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San Francisco Summers
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I used to hate the cold. That was before hot flashes. Now I love our Boston winters. I wish they’d last half the year, with autumn for the other half. I would love to live in San Francisco. Or maybe Siberia . . . .
I live in San Francisco now and I am from Phoenix. Let me tell you that San Francisco is nowhere near as cold as any grocery store, office, mall, you name it, indoors in Phoenix in July.
I am from SF and I had to move because of the high cost of living after ~40 yrs late this past summer. I’ve never lived anywhere else except for 4 yrs of college when I was not far away, in foggy a coastal town. I MISS THE WEATHER IN SF SO MUCH! Everyone who hates summer in SF, pls move away and let it be cheaper for those of us who appreciate its damp, soggy charms. Wearing shorts this coming summer is going to be SO WEIRD. I long for the 50s & 60s all year round.
Summer in Oxford UK. British summers were though on a Mediterranean girl like me. I truly suffered when I needed to wear tights under my skirt in July or not being able to eat outside as it was so chilly or rainy. Well there were heat waves here or there couple of days in July or August and then autumn again. Now living in Midwest US but not sure if I like very humid and hot summers here either though!!!!
Oh, the San Francisco fog! I lived in SF for 22 years and just moved to LA last summer. I miss some things about SF (including the cool ocean breeze when it’s 95 or 100 degrees and stifling in LA) but the summer is one of the main reasons we left. We had our highest heating bills in the summer. Wore heavy wool sweaters. Didn’t see the sun for days. Never owned a pair of shorts or sandals. You’d go to a baseball game at night and bring a puffer jacket, a beanie, and buy a hot chocolate, and you’d still be cold. It’s truly weird weather that is hard to believe if you haven’t lived there.
But if you drive 30 minutes south out of the city it’s 30 degrees warmer and also not so many entitled tech DBs. :)
Being from the east coast, my parents have always associated California with all things sunny and tropical, including San Francisco. They held onto this belief even after my brother moved there and reported back about the frigid summers, foggy mornings, and the fact he still had to wear layers. And even jackets. (Gasp!)
They just can’t accept it isn’t warm there, and even packed summery clothing when we all visited a few years ago, despite warnings from me and my brother. They were surprised (and freezing) the entire time, and I’m sure to this day still think the chilly weather was a fluke. :P
Your comment made me laugh. I think your parents would find this map interesting. It places West Coast Cities where they would be on the East Coast. SF is not too far south from Washington DC.
That is so funny Ro!
Jeanne, Washington DC summers are hot and very humid. Don’t show that map to Ro’s parents, they will never pack appropriately!
My in-laws would always visit and never even pack a jacket or pair of pants!
Yes. Many years ago on a family vacation, we went to Candlestick Park to watch a baseball game….in the evening…with thin sweatshirts. Frozen to the bone.
Spring in Boston is the cruelest joke (although the flowers are good.)
I’m guessing Mark Twain never spent January/February in Ottawa, Canada.
Winter in Michigan is 100% colder than summer in San Francisco. Sometimes it literally hurts to open my eyes outside. I’ve also gotten frostbite. It was -30 for 3 days this winter – so miserable.
::chuckles from Boston, while putting a sweatshirt on::
Springtime in Boston so true!
YES! I am from SF but spent 10 years in Boston, so very very true!
As a person from the Bay currently living in Boston with an officemate that kept the heat off ALL winter, THIS IS MY LIFE.
Another person from the Bay living in Boston, perpetually cold. I feel you! Sending you all the warm cozy thoughts for the rest of the chilly spring. We’re almost there!!!
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