Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America • Hacker News Board

Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by pbiggar » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 2:04 AM UTC

stephencanon wrote: post #94

donretag wrote: post #59

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I live in LA (somewhat new, but I have been in CA for years), and I do not miss seasons at all. It has been many years since I have seen snow, and I plan to keep it that way. I cannot recall the last time I was in below freezing weather. I am an avid cyclist, and it is amazing to bike year round. My tan lines are very prominent from the amount of cycling I do in sunny weather.

Cycling is fun. Skiing is orders of magnitude more fun.

LA has skiing. Big Bear and Mammoth are nearby.

Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by knz » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 2:08 AM UTC

azernik wrote: post #88

knz wrote: post #66

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A true northern winter redefines your sense of cold if you are from a more mild climate. The ambient temperatures sting any exposed skin and freeze any moisture (like the inside of your nose or condensation as your exhale) almost instantly. Add in a strong wind and you can feel the heat being sucked from your body even if you have a good winter coat on. Visually, everything changes. Snow piles up so high you can't se…

As an Angeleno, that last sentence does not follow from the rest of that horrific description.

I'd take the northern winter over the LA smog and traffic any day (and I say that as someone who loves visiting LA!).

Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by knz » Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 2:17 AM UTC

bkeroack wrote: post #118

azernik wrote: post #88

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As an Angeleno, that last sentence does not follow from the rest of that horrific description.

He left out SAD and a general sense of having to live a full year's worth of life condensed into the three months where it's tolerable being out of your house.

Even the most winter wary Minnesotan will venture out far more than three months of the year! Spring, summer, and autumn are fantastic here as well. The winter can be long, but if you get outside and enjoy it, you find that you look forward to large snowfalls etc. A mid winter holiday somewhere warm also helps!

Re: Year-long road trip where it's 70°F every day in North America

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Post by bmm6o » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 3:51 PM UTC

cag_ii wrote: post #69

bmm6o wrote: post #14

I'm not sure the writer understands the project. The route is constructed so that the daily high temperature is 70, so most of the time is spent in sub-70 degree weather. If "69 degrees and below makes you shiver like a soaked kitten", you're SOL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole

Way to miss the point. The prose makes it sound like the goal is to maximize the time spent at exactly 70, or to minimize the variation away from 70, neither of which is the case.