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Option B definately. However i would even prefer places like Singapore over cities like Dubai or Riyadh.
Its just hot there year round without any exciting weather phenomena apart from a rare thunderstorm, while in Singapore you have a thunderstorm every other day. A/C is available there too and its pretty safe.
Well I despise cold climates much more than a continental, or desert - so I ques it would have to be somewhere in Canada or Scandinavia if I chose option B... Can it still have occasional heatwaves that get up to 40 degrees? Or do I have to use up my 2 weeks holiday for that?
B Easily. What good is living in your ideal climate if you can't have high standards of living (infrastructure, personal safety, health care, disposable income) to enjoy it?
Well I despise cold climates much more than a continental, or desert - so I ques it would have to be somewhere in Canada or Scandinavia if I chose option B... Can it still have occasional heatwaves that get up to 40 degrees? Or do I have to use up my 2 weeks holiday for that?
Canada, possibly. Scandinavia, no. But why 40C? The chance for the UK to hit 40C is 0% as well.
I have been to developing countries, there is no way I would live there.
Heck, ANY developed place is better than here climate wise. There are also many cities not as rough and unsafe as this one.
Even when visiting Poland, I felt much safer walking at night in Kraków and Warsaw than I do here. I would never walk alone at night in this city(unless I was in a rich suburb away from the riffraff).
Option B definitely. A nice climate is pretty meaningless if you're living in a country dealing with serious poverty, limited opportunities, and all the other problems associated with those things. On the other hand, in a rich country you can depend on modern technology to mitigate the worst effects of bad weather and you'd have more opportunities to visit areas that do have nice weather.
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Canada, possibly. Scandinavia, no. But why 40C? The chance for the UK to hit 40C is 0% as well.
You could definitely experience heatwaves like that in Canada. Interior BC seems to go above 40°C every few years (just this summer there was a heatwave that saw three days abovery 40 in numerous locations), and many parts of the prairies have record highs above 40°C. It's not exactly common, but it definitely does occur from time to time.
I'd prefer a bad climate in a rich country. I don't really care about the weather.
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