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Beach lifestyle is integral to SoCal cities with beach bonfires and surfing in a way that is difficult to come by on the east coast. Also, no tropical storms to worry about.
NorCal has pristine, rugged, rocky tidepool and marine mammal filled stretches of coast that are almost non-existent on the east coast except for the short summer in Maine. (nowhere as wild as Big Sur of Channel Islands NP) on the east coast.
East coast beaches like others mentioned are better for actually swimming as the water is warmer, and waves are tamed and broken before the get to the beach.
I see at least 3. And no, 84 degrees is everybody. That's what resorts want, comfortable pools. Not guests freezing their balls off, and giving bad reviews.
Do you know that 70 degrees is 14 degrees colder than the comfort zone resorts keep it at?
14 degrees.
14 degrees.
It's at this point not a conversation of preference, or comfort but of freezing.
Let's put it this, only people who like cold, will stay in 70 degree water.
And no, the body doesn't adjust "within 5 minutes." You can claim it does if it makes you feel better, it doesn't.
You stay cold in 70 degree water. And within 1 hour or so most people will have dangerously reduced body temperature and onset of hypothermia. Within 2 hours you will begin to lose control of external limbs as your body begins to conserve heat. Within 4 hours, the average man will be dead.
So under 1 hour, you're body is struggling to be warm. That will manifest in discomfort.
Plenty of people are at the beach with water temperatures in the low 70s. It's not idea, but I've never heard of anyone having health issues. But generally people aren't in the water without a break at an ocean beach. Between waves, only half the body is in the water and the sun and air temperatures are warming the rest of you. And people might get out briefly.
I see a bunch of wet-suits. Also people in the water doesn't tell me how long they are in the water. Getting in and getting out doesn't count.
Why do resorts keep their pools at 84 degrees?
Anyone who has swam at La Jolla Shores or pretty much any SD beach knows plenty of people are swimming or playing in the waves and not running in and out. I provided several threads that show plenty of people who find 70 degree water comfortable, so it appears you're the only lying or are ignorant of other people's preferences.
Which do you prefer? The Beaches on the continental US Pacific Coast or the Atlantic coast?
Pacific Coast
Pros: Better protected, gorgeous topography and backdrops, biodiversity, Temperate Weather
Cons: Colder Water, More Rocky Beaches
Atlantic Coast
Pros: Warmer Water, Very Tourist Friendly, More recreational activities
Cons: More likely to have extreme weather, Not as Aesthetically pleasing
I think to distill this even further, one can say
Pacific Coast for people who want a more natural, rugged and wild beach experience an any time of the year.
(biodiversity and gorgeous topography/backdrops/better protected)
Atlantic Coast for those who want a more comfortable beach experience once in a while. Beach towns cater to tourists, not as much "nature", warmer water to swim, and "once in a while" (between noreasters in the winter and tropical storms in the summer).
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