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i am very much. cardio vascular is so important to me. if i only had some 20 ft snakes , alligators and class A muggers i could get that heart rate way up there where i need to.
Paradise to people is where they like to live the most, usually where their roots are, But people who criticize mild climates also need to realize... Many of them pay to visit Florida and California... but how many of us pay to visit Chicago or Indiana?
uhhh lots pay to go to Chicago, it is a major tourist destination.
Paradise to people is where they like to live the most, usually where their roots are, But people who criticize mild climates also need to realize... Many of them pay to visit Florida and California... but how many of us pay to visit Chicago or Indiana?
Hammond and Highland, when I was a kid. My Uncle and his family lived there and my Mom would pack me up and stay there all summer. I found it very boring as a kid from NYC. Going to Chicago was a treat for me.
We stopped going when I was about 12. I complained too much about going. My Dad did too.
Sure. If you are hot, jumping into a cool pool or air conditioning will cool you off immediately while if you're cold, stepping into the heat will heat you up, but it takes a minute or two to get rid of some of the chills (though a hot tub is instant- just not always handy). That being said, the difference (to me, anyway) is almost immaterial.
The kicker for me is that it's easier to STAY warm than it is to STAY cool. When it's 95 degrees, humid, and bright and sunny, you can only take off so many layers of clothes. If you plan on being outside, you can be wearing the legally minimal amount of clothing and still be sweating bullets (you'll need to be inside shortly). Once you hit that certain temperature (90+ degrees which is common throughout the summer months in FL), you're going to roast unless your indoors and air-conditioned which REALLY limits your activity level.
The cold can limit your activity level, but not to the degree the extreme heat does. When it's between 20-30 degrees, appropriate, comfortable outerwear can make it so you can stay outside all day if you want (and if you don't make it all day, the climate controlled indoors are waiting for you). It's easy to layer up clothing to stay warm while it's cold. Sure, here in New England, there are bitter cold days where it's 0 degrees or 10 degrees, but those are few and far between (here in Maine I can count about 3 or 4 this winter). Even still, appropriate clothing will keep you warm enough to enjoy the outdoors for extended periods even in the extreme cold.
In the end, it's much easier (and healthier... air quality is worse in high heat and humidity) to enjoy the outdoors when it's cold. No matter what you do in the extreme heat, you need to either constantly have cold water on you or places to get out of the sun in order to function for an extended period of time. In the cold, appropriate clothing is all you need. If temperatures range (like they do up here) during the day, layers solve the problem. I find it MUCH easier to stay warm in the cold of the North than I find it to stay cool in the South.
exactly, I am a runner and about 8 months(march-october) out of the year it SUCKS to run in Florida... on the reverse, up north it only really sucks for 2 months (Jan-Feb). I also like hiking and its the same scenario...
Honestly the only thing enjoyable in FL is if you are at the beach and have a breeze. Going to work in a business suit sweating your ass off? Not fun...
Optimum for me will just to take about a months worth of vacation in Jan-Feb of the year and be back up north.
exactly, I am a runner and about 8 months(march-october) out of the year it SUCKS to run in Florida... on the reverse, up north it only really sucks for 2 months (Jan-Feb). I also like hiking and its the same scenario...
Honestly the only thing enjoyable in FL is if you are at the beach and have a breeze. Going to work in a business suit sweating your ass off? Not fun...
Optimum for me will just to take about a months worth of vacation in Jan-Feb of the year and be back up north.
That couldn't be further from the truth. I have ran track and cross country. Other than a few warm days, it was too cold to run outside from November-March (and even the beginning of April). But we had to run outside anyway and it was miserable. I have also ran on days in the high 80s to low 90s and I prefer that over running outside when it's so cold that even running doesn't make you warm.
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That couldn't be further from the truth. I have ran track and cross country. Other than a few warm days, it was too cold to run outside from November-March (and even the beginning of April). But we had to run outside anyway and it was miserable. I have also ran on days in the high 80s to low 90s and I prefer that over running outside when it's so cold that even running doesn't make you warm.
That's in Massachusetts. If you go down to the mid-atlantic states, it isn't as cold. That's a given though. Just saying you can't generalize the entire north with Mass's weather.
Definitely home prices for starters, coming from the DC Metro area. The price of a little crap-hole up here gets you a palace around Tampa Bay. I can't wait to be down there.
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
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Actually I did vacation in Indiana,
