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Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by asdff »

beowulfey wrote: post #94
aliz64 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live here in South Bay and while I do love the weather, it is a bit colder than ideal. I think SoCal especially San Diego definitely has better and more consistent weather. San Diego is an amazing city apart from weather as well! Meanwhile my childhood hometown is not dipping below 30C this week, and the highs every day are above 43C…

Yeah I think no question San Diego has the best weather of CA, followed by maybe Santa Barbara. South Bay LA (on the coast, not to be confused with South Bay, Bay area) is also usually really great and consistent year-round but if you go inland at all the weather can be dramatically different.

Anywhere on the southern californian coast has perfect weather. The seabreeze keeps things from ever breaching 85* even in the strongest heat waves.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by yreg »

thefringthing wrote: post #26
reactspa wrote: post #7

Nice analysis, but... ...here's something I find astonishing. The word "R" doesn't appear anywhere in this article. He doesn't mention anywhere that he's using "R", and within "R" he's using the "tidyverse". So much good work to write a tutorial, but a rank beginner will have a hard time figuring out how to replicate it.

I will consider adding a section mentioning the tools! (I'm the author of this page.)

I really like the design/typography of the article. Pleasant and elegant.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by Steltek »

Hamuko wrote: post #89
rgmerk wrote: post #65

If your methodology for identifying "cities with nice weather" returns Reykjavik in its top ten, either your sample only includes places with terrible weather, or your methodology is completely whacked. Reykjavik is a wonderful little city, but it's cold, extremely windy, and often very miserable. The place with the most pleasant weather I've ever experienced is probably the area around the Gold Coast, Queensland, Au…

I'd say any (regular) amount of snow disqualifies your city as having "nice weather".

If you don't have a snowy winter, you probably have a blistering hot summer. I can always get a beefier winter jacket for the cold but in the heat, there are only so many layers I can take off before being arrested.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by gnulinux »

hsn915 wrote: post #24

The SF Bay Area has the nicest weather year round, which is probably a strong contributing factor to why the area is so rich. I'm currently in Tokyo. The temparetrue is not the nicest year round, but it feels very natural. There are four seasons. Winter is tolerable and it rarely goes below 0C. It snows about once a year. Summer is hot, just like it should be, but it hardly goes above 32C. The only thing that bothers…

I personally find SF Bay Area weather terrible, terrible. SF has the same weather year round and it is as follows:

* Uncomfortably warm during the day

* Uncomfortably cold during the night

* A lot of unpredictable and long-running showers, rain and fog

* A lot of cold wind year-round (especially summer, see below)

I found the following quote by Mark Twain very accurate:

> The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

I also personally experienced that, although summers and winters in SF have the same weather (as explained above) somehow summers tend to be colder especially during night and in shades.

I think it just sucks. If you like that's great.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by thefringthing »

yreg wrote: post #273
thefringthing wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will consider adding a section mentioning the tools! (I'm the author of this page.)

I really like the design/typography of the article. Pleasant and elegant.

It's a recreation of the style used by Edward Tufte, who wrote an influential book on data visualization.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by bogomipz »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #193

The Mediterannean seaside. The french riviera, Italy, Croatia. I spent lots of time in Spain (Valencia): way too warm in the summer IMO (too much south) and the spanish kinda build fugly buildings along the entire coast, ruining it (compared to France, the difference is staggering). Here on the french riviera / Cote d'Azur I get to type this while watching the sea and I get my kid to the village's school while drivin…

Where about in the Cote d'Azur do you get vineyards a few minutes from the beach? That sounds amazing.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

Data alone is not enough. Or, you should have lots of it, and use and weigh it properly.

Temperature, humidity, winds, sunlight, duration and intensity of rain, clouds... The list goes on and on.

And what about pollution? Milan is one of the most polluted cities in Europe, and people wouldn't guess it. You could have nice weather, be outside, and not enjoy breathing (Milan is still ok, there are much worse places like New Delhi).

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by bogomipz »

almostarockstar wrote: post #231
avereveard wrote: post #70

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Yeah, not surprising to see Dublin surface in a good weather list built off temperatures alone, and yet the weather is piss poor for 49/52 weeks a year.

I currently live in Dublin, I think you are exaggerating quite a bit. There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc) but the weather is absolutely not on that list. Dublin has about 130 rainfall days each year, and most of those are in the winter. Most days are mild and dry. The weather is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy water spor…

>"There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc)"

I was kind of surprised to see poor public transport on your list as it's a major European city. Is this true of the whole city or just certain parts?

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