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View Poll Results: Which is more livable?
A tropical climate without air conditioning 47 60.26%
An oceanic climate without heating 31 39.74%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-07-2014, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Near Tours, France about 47°10'N 0°25'E
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Mankind is originary from the tropics. Tropical climate is the only one to which humans are naturally adapted.
Living everwhere esle need some kind of heating during the cold season. Humans are not made for cold, without clothes they are well around 25-30c. Below this needs clothes and beliw 20c need heating.
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Old 11-07-2014, 02:58 PM
 
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Mankind is originary from the tropics. Tropical climate is the only one to which humans are naturally adapted.
Living everwhere esle need some kind of heating during the cold season. Humans are not made for cold, without clothes they are well around 25-30c. Below this needs clothes and beliw 20c need heating.
First humans were evolved in Western Africa, which is in the tropics, but in the highlands, so humans' native climate is cool, not hot.
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Old 11-07-2014, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Lexington, KY
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The airport and downtown tend to be warmer than most of the suburbs and rural areas. (Urban heat island). So 66 where I live makes perfect sense.
You said you live on Key Biscayne
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Old 11-07-2014, 03:42 PM
 
Location: NSW
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Probably tropical with A/C, but they'd both be uncomfortable.
I found Honolulu surprisingly not that hot in summer (high rise probably helps though), so tropical oceanic may be bearable.
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Old 11-07-2014, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Key Biscayne, FL
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You said you live on Key Biscayne
I do... Your point? Look at a map of miami
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Old 11-07-2014, 05:35 PM
 
Location: João Pessoa,Brazil(The easternmost point of Americas)
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tropical isnt too good,here at 7 S is hot all year round.. i dont like it
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Old 11-07-2014, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Lexington, KY
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I do... Your point? Look at a map of miami
So a small island right at the immediate coast is cooler at night than 10 miles inland. Okay
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Old 11-07-2014, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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So a small island right at the immediate coast is cooler at night than 10 miles inland. Okay
if he says so then yes, he obviously lives there, so he is the expert on his climate, really funny how often other forumers here disregard contributions from other posters on their climate through personal experience (unless if the claim is absurd, which this one isnt).

I have a fair understanding of Miami's Climate and urban heat effect so a completely concrete covered area, larger than the size of key Biscayne, with lots of vehicle and air traffic, and all that asphalt and lack of greenery contributing to hotter day temps than the "real" Miami neighborhoods, with landscaping and greenery, and terminal buildings and runways releasing heat at night cause for hotter day temps.

when i arrived in MIA the airport felt hotter than the neighborhoods i explored and visited (inland and coastal), so yes his/her statement makes sense.
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Old 11-07-2014, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Miami,FL
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Which is more livable?


A) A tropical climate without AC

Hot, humid summers like Bangkok, Miami, or Acapulco. Some have comfortably mild winters while others stay hot year round.

or

B) An oceanic climate without heating (central or space heating)

Chilly, overcast, damp and drizzly 9 months a year with a little bit of snow in winter but comfortable summers like Seattle, London, Paris.
4 me it depends on the tropical climate vs which oceanic climate. If it's an inferno like Ahmedabad Ahmedabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia vs a mild oceanic climate like Mossel bay Mossel Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia than I obviously chose mossel bay. But if It's a mild tropical climate like Armenia,Colombia Armenia, Colombia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Against a fregid oceanic climate like the price edward islands Prince Edward Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia then the choice is obvious. Overall however I'd much rather be without AC in a tropical climate then without heat in an oceanic climate, scratch that even if I had heat in an oceanic climate I'd still prefer the tropics...
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Old 11-07-2014, 11:24 PM
 
Location: Miami,FL
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if he says so then yes, he obviously lives there, so he is the expert on his climate, really funny how often other forumers here disregard contributions from other posters on their climate through personal experience (unless if the claim is absurd, which this one isnt).

I have a fair understanding of Miami's Climate and urban heat effect so a completely concrete covered area, larger than the size of key Biscayne, with lots of vehicle and air traffic, and all that asphalt and lack of greenery contributing to hotter day temps than the "real" Miami neighborhoods, with landscaping and greenery, and terminal buildings and runways releasing heat at night cause for hotter day temps.

when i arrived in MIA the airport felt hotter than the neighborhoods i explored and visited (inland and coastal), so yes his/her statement makes sense.
Yea it also depends on the time of year, during the spring coastal areas are slightly cooler than inland areas even at night. But during the fall they are warmer than inland areas.
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