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I have no idea if weather is a thing with this but I always thought you'd see a much larger population in LA, San Diego, and other places which pretty much have perfect weather all year. And although you see homelessness in those So-Cal cities it isn't rampant like it is in SF, Seattle and Vancouver.


SF stays manageably temperate, while LA & SD get really hot for several months. If SF is too cold for a day, you can go hop a ride on bart and hang around the warmer east bay for however longer you want to.

Getting only down to 50F max and having a 60F avg temp is easily solved by a sweater. 80F+ is solved by an AC, which is a lot more work.


The weather is nicer in Southern California, but you pretty much need a car to get around. SF is only seven miles wide, so you can pretty much get anywhere in the city within a couple hours on foot. I assume that makes things like collecting benefits and checking mail much more convenient.


Heat will kill you just as surely as cold will, and is especially a problem if you don't have easy access to drinking water.




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