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Old 07-03-2014, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Were you surprised how you adapted or reacted to your "ideal climate?"
Myths busted?

For myself:

I've been in Australia since 2011.

I've heard many stories from people like Canadians
who have moved to places like Australia and ended up "missing the cold."

For me, nothing has changed.
If anything I am slightly less cold-tolerant and slightly more heat-tolerant.

Lately I discovered that I enjoy days with maximums into the 40's C (104+ F)
as long as by sunset the temperature has dropped below 35 C (95 F)
and the evening-cooldown in Perth is like that about half the time the mercury passes 40 C.

Also I am comfortable considering any afternoon high below 20 C (68 F) as "winter weather."
As such, it feels unwise to be outside on such a day and not have at least a warm sweater "at hand."

Ironically for myself (introspectively)
many people in Australia find days in the mid-30's C (92-96 F) to be drudgery, something they loathe
even if it's dry heat...
even if the diurnal range is high so that half of the day is 30 C (86 F) or lower, with low humidity.

I'm still respectfully-confused
to why for the majority of people living in Australia,
having a house that feels warm in the winter is unimportant,
but having a cool or "very-cool" house in summer is important.

My ideal would still be having a "warm-to-very warm" house in winter
but my house being hot in summer is unimportant... as long as it isn't "too hot" inside.
(a light sweat for me is easy to ignore)

There are Australians who share my views on "heat & cold"
but my best estimate is they make up no more than 1/3rd of the population.

I haven't posted on City-Data for a long time because I felt I didn't have anything new to say.
Maybe I still don't?
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Old 07-03-2014, 06:41 PM
 
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CC, nice to see you back! That being said, I still say that the vast majority of people are not you or your cold-lover counterpart, Patricius Maximus. You think an enjoyable day is 40C, while for him it's 0C or lower. Both of you are outliers, as the vast majority of people are comfortable between 72 and 80 degrees
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