Now that I live in a warm climate, I made an observation
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Same here..Live in North Carolina...originally from New England. Once October comes i get happy again and stay that way until April. Come May to September I get hot and miserable. Give me a 40 degree day over 90 any time.
Its the exact opposite with me, I'm "weather-sad" from roughly Late-October to Mid-April, when May-September comes I'm happy because we usually stay from the mid-70's to the low-100's. I'd take a 90 degree day over a 40 degree day, I'd even take a 100 degree day over a 70/80/90 degree day.
I'd stay in a room with hot-stagnant air over a room with brisk-fall/winter air blowing in. Some people call me crazy because I love the heat lol.
Its the exact opposite with me, I'm "weather-sad" from roughly Late-October to Mid-April, when May-September comes I'm happy because we usually stay from the mid-70's to the low-100's. I'd take a 90 degree day over a 40 degree day, I'd even take a 100 degree day over a 70/80/90 degree day.
I'd stay in a room with hot-stagnant air over a room with brisk-fall/winter air blowing in. Some people call me crazy because I love the heat lol.
Something you will notice when you move somewhere warm is that a lot of the natives take the warmth for granted and they say they like the cold (they don't know what true cold is). It almost seems like you have to grow up somewhere cold to appreciate the warmth.
Something you will notice when you move somewhere warm is that a lot of the natives take the warmth for granted and they say they like the cold (they don't know what true cold is). It almost seems like you have to grow up somewhere cold to appreciate the warmth.
I can see that, but I also think the opposite is true.
Something you will notice when you move somewhere warm is that a lot of the natives take the warmth for granted and they say they like the cold (they don't know what true cold is). It almost seems like you have to grow up somewhere cold to appreciate the warmth.
Na,..I grew up somewhere cold and I miss it..there are no rules..you ARENT CRAZY to like heat or cold..its all in what you like. I happen to HATE the heat. an 80 degree day and I am INSIDE...I don't know how they do it in Florida or Texas....
Na,..I grew up somewhere cold and I miss it..there are no rules..you ARENT CRAZY to like heat or cold..its all in what you like. I happen to HATE the heat. an 80 degree day and I am INSIDE...I don't know how they do it in Florida or Texas....
I never said everyone that grows up somewhere cold appreciates the warmth. I just think people that grow up somewhere cold are more likely to appreciate the warmth than someone that has always lived somewhere warm and takes it for granted.
I never said everyone that grows up somewhere cold appreciates the warmth. I just think people that grow up somewhere cold are more likely to appreciate the warmth than someone that has always lived somewhere warm and takes it for granted.
I guess, but I think its the other way. A person who is used to cold will not handle hot weather well and vice versa.
I guess, but I think its the other way. A person who is used to cold will not handle hot weather well and vice versa.
It is not just the level of heat, but the duration of the heat that is the problem in warmer climates.
Anyone can handle heat in short bursts -ie "summer" as it is commonly known by.
When you start looking at your watch or calendar and questioning "geez, shouldn't it be starting to cool down by now?"or " gee this is hot for this early in the season" - that you suddenly realise there is a problem, and maybe you are never going to adapt to it.
I believe that you need some sustained colder weather to appreciate warmer weather, and vice versa to a lesser extent, ie some degree of seasonality - without necessarily needing spectacular differences in the seasons.
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It is not just the level of heat, but the duration of the heat that is the problem in warmer climates.
Anyone can handle heat in short bursts -ie "summer" as it is commonly known by.
When you start looking at your watch or calendar and questioning "geez, shouldn't it be starting to cool down by now?"or " gee this is hot for this early in the season" - that you suddenly realise there is a problem, and maybe you are never going to adapt to it.
I believe that you need some sustained colder weather to appreciate warmer weather, and vice versa to a lesser extent, ie some degree of seasonality - without necessarily needing spectacular differences in the seasons.
I agree... each season makes you appreciate the next. i would hate living in 75 and sunny every day...but that is just me. As for prolonged heat, you hit it on the head. 90 degrees for a week is tolerable..90 for a month or two is pure pain.
Very true, but then I'm always saying I don't like perpetual anything, I want variety. If there are endless cloudy skies, no sun for 3 weeks, I'd be an unhappy soul but on the other hand, I don't want sunshine day after day either, boring!
I can handle the 4 seasons but I want lots and lots of variety! I wouldn't want my winter to be 30-40 degrees every day, cloudy and damp, I always say I'll take many 20 degree days with sunshine over those dreary, dismal 30's!
Something you will notice when you move somewhere warm is that a lot of the natives take the warmth for granted and they say they like the cold (they don't know what true cold is). It almost seems like you have to grow up somewhere cold to appreciate the warmth.
I agree with that.
I have never been a "cold-weather" person, though occaisionally I have fun in cold.
I always liked it "warm;" always more things I enjoyed doing outdoors in summer.
Most of my life I have dreamed of leaving Canada for somewhere warm.
Used to dream of Canadian summers the rest of the year, until I discovered what sub-tropical summers are like...
Now I'm disappointed when it feels distinctly-cool (70F/21 C with a breeze?) at sunset in summer.
But I think that I've been here so long "against my will" that I look forward to any weather that doesn't cool me down.
I can see people who live in a warm/hot climate with the opposite condition,
developing extra heat sensitivity or cold tolerance because of this "mental conditioning."
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