How important is weather in choosing where you live?
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The risk is still quite small overall. Japan only has a 13% risk which isn't much. Also, Taiwan is quite prepared for typhoons when they do strike so it is not that big a deal as you expect them almost every year. As far as the hot weather, how was I able to go hiking in Hong Kong at the end of June which has the same summer weather as Taiwan if it is too hot to stand outside?
About 8 years ago typhoon Morakot struck here and hundreds of people died, including a village being completely wiped out, so they could be quite deadly.
If you go hiking, there'd be trees covering up the sun, there wouldn't be that much traffic, and the altitude would make the temperature go down. I was referring to the cities.
I live in a hot place. There are 9 months are hot and 3 months of it are cold. And of course the winter is closing. So whether I want to out then I need bear Umbrella because anytime rain can attack. So, I need to be prepared earlier.
For me, weather is a major factor in choosing where to live. If I was younger with no family ties I would probably move somewhere that has 4 seasons but not to the extreme. No regular blizzards or killing heat waves, no tornados, earthquakes, flash floods. That probably leaves very little places to live in the USA. I once googled "which USA city has had the least amount of natural disasters". The answer was some city in Ohio. Uh, no thank you.
I live in Florida and people always think we get hurricanes all the time. I've lived here on an off since 1960 (right after Hurricane Donna) and we haven't had a direct hit since then. We had Hurricane Charley which was a close hit but the worst damage we sustained was a new sapling fell over.
If it wasn't for the humidity from June-October, I would probably love it here more than I do. Well, that and I miss autumn, it was always my favorite time of year up north. But of course at the end of a long, cold winter spring is beautiful also.
My take on weather is if you're fortunate to just pick and choose a city for yourself, you should start looking for city qualities that you want first. Things like museums, if you're interested in them (I am). Orchestras, if you love classical music (I do). City parks and greenspaces, if you're into those (I am). Employment situations, airports, housing, what sort of infrastructure you're able to live with and things like that (I do). In addition to a definable culinary scene and nightlife scene (a requirement of mine), as well as it always being a plus point if the city is full of people from around the globe (not a requirement of mine but it helps to have this substantially).
After those things are out of the way, then I look into climate and topography. It's always ideal if you can find a place that has a little bit of everything you want, both city related qualities like the ones I mentioned in the paragraph above but also in addition to that, the natural setting qualities like climate and topography (scenery) as well. However, it isn't the end of the world if a city has a climate or topography that isn't up to your standards as long as it is able to produce in other aspects with regard to what you want out of a city. That's why I'm pretty content with London, one of my favorite cities all around because the city related qualities are tough to beat.
However with that being said, that's why, for me, a place like Sydney, a place like Melbourne, and a place like Miami does it even more so. All three have everything I'm looking for to a T. If Barcelona was a city in the English speaking world, it would be up there with those three as well, actually would be above them, but it isn't a city in the English speaking world therefore is just right below those three to me. In addition to Tel-Aviv, but I haven't been to Tel-Aviv to know for sure, my impression is that it checks all of the boxes that I have for "city requirements."
Last edited by Trafalgar Law; 04-22-2017 at 03:34 PM..
Climate is one major factor I look at when deciding where to move.
I need to live in a place with 4 distinct seasons. I prefer cooler summers and like a location that gets a great deal of snowfall in the winter. I don't like a lot of sunshine and also enjoy somewhat damp climates.
I love the climate in places like Erie, PA; Syracuse, NY; Oswego, NY and some areas of Northern VT and NH.
I would go crazy in the desert Southwest or Deep South.
For me, weather is a major factor in choosing where to live. If I was younger with no family ties I would probably move somewhere that has 4 seasons but not to the extreme. No regular blizzards or killing heat waves, no tornados, earthquakes, flash floods. That probably leaves very little places to live in the USA. I once googled "which USA city has had the least amount of natural disasters". The answer was some city in Ohio. Uh, no thank you.
I live in Florida and people always think we get hurricanes all the time. I've lived here on an off since 1960 (right after Hurricane Donna) and we haven't had a direct hit since then. We had Hurricane Charley which was a close hit but the worst damage we sustained was a new sapling fell over.
If it wasn't for the humidity from June-October, I would probably love it here more than I do. Well, that and I miss autumn, it was always my favorite time of year up north. But of course at the end of a long, cold winter spring is beautiful also.
The entire Florida peninsula is prone to Hurricanes but no single spot in Florida ever sees that many landfalls. Most of the deadliest US hurricanes have hit the Gulf Coast; 1900 Galveston Texas hurricane, Hurricane Camille in Mississippi in 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana in 2005.
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