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Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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Best optimization of weather conditions has to be seasonal. Seattle and Portland may be horrible 8 months out of the year but the summer months are quite perfect. What I want to know are which cities are great seasonal cities in which I could potentially buy a condo for the high seasons, and then leave in the non-high seasons for a potential rental at a still competitive price. For example: SF sucks in the summer, bu…

> For example: SF sucks in the summer, but maybe the tourists don't know that.

Actual SF, or surrounding areas? I would think SF is fairly nice in the summer with the ocean breeze. Sonoma county gets pretty warm in the summer as well, but SF proper always felt cooler to me. I can imagine San Jose being just as bad or worse though.

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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So much of it is subjective. But assuming you throw out having seasons--especially snowy seasons--and desire for year-round humid or dry heat--the answer probably comes down to some variation of a Mediterranean climate with assorted perturbations. Though that doesn't really match up with the results.

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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Best optimization of weather conditions has to be seasonal. Seattle and Portland may be horrible 8 months out of the year but the summer months are quite perfect. What I want to know are which cities are great seasonal cities in which I could potentially buy a condo for the high seasons, and then leave in the non-high seasons for a potential rental at a still competitive price. For example: SF sucks in the summer, bu…

Summer in the PNW is no good - it's sunny every day for months straight! It's terrible!

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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WeatherSpark is my favorite platform for this question. Lots of data and look-a-like places. Highly recommended. https://www.weatherspark.com/

Something this doesn't tell you is that summers in London for example are awful because our homes have historically been designed to trap heat.

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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post #15

Best optimization of weather conditions has to be seasonal. Seattle and Portland may be horrible 8 months out of the year but the summer months are quite perfect. What I want to know are which cities are great seasonal cities in which I could potentially buy a condo for the high seasons, and then leave in the non-high seasons for a potential rental at a still competitive price. For example: SF sucks in the summer, bu…

Summer in the PNW is no good - it's sunny every day for months straight! It's terrible!

I'll take those 8 months of drizzle, take the sun away thanks!

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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San Diego and some of Tijuana are just about unbeatable IMO. Any other weather that isn't perfectly sunny is only a short drive away if you so feel the need... the only thing I've ever missed from the MidWest is a few good thunderstorms a year, but even those don't seem to happen as much as it at least seemed to when I was much younger.

Re: Where Is the World’s Best Weather? (2020)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Summer in the PNW is no good - it's sunny every day for months straight! It's terrible!

I'll take those 8 months of drizzle, take the sun away thanks!

Right?! 80 degrees and sunburns? No thanks, I'll take my 52 and overcast thank you very much. You think I live here by accident?

I wonder what the internet provider is in Forks,WA...

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