re: Is the Cold Really Worse Than the Heat?

I'd take the warmer climates all day every day. Snow is fun to visit, but I don't want to live in the bone chilling cold all the time. Like others have posted, if you can find somewhere that's not the extremes of both, live there. Probably why California has the best weather.

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That 30 below crap isn't for me.

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I've only seen below zero a few times. Rarely gets below 15 here.

Usually in the 20s and 30s in winter.

This is why people like California weather so much. It's just a shame the state is overrun with illegals and gays.

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Bend, OR

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But, you'd be in Oregon.

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Mid-atlantic has the best weather outside of California.

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I feel lucky here in Virginia. As a kid in the deep south I was accustomed to the heat. But now I appreciate the balance of only having a couple months of humidity (was June/July this year). Was in the 80's mostly in Aug and down into the 60's at night. In the 70's here this week.

I actually look forward to one of the few snows we have here. Usually get about 10-12 inches, but not as much lately. Here it doesn't stay on the ground long. Having ski resorts within a couple of hours drive makes it fun.

At this point in my old age I can get more done outside in the cool/cold temps than having to back off in the afternoons in the 90's / humidity. That's important to me.

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I’ve constantly told my family I’d rather live up north. My dad and his side of the family is from Ohio and they say I’d move back after 1 summer of shoveling snow. I don’t believe them.

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When it's still icy arse cold and gloomy gray in April and May after 6 months of winter, you'd be rethinking your position. It snows in the middle of May on occasion in parts of the Upper Midwest. I've lived in both climates for long periods of time, and I don't think Southerners who never lived in icy blasting cold understand it.

There's a reason population is southward and not the other way around.

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When it's still icy arse cold and gloomy gray in April and May after 6 months of winter, you'd be rethinking your position. It snows in the middle of May on occasion in parts of the Upper Midwest. I've lived in both climates for long periods of time, and I don't think Southerners who never lived in icy blasting cold don't understand it.

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the late april and early may snow can absolutely crush your spirit

people in the south don't realize how different southern ohio or iowa is to western new york or northern wisconsin though. the winters are much, much different.

I've lived in both. Where I live now, we have days with single digits and days with triple digits each year.

Here's what I can tell you.

When I'm hot, it's much easier for me to cool down than for me to warm up when I'm cold.

I get that a lot of people prefer cold, but from a survivability standpoint, hot is better. I will have a better chance of survival in hot climates on this planet v/s extreme cold.

Chicago winter sucks but they prepare for it and have the infrastructure in place. Same with heat down here.... we just accept the summer is gonna suck.

Personally I like the cold. Add on layers and you're good.
With the heat, at some point you just cannot survive outside for long.