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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by cheekibreeki2 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @06:36AM (#36643116)
California is in a weird place due to the weather, which almost guarantees the self dumping of people living outdoors. I'd be curious to see how this factors into these equations. Much of Europe gets pretty cold in winter.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by throwawaylinux on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:21AM (#36643369)
Weird in what way? There's a dozen with higher average minimum temperatures, several with not signifiantly more rain (or less, Texas).
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by JulianChastain on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:39AM (#36643462)
Iirc California has the most "nice" days on average of any state. "Nice" = between around 60°-80°F and Sunny. If you want to spend the whole year outdoors California is the best state to do it in.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by shuckles on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:31AM (#36643410)
The average you’re looking for can hide a lot of distributions. Texas gets both extremely hot and cold in a way California does not.
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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by lotsofpulp on Saturday July 08, 2023 @09:18AM (#36644111)
Wet bulb temperatures and dew point are what determine how comfortable it is outdoors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_meridian_west

> In the United States, this meridian roughly marks the boundary between the semi-arid climate in the west and the humid continental and humid subtropical climates in the east and is used as shorthand to refer to that arid-humid boundary.

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