Nifty. You could probably turn this into a useful planning tool for RV camper types if you turned it into a constraint-solver or integer programming problem by using RV or camping locations and adding costs for relocation, to get a cost-effective set of trips up the coasts and back down over the year.
Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America
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#22It is almost a cliche but my friends who moved to LA truly do miss the seasons, especially leaves changing colors. It is like living in a giant open-air mall all year long. When nothing changes but the store displays, the seasonal heartbeat is lost. Living in LA, of course, means they can go to the beach all-year long with a short commute though. Snapchat is particularly smart for having its corporate headquarters al…
You can go to the beach whenever you want, but even in July the water is friggin freezing.
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#23Or they could just stay in San Diego all year round....
Did you miss the part where he doesn't want anything higher than 70°F?
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#24Nifty. You could probably turn this into a useful planning tool for RV camper types if you turned it into a constraint-solver or integer programming problem by using RV or camping locations and adding costs for relocation, to get a cost-effective set of trips up the coasts and back down over the year.
I've been doing this for the last few years but with my brain as the planning tool.
It only hit mid 60's today on the Maine coast.
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#25I would kill myself July - October... in the middle of nowhere...
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#26Or they could just stay in San Diego all year round....
Did you miss the part where he doesn't want anything higher than 70°F?
San Diego is pretty much 68 to 72 year round. In the summer it might get a little warmer and in the winter a little colder on select days, but it's a pretty tight range.
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#27I would kill myself July - October... in the middle of nowhere...
Looks heavenly to me.
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#28It is almost a cliche but my friends who moved to LA truly do miss the seasons, especially leaves changing colors. It is like living in a giant open-air mall all year long. When nothing changes but the store displays, the seasonal heartbeat is lost. Living in LA, of course, means they can go to the beach all-year long with a short commute though. Snapchat is particularly smart for having its corporate headquarters al…
You can go to the beach whenever you want, but even in July the water is friggin freezing.
Winter surfing in January/February in -20C (-4F) is a thing in my region.
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#29I would kill myself July - October... in the middle of nowhere...
People from Idaho would tell you, "It sucks here! Don't come! You'll hate it."
The reality is that this track takes you through one of the most beautiful parts of the US. Oregon and Idaho have an amazing array of climates and landscapes. You could be wakeboarding along an almost tropical Snake River in Hells Canyon in the morning and then hiking in the high alpine of the Wallowa Range later that day.
Truly my favorite part of the country and I'm glad that it's not overrun with tourists.
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#30Or they could just stay in San Diego all year round....
I was gonna say... the trip to Alaska seems unnecessary. Average highs never surpass 70°F in San Francisco: http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/san-francisco/californi...
> the trip to Alaska seems unnecessary.
Staying in one easy 70°F place did not satisfy the project goal. From the meteorologist behind it (emphasis mine): "Imagine that you really like days where the high temperature is 70°F AND YOU WANTED TO PLAN A ROAD TRIP where the temperature always hovers around 70°F"
A 13,000 mile road trip is probably always unnecessary. Yet awesome! :-)
I think it's impressive he fit the Alaskan diversion into the problem constraints. (Also, I love road trips to Alaska.)