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I don't envy anyone in relentless humidity.
California weather is so much more comfortable. I like the chillier nights in winter. Who wants to be in the heat all the time?
Sounds horrible.
A couple years ago Chicago had a summer where it was ..90s at night for a week. Worst thing ever.
The tropics, the most humid of climates, are generally poor and third worldish for the most part.
There is a reason why the largest cities and populations on the planet are located in countries with humid climate zones (India and China). There is a reason why the most advanced, hi-tech cities are within the humid climate zone (Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, etc).
See, in humid climates, unlike in Med and (especially) arid climates, the rainfall peak comes during the hottest part of the year, summer, featuring heavy, soaking rains that allow for mitigation of the effects of evapotranspiration, which can desiccate beautiful plant life. Thus, bountiful plant-life can grow thoroughly, without threat of drought; this leads to very productive agriculture, which gave rise to the large civilizations that led up to the super-populated, hyper-advanced Asian cities you see today.
Humid climates are the Edens of the world. Tropical countries are third-worldish because the effects of the white man's imperialism left the native people still having to pick up the pieces to this day, not because of any climactic reasons.
There is a reason why the largest cities and populations on the planet are located in countries with humid climate zones (India and China). There is a reason why the most advanced, hi-tech cities are within the humid climate zone (Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, etc).
See, in humid climates, unlike in Med and (especially) arid climates, the rainfall peak comes during the hottest part of the year, summer, featuring heavy, soaking rains that allow for mitigation of the effects of evapotranspiration, which can desiccate beautiful plant life. Thus, bountiful plant-life can grow thoroughly, without threat of drought; this leads to very productive agriculture, which gave rise to the large civilizations that led up to the super-populated, hyper-advanced Asian cities you see today.
Humid climates are the Edens of the world. Tropical countries are third-worldish because the effects of the white man's imperialism left the native people still having to pick up the pieces to this day, not because of any climactic reasons.
Yet the majority of countries with the highest Human Development Index scores are not in humid climates.....
Hard choice for me with Humid and Mediterranean but I think I'll give the slight edge to Mediterranean for me personally. I prefer both to Arid by a mile.
There is a reason why the largest cities and populations on the planet are located in countries with humid climate zones (India and China). There is a reason why the most advanced, hi-tech cities are within the humid climate zone (Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, etc).
See, in humid climates, unlike in Med and (especially) arid climates, the rainfall peak comes during the hottest part of the year, summer, featuring heavy, soaking rains that allow for mitigation of the effects of evapotranspiration, which can desiccate beautiful plant life. Thus, bountiful plant-life can grow thoroughly, without threat of drought; this leads to very productive agriculture, which gave rise to the large civilizations that led up to the super-populated, hyper-advanced Asian cities you see today.
Humid climates are the Edens of the world. Tropical countries are third-worldish because the effects of the white man's imperialism left the native people still having to pick up the pieces to this day, not because of any climactic reasons.
The most advanced cities are not in humid tropical zones. California (med) is the most productive ag region in the world, tropical zones get too much rain and invasive plant, animal and insect species. Native peoples in tropical zones were not advanced to begin with.
There is a reason why the largest cities and populations on the planet are located in countries with humid climate zones (India and China). There is a reason why the most advanced, hi-tech cities are within the humid climate zone (Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, etc).
See, in humid climates, unlike in Med and (especially) arid climates, the rainfall peak comes during the hottest part of the year, summer, featuring heavy, soaking rains that allow for mitigation of the effects of evapotranspiration, which can desiccate beautiful plant life. Thus, bountiful plant-life can grow thoroughly, without threat of drought; this leads to very productive agriculture, which gave rise to the large civilizations that led up to the super-populated, hyper-advanced Asian cities you see today.
Humid climates are the Edens of the world. Tropical countries are third-worldish because the effects of the white man's imperialism left the native people still having to pick up the pieces to this day, not because of any climactic reasons.
Fair point that humid climates are more developed but they, with very few exceptions, have a cold winter (Seoul, Tokyo, & Shanghai included). Seoul, Tokyo, and & Shanghai are high tech to the extent they have copied technology first generated in Silicon Valley.
Tropical countries are almost all third worldish (Singapore a very small and unique exception with a population largely originating from China) and white man's imperialism had nothing to do with that.
Mediterranean climates are most desirable, BUT they tend to be overpopulated because everyone wants to live there. Or they are expensive.
Between humid and arid, humid is still more livable. Civilizations flourish indoors in humid climate. Arid makes your skin and nose dry, and historically most arid climates around the world are sparsely populated. Harder to farm and grow crops due to lack of precipitation and water sources.
Yet the majority of countries with the highest Human Development Index scores are not in humid climates.....
Yes they are; the US, Japan, Australia, China, Singapore, etc are all very powerful countries, all which feature humid climates. Basically all of Western Europe north of the Med is in a humid climate zone (the climate is West-Coast oceanic).
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The most advanced cities are not in humid tropical zones. California (med) is the most productive ag region in the world, tropical zones get too much rain and invasive plant, animal and insect species. Native peoples in tropical zones were not advanced to begin with.
While the advanced cities aren't really in tropical zones at this point, they are very prominent in the humid subtropical zones. Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Taipei, Osaka, Seoul, etc, all these futuristic high-tech cities have technology that makes much of the US look like the Stone Ages, and all are in humid subtropical climate zones. Humid subtropical climates are the absolute most ideal climates on the planet for human civilization. They have plentiful rain during the warm season to mitigate evapotranspiration effects, keeping drought threat to minimum, all in a tropical-like humid atmosphere to encourage plant growth. The winter season brings a distinct enough cool down to suppress the insect pest/microbe activity, yet still warm enough to maintain long growing seasons. This is basically the Garden of Eden in terms of agriculture; again, there is a reason why the largest cities on the planet (the many Chinese and Indian cities) are in humid climates, particularly the subtropical varieties.
Many humid subtropical zones have better agricultural potential than California; its just that people have yet to realize such potential. Humid tropical areas are also fantastic, but are lagging economically because of the aforementioned reasons I mentioned (effects of Western Colonialism).
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Fair point that humid climates are more developed but they, with very few exceptions, have a cold winter (Seoul, Tokyo, & Shanghai included). Seoul, Tokyo, and & Shanghai are high tech to the extent they have copied technology first generated in Silicon Valley.
Tropical countries are almost all third worldish (Singapore a very small and unique exception with a population largely originating from China) and white man's imperialism had nothing to do with that.
Nope, Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai are futuristic innovative cities that basically make the rest of the world look like the Stone Ages; look at all the concepts that come from those places, including MagLev, Shinkansen Bullet Trains, roombas, robots, anime/manga, and two of three video game giants (Nintendo and Sony). Tokyo and Shanghai have cool winter averages, but they don't really freeze all that much. The climate gets warmer as you go down to places like Hong Kong, which is in the tropics.
Humid climates, particularly humid subtropical climates, are the best climates for civilization; the Asians figured out the huge potential stored in these climates, and reaped them to huge benefit, which is why their humid cities are very large and advanced. Americans are only recently starting to figure out this potential, hence the recent influx of population growth, and advancement of Southern US cities.
Tropical humid climates are third-worldish due to the imperialism and colonialism; many of these tropical countries, from those in Africa to those in Asia, have only recently been in a state of independence. They've been through so much change and fracturing through the colonial times that there is so much left to pick up on to get into a developed, organised state. Read up on the Berlin Conference, to see the damage colonialism has done to once advanced African societies.
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Mediterranean climates are most desirable, BUT they tend to be overpopulated because everyone wants to live there. Or they are expensive.
Between humid and arid, humid is still more livable. Civilizations flourish indoors in humid climate. Arid makes your skin and nose dry, and historically most arid climates around the world are sparsely populated. Harder to farm and grow crops due to lack of precipitation and water sources.
No, its the humid climate areas that are over-populated; the two largest countries by population on Earth (China, then India) are in humid climate areas. The largest cities on the planet are in humid climates (Shanghai, Beijing, Lagos, Delhi, etc). There is a reason such large populations are in humid climates.
Yes they are; the US, Japan, Australia, China, Singapore, etc are all very powerful countries, all which feature humid climates. Basically all of Western Europe north of the Med is in a humid climate zone (the climate is West-Coast oceanic).
Its very obvious people prefer the Meditteranean climate, there just isnt enough of it to house everyone.
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