Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree
by Twisol on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:21PM
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> I was concerned about the heat in Pasadena and the piles of snow in Boston
As a native Californian living in Pasadena, I also hate the heat -- but, unlike Boston (in my experience), air conditioning is standard, and makes the outside situation matter far less. (It's also not usually that bad, and it's almost always a dry heat.)
The one time I visited Boston (for an undergraduate research program), it was frosty the first few days, and then hellishly humid every day thereafter. The dorm I was staying in didn't really have temperature control, and I got the sense that AC wasn't as common.
Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree
by saagarjha on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @05:03AM
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It's not even that hot in Pasadena. Like, it gets warm in the summer, you may want to stay inside and turn on the AC, but it's typical southern California weather…
As a native Californian living in Pasadena, I also hate the heat -- but, unlike Boston (in my experience), air conditioning is standard, and makes the outside situation matter far less. (It's also not usually that bad, and it's almost always a dry heat.)
The one time I visited Boston (for an undergraduate research program), it was frosty the first few days, and then hellishly humid every day thereafter. The dorm I was staying in didn't really have temperature control, and I got the sense that AC wasn't as common.
Your mileage may vary!