Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659378)

..... at least it's liquid wet stuff falling.....I couldn't be doing with the winter's up north.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659378)

I actually like the weather down here. Jun/Jul/Aug are hot and sweaty, can't get away from that, but it just means you use A/C and/or a pool and/or a beer fridge. Plus it is normally breezy which makes it a lot more tolerable. We've been out through Arkansas/Alabama/Georgia/Tennessee/Carolinas, and away from the coastal regions, it gets a lot nastier from what I can tell because the air is a lot more "still". Admittedly, we've only done that a couple of times for a few weeks each time, but it's been the same. Sept - May it is normally lovely here, but this year I'm feeling cheated because we missed out on the normal spring, with all this crappy wet stuff falling out of the sky. Not good. But at least it's liquid wet stuff falling.....I couldn't be doing with the winter's up north.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11659385)

It gets humid here in the summer. Not as hot, but upwards of 95-97% humidity on a 90F day is still not much fun.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11659400)

The winter's what? :sneaky:

Originally Posted by Owen778 (Post 11659418)

I agree with all of that, apart from the greengrocer's apostrophe.

When I arrived here, almost three years ago, I assumed that I'd hate the weather, and I'd hate the driving and traffic, and I'd hate the ugly strip malls, then the lack of proper bacon and rarity of decent curry. And while I haven't grown to love any of them, they just are. What I still miss, is friends and family in the UK, and really nice countryside within driving distance. The Hill Country is only a couple of hours, but it's not that special, in my view. Anywhere spectacular is nearer ten hours of driving away.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659464)

We don't actually get a lot hotter than that - it's generally mid 90's, with only the very odd day spiking up to triple digits

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659464)

.... Mods, will you please get a move on with that middle finger smilie. .....

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11659472)

I object! :frown: As this is British Expats, it should be a two-fingered V smilie. :nod:

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11659471)

How's the humidity there? Comparable to up here (very high in summer), or better? Our summers are generally mid 80s, with a few weeks in the 90s and above. It will hit 100+ with heat indices very easily during the hotter periods.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659484)

I've just been working in the backyard and my own little weather station has temp at 89, humidity at 59 and a 9 mph breeze from the SE which is keeping everything quite comfortable.

I don't see current humidity of 59% as typical - more typically summer will see it up in 90's in the mornings, and (according to wikipedia), dropping to the 60's in the afternoon, which seems low to me.

USClimate.org has average high temps as 90/92/93 in June/July/August, but doesn't record humidity.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11659509)

Sounds about the same as it is here then for humidity, the main difference being the average temps are about 10 degrees higher in the summer, and a lot higher in winter :lol:

I could probably actually deal with that, with AC etc. So there you go, Houston is not shit. Well, the suburbs anyway. I have no desire to live actually in a city. That would be shit because, well, people.

Originally Posted by English88 (Post 11652808)

I thought the "exactly" was enough to get a city specific answer :lol:

My wife wants to live by the coast but I like the look of Asheville.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659511)

I'm with you on city living - been there, done that, doubt I'll do it again.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11659568)

I've never done it, and never want to. Too many people. I hate people.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659571)

I enjoyed it at the time. Spent some time in central London, then lived right in the center of the financial district in Singapore for a few years. Great lifestyle for a while, but not when older with family....for me at least.

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11659511)

..... I guess I may get to that point, but it would be a drastic change - I like my space now....

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11659576)

I've lived in small towns all my life (including one year in Belfast - let's be honest, big city it is not), so that has probably helped shape my view somewhat. I never felt like I was missing out on anything anyway. I'd go further out from the suburbs to semi-rural in a heartbeat though, for the increased anonymity :nod: