours of the intensity that Californians never see

Which is one of the main things I would hate about living in California. I can't imagine life without exciting storms.

[NewbiePoster]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

While Miami would not be pleasant for a number of reasons, trading the June Gloom of southern California for the nearly perpetual grey of Seattle would be harder to take for this southern California native. Also, my northern California native wife is susceptible to SAD so Seattle would not be an option. Over time you can become acclimatized to humidity.

This. Plus the limited daylight in winter. Though the extreme heat and humidity of Miami summers would also be pretty hard to take.

[NewbiePoster]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

Southern California gets a little taste of humidity sometimes in August or September. I imagine its a very alien concept for those from the Northern part of the state.

Actually, the humidity level of the East Bay fluctuates, and can be very noticeable some days.

[04kL4nD]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

I think places like Seattle or anywhere where it never actually gets warm for a extended part of the year, you would have to have grown up in or just truly love to want to spend your life in place like that.

Sounds like you've never been to Seattle in the summer. It blows summer in SF away and I'd take it each and every time. Long, warm days and super long twilight. The rest of the year in Seattle though...

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by ltrrtl218

God just the transition from San Diego to San Francisco has been rough and depressing for me and I can't wait to get back to the nice weather of SoCal. I can't begin to imagine how tough it must be to move up there. I think places like Seattle or anywhere where it never actually gets warm for a extended part of the year, you would have to have grown up in or just truly love to want to spend your life in place like that.

I could honestly handle the midwest weather over places like SF or Seattle because at least for 3 or 4 months a year you are guaranteed warm weather (even if it is humid) regardless of it getting to 20 below in the winter. In places like Seattle or SF or Portland you are maybe given a couple warm days a year but that's it so you don't get that feeling of knowing that even if the weather the rest of the year is terrible at least you have a nice warm summer or fall to look forward too.

This is only true of San Francisco. Seattle has warm summers and Portland gets hot.