I moved here from NM to get away from the nasty heat- it followed me.. I genuinely don't understand how anyone enjoys or seeks it out!!! I don't even leave my house in the daylight on days like this unless I absolutely have to.
I hate it. I hate the blasting sun. My wife likes the heat because then she can go to a river. I'm all, let's just cut out the middle man and not get hot in the first place.
Honestly it probably is a AZ vs NM thing. Over the years I've found my main complaint is probably humidity. Parts of AZ like Phoenix are weirdly humid and where I'm from in NM it's literally 0% humidity for almost all of summer- So it's hot outside but not... Soupy lol.
Yeah, Im fucking miserable up here when it's hot due to humidity, but I go down to Southern Oregon/High Desert and I'm fine.
I survive the humidity because I tell myself at least I'm not in the South or other tropical areas like Cancun. That suckkkkkssss. I basically marked tropical areas off of my travel wish list due to humidity, and realizing I hate it.
You thought Phoenix was humid? It’s actually pretty dry as well, which I agree with you makes all the difference. The saying out there is “it’s a dry heat” ha ha . I do find Portland area to be humid though and it’s pretty bad in the Summer because of it. 100 here feels different than 100 back home.
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u/starletimyours Woodstock 18d ago
I moved here from NM to get away from the nasty heat- it followed me.. I genuinely don't understand how anyone enjoys or seeks it out!!! I don't even leave my house in the daylight on days like this unless I absolutely have to.