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70 indoors in summer is quite cold. I like it around 75 during the day and 67 at night. I have a sweaty back problem while sleeping and its very annoying, which is why I hate hot nights.
That's gross man. I don't see why you feel the need to disclose that type of information on here...
I couldn't comprehend living in Florida and staying sane.
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I'd love to see you spend a year or two in Sinagpore. Would you go mentally insane?
Florida is the only state in the eastern U.S. that I haven't been to, and I'm in no hurry. If I was forced to go, I might be ok in January, as long as there is sufficient AC everywhere. Singapore? I wouldn't last a day in a climate like that. I would be physically ill very fast.
It makes me wonder (not for the first time) if there is some genetic predisposition to these preferences? My ancestors came to Atlantic Canada from northern Ireland and Scotland (with a little French mixed in) a few generations back. Some eventually moved to the northeastern U.S., only to eventually return to Nova Scotia.
Florida is the only state in the eastern U.S. that I haven't been to, and I'm in no hurry. If I was forced to go, I might be ok in January, as long as there is sufficient AC everywhere. Singapore? I wouldn't last a day in a climate like that. I would be physically ill very fast.
It makes me wonder (not for the first time) if there is some genetic predisposition to these preferences? My ancestors came to Atlantic Canada from northern Ireland and Scotland (with a little French mixed in) a few generations back. Some eventually moved to the northeastern U.S., only to eventually return to Nova Scotia.
No, not a wild idea at all. Florida does not have the most suitable climate for Northern Europeans.
Fall is really a wonderful time. The good thing to keep in mind is that this is a good part of the year. We've got the best ahead of us in terms of weather and seasonality.
I do love the upcoming holidays... Halloween, Thanksgiving, Yule, New Years.
And it's all good, usually until May. I like March and April when it warms up a little and things start turning green. But when it starts to warm up more, and the sun is up a lot longer, it's almost like I start to get depressed. I'm not sure I really believe in "Seasonal Affective Disorder", but if it's a real thing, I have the opposite!
Why though? Surely you'd want it cooler in summer when its hot out but warmer in winter when its freezing. I prefer 70F or so all year.
Surely? The reverse sounds more comfortable to me, it would to less unpleasant temperature contrasts. First, you're not wearing the same clothing in winter as summer. The same temperature wearing long pants and a sweater isn't comfortable in shorts and a T-shirt and the reverse. Coming in on a cold day wearing several layers into an overheated room can make me sweat fast. Not fun. Reverse getting blasted by cold during the summer is experiencing a temperature I'm not that used to. You get used to warmth in the summer and cool temperatures in the winter. Unless it's really hot or I've just been exercising I don't want to be especially chilled in the summer. Too hot a room in the winter feels stuffier than in summer as the windows are closed. And the low relative humidity makes you feel parched.
The other obvious reason is costs more money to heat over in the winter rather than under — heat isn't cheap.
Florida is the only state in the eastern U.S. that I haven't been to, and I'm in no hurry. If I was forced to go, I might be ok in January, as long as there is sufficient AC everywhere. Singapore? I wouldn't last a day in a climate like that. I would be physically ill very fast.
It makes me wonder (not for the first time) if there is some genetic predisposition to these preferences? My ancestors came to Atlantic Canada from northern Ireland and Scotland (with a little French mixed in) a few generations back. Some eventually moved to the northeastern U.S., only to eventually return to Nova Scotia.
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No, not a wild idea at all. Florida does not have the most suitable climate for Northern Europeans.
We are largely descended from the prehistoric hunter-gatherers of Europe. Adaptation to cold weather is certainly a component of that.
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