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Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by TrysterosEmp »

caffeine wrote: post #121
donavanm wrote: post #82

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Having spent meaningful time in Reykjavik… hard concur. Seeing Dublin and Chicago in their target range simply reinforces the doubt. The bad assumptions start with average temp, but this is where it goes off the rails: > Let’s see the same plot, including only the cities within one degree of Toronto’s average temperature. So theyre really looking at “cities with an average temp similar to toronto, but lower variabili…

I think his desire for “lower variability” than Toronto means he has gone from “sometimes bad” to “always bad” weather.

Bringing Edinburgh into the mix definitely reinforces this take. "I want to live somewhere that's not total shit, but a bit shit... all the time"

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by RC_ITR »

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…

The universal criticism of things like this is 'you just codified your preferences and tried to make it seem scientific'

What's scary about that is 99% of social science is just that.

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Post by drodil »

Nullabillity wrote: post #128
blamazon wrote: post #88

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Also, hours of daylight in winter is a factor. I was in Reykjavik for Christmas once and there was about 4 hours of sunlight each day. It confuses the body.

That's what people always seem to be concerned about… but the real problem up north is the eternal summer days. Enjoy never getting a night's proper sleep!

In Finland we usually sleep during the winters and stay awake during the summers

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by at_a_remove »

What is "nice weather" really varies by person. Personally, I would love something where the temperature didn't vary a lot, it is damp, but most importantly, it is overcast/dark as much as possible. Hence my ideal locale would be the Pacific Northwest.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by starik36 »

basicform wrote: post #156
donavanm wrote: post #82

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Having spent meaningful time in Reykjavik… hard concur. Seeing Dublin and Chicago in their target range simply reinforces the doubt. The bad assumptions start with average temp, but this is where it goes off the rails: > Let’s see the same plot, including only the cities within one degree of Toronto’s average temperature. So theyre really looking at “cities with an average temp similar to toronto, but lower variabili…

No wind is factored in this equation. That kills Reykjavik. From page: "Next Steps: It would be interesting to use detailed time series for each city and a utility function on temperatures (perhaps including wind chill and humidex) to determine which cities are truly mean-variance optimal."

Yep, was there in this February and while the temperature is not bad (bring hand warmers), there were multiple wind storms. One of them was so bad that you simply couldn't walk. Otherwise a wonderful city.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by mustacheemperor »

eitally wrote: post #318
gnulinux wrote: post #276

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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…

It's disingenuous to conflate SF's micro-climate with the entirety of the bay area. I agree that SF weather is insufferable, and I live in San Jose, which is entirely different ... and different again that the mid/upper-peninsula, or the Santa Cruz Mountains, or Marin, or Berkeley. I think what a lots of folks don't understand until they're living here is exactly how different things are in different areas around the…

Even within SF the weather can be pretty variable depending on what part of the city you're in. My friend living in Richmond has a nice view of the ocean, theoretically, but it's pretty cold and cloudy out in the yard for a lot of the year. I live in the southeast side of the city near Hunter's Point, and we probably have totally overcast days in the single digits, it's basically always sunny and 70 during the day. It does get really windy for a good chunk of the day for a good chunk of the year, but our warmest days are during the spring and summer when that dies down.

My guess is when the candlestick park / shipyard redevelopment happens this is going to be prime residential real estate, it's the best weather in the city IMO.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by gwill »

ekianjo wrote: post #209
yakubin wrote: post #194

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Different people like different weather. For me e.g. Edinburgh has the perfect weather (I'm planning to move there). Where I am currently (Poland), I'm miserable in the summer, when humidity drops as low as 40% and temperatures get above 25°C (up to 33°C, or even 42°C in some godforesaken parts of the country). For me to feel comfortable, 22°C is the max (-5°C is the soft min, but will also take -20°C over 30°C), hum…

> Different people like different weather Not really, rather people get used to where they have to live and then rationalize the fact that they "like it" because they don't really have a choice.

people live places with various seasons and often have a favorite season. Their favorite is not always the longest season as well, which kind of throws out your rationalization theory.

In fact, this post wouldn't exist if what you said is true.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by mrep »

kblev wrote: post #145
Hamuko wrote: post #133

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What? Snow is way worse. There's basically no comparison. If it rains, you can still drive, walk and cycle. If it snows, your car will get stuck in the snow, your bike will get stuck in the snow, and you will completely soak your boots and pants as you slog through the snow. Things get somewhat improved when they plough the roads, but the big problem with ploughing is that it polishes the road surface. So if you're w…

Op really dislikes snow..

Definitely doesn't seem like a skier or snowboarder.

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by dvirsky »

I was just reading the Wiki page for Bogota yesterday and was like "damn, that city has my favorite kind of weather and it barely changes". Is it a good place to live in otherwise?

Re: Cities with Nice Weather

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Post by mrep »

alexcp_ wrote: post #227
ekianjo wrote: post #209

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> Different people like different weather Not really, rather people get used to where they have to live and then rationalize the fact that they "like it" because they don't really have a choice.

If you do a lot of outdoor sports, it's nice to have different season. I do skiing in the winter and I look forward to snow storm for example.

Totally, boat life for me in the summer and ski life for me in the winter.
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