Where Would You Live Based Solely on Geography and Climate?

[The Emerald Legion]

Either A.) An unused Oil Rig somewhere in the ocean or B.) Olympus Mons.

[The Blaatschapen]

Aruba, Jamaica

Bermuda, Bahama

Key Largo, Montego

Kokomo

Wasn't the Bahamas ravaged by hurricane?

Rock me like a hurricane is a different song, different band.

[Valentine Z]

Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden... all the places, all the nature scenery that my eyes could ever conceive and take.

I might visit France, Italy, Germany, etc, etc, as well, but I would totally love to live in those countries mentioned above, alongside Burma as my first and foremost home. I might just buy a plot of land, build a house there, and live. :3

[Socialist States of Ludistan]

Italy or Switzerland. I love the place I live right now, but it’s too cold.

[Region of Dwipantara]

Wasn't the Bahamas ravaged by hurricane?

Rock me like a hurricane is a different song, different band.

Aaah. I was woooshed.

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I. Hate. Hot. Weather.
Literally is 19-22 ºC here, right now (66-70ºF) and I'm freaking dying.

For most of my life, 23 degrees has been room temperature. That's what my parents set the AC to and many of my friends had cheaper parents who wouldn't go below 25. At night I would sleep naked with the fan on full blast.

[United Anarchist Communes]

I. Hate. Hot. Weather.
Literally is 19-22 ºC here, right now (66-70ºF) and I'm freaking dying.

For most of my life, 23 degrees has been room temperature. That's what my parents set the AC to and many of my friends had cheaper parents who wouldn't go below 25. At night I would sleep naked with the fan on full blast.

Ah lucky there, we don't AC here. We have WinDoWs and trees so we can lay in the shade they create.

[Vrijstaat Limburg]

I'd probably feel right at home in some remote corner of Iceland. Another place where I'd love to live is the Greek isle of Corfu. I like the former for its isolation and natural beauty, and the latter for the nice weather, mountaineous / hilly terrain and warm beaches.

[Forsher]

Well, I'd have to know the climate and geography, firstly. Which I don't.

As a general rule, I would look for somewhere without extremes of temperature but, to be fair, I live somewhere like that now. For all I know I might like snowy winters that drop below freezing (10 C is a very cold day here), although I do know I don't like it much beyond, hmm, maybe 25 C.

In terms of geography... flat places are freaky.

Actually, somewhere with weak sun, please. It sucks putting on sunblock all the time.

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

Singapore

Legit? It can be very hot here.

On another note I'll change my answer for climate.
My dumbass forgot I had morning sinus, and that's caused by COLD weather. So, I hate the hot weather because it's unbearable, but I can't stay in a cold climate for too long.
I would say Australia and New Zealand when it comes to climate.
Myanmar would have been an option for me but there's something there that bugs me.

[Rojava Free State]

The hills of Northern California.

[Sarderia]

If I somehow had the money to, I think I'll move somewhere in small town America or Canada. Somewhere along the likes of Nebraska, Colorado, Idaho, or rural BC. Something about living in the countryside is rather appealing to me, or I just heard too much "Home on the Range" back then... where I currently live, we don't have those vast cornfields and wheatfields, mountains topped with glimmering snow, deers and birds (and probably bears) popping out in your backyard occassionally, and a nice small old town to top it off. It might be a bit boring, but I wouldn't mind.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

Legit? It can be very hot here.

It's my preferred climate yeah. In all seasons

[Sarderia]

Singapore

Legit? It can be very hot here.

On another note I'll change my answer for climate.
My dumbass forgot I had morning sinus, and that's caused by COLD weather. So, I hate the hot weather because it's unbearable, but I can't stay in a cold climate for too long.
I would say Australia and New Zealand when it comes to climate.
Myanmar would have been an option for me but there's something there that bugs me.

You might want to visit Southeast Asia first... it's literally heaven for mosquitoes, cockroaches, centipedes, and other tiny devils you can think of but on the other side, there's verdant and really beautiful scenery all year round. It would be a good place to live if you can stand the humid air, of course.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

Legit? It can be very hot here.

On another note I'll change my answer for climate.
My dumbass forgot I had morning sinus, and that's caused by COLD weather. So, I hate the hot weather because it's unbearable, but I can't stay in a cold climate for too long.
I would say Australia and New Zealand when it comes to climate.
Myanmar would have been an option for me but there's something there that bugs me.

You might want to visit Southeast Asia first... it's literally heaven for mosquitoes, cockroaches, centipedes, and other tiny devils you can think of but on the other side, there's verdant and really beautiful scenery all year round. It would be a good place to live if you can stand the humid air, of course.

he said "here" in his post so it's a good guess he's from singapore lol

[Voxija]

Somewhere with a Mediterranean climate. Maybe Turkey, the Levant, or Italy. Or LA.

[Sarderia]

You might want to visit Southeast Asia first... it's literally heaven for mosquitoes, cockroaches, centipedes, and other tiny devils you can think of but on the other side, there's verdant and really beautiful scenery all year round. It would be a good place to live if you can stand the humid air, of course.

he said "here" in his post so it's a good guess he's from singapore lol

Singapore isn't Myanmar, they got literally tons of AC there it feels more like Italy or Spain. And of course mosquitoes and roaches wouldn't want to be in Singapore. The country is just too very clean for that.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

he said "here" in his post so it's a good guess he's from singapore lol

Singapore isn't Myanmar, they got literally tons of AC there it feels more like Italy or Spain. And of course mosquitoes and roaches wouldn't want to be in Singapore. The country is just too very clean for that.

Sorry but in my exp Singapore climate feels like everywhere else in SEA.

Sure there is a lot of a/c... indoors.

[Sarderia]

Singapore isn't Myanmar, they got literally tons of AC there it feels more like Italy or Spain. And of course mosquitoes and roaches wouldn't want to be in Singapore. The country is just too very clean for that.

Sorry but in my exp Singapore climate feels like everywhere else in SEA.

Sure there is a lot of a/c... indoors.

Really? I've been to Singapore and I found it more akin to Athens or Naples than Jakarta or KL. The city plan is European-style and there is a lot of British buildings around. The climate is not too unbearably hot like other SEA capital cities (that maybe coming from the urban heat island's, because for example people in Jakarta and KL travel more by car while Singaporeans by their mass transit options).

[Neutraligon]

It is too hot in the summer, but the area around Southern Utah is truly gorgeous. I like Maine during the summer. I prefer mountains and deserts to the ocean.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

Sorry but in my exp Singapore climate feels like everywhere else in SEA.

Sure there is a lot of a/c... indoors.

Really? I've been to Singapore and I found it more akin to Athens or Naples than Jakarta or KL. The city plan is European-style and there is a lot of British buildings around. The climate is not too unbearably hot like other SEA capital cities (that maybe coming from the urban heat island's, because for example people in Jakarta and KL travel more by car while Singaporeans by their mass transit options).

I don't think there's any meaningful climate difference between KL and Singapore.

KL has more pollution, that's true, but it's not related to the climate. KL is a very well airconditioned city as well (if you have money). Inside the buildings the climate is no different - outside there is.

edit: unless there's smog, KL and Jakarta feel worse [Ive not been to Jakarta tbf] because of the pollution, not the weather or climate

Bangkok is MUCH worse than either KL or Singapore in my opinion purely because the pollution is worse. The actual avg daily rolling temp/humidity is mostly the same (Bangkok in April though :|)

[New Bremerton]

Legit? It can be very hot here.

On another note I'll change my answer for climate.
My dumbass forgot I had morning sinus, and that's caused by COLD weather. So, I hate the hot weather because it's unbearable, but I can't stay in a cold climate for too long.
I would say Australia and New Zealand when it comes to climate.
Myanmar would have been an option for me but there's something there that bugs me.

You might want to visit Southeast Asia first... it's literally heaven for mosquitoes, cockroaches, centipedes, and other tiny devils you can think of but on the other side, there's verdant and really beautiful scenery all year round. It would be a good place to live if you can stand the humid air, of course.

Ugh. Not the tropics. Anywhere but here, except Singapore and *maybe* KL and Penang. Bukit Bintang and KLCC in the downtown area are actually pretty nice places to visit. Parts of Penang are pretty decent too, especially Tanjong Bungah and Tanjong Tokong with their nice, upmarket, beachfront condominiums in the northeastern part of Penang Island as well as the new Batu Kawan bedroom community currently under development on the mainland (Province Wellesley) that is home to a major IKEA shopping mall.

The rest of SEA, including Sarawak where I currently live, sucks balls although I will grant that the Borneo sunset is among the most beautiful in the world. Sarawak used to have really nice beaches too. Rising sea levels in recent years have erased them from existence. One other thing I've noticed is that West Malaysia and Indochina tend to be far more sticky and humid than East Malaysia.

The same is true of subtropical Hong Kong during the summer months. In fact, Summer in HK is objectively hotter and more humid than most of SEA from roughly late May to early September. Only the unparalleled local dishes and HK's status as a First World country and world-class city are sufficient to offset the oppressive summers. If we include cuisine in the mix, Hong Kong, the city I was born and raised in and remain fiercely loyal to, wins uncontested.

Barring politics, a very high degree of human development a la HK/S'pore is the only thing that can outweigh the cons of living in the tropics. I'm assuming human geography is covered by the OP.

My ideal location would include at least one major harbor, a prominent skyline, and snow-capped mountains accompanied by a temperate climate with cold, snowy winters i.e. Vancouver. The vegetation would consist of evergreen, boreal vegetation. Wild critters would include herbivorous bears and wolves. Christmases would always be white and snowy. The HK-style condominiums situated in downtown Vancouver would be an ideal place to settle down permanently. Such a location would be closely reminiscent of HK minus the oppressive summers and oppressive CCP scumbag regime. Minus the CCP, only the food and childhood memories would be sufficient to lure me back to HK, leaving me torn.

Alternately, I could live someplace more rural. Queenstown, NZ possesses many of the same characteristics except insofar as the town is much smaller, the altitude is much higher, and instead of the sea, there are lakes. The fjords of South Island are not too far from Queenstown. The boat rides and icy waterfalls are absolutely spectacular. Just be sure to hire the right kind of bus driver for the long but extremely scenic, Middle-Earth trip to and from the fjords to avoid getting motion sickness as I did. Based purely on geography and climate alone, New Zealand is one of my favorite candidates, rivaled only by Canada, Norway, and Japan.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

The rest of SEA, including Sarawak where I currently live, sucks balls although I will grant that the Borneo sunset is among the most beautiful in the world. Sarawak used to have really nice beaches too. Rising sea levels in recent years have erased them from existence. One other thing I've noticed is that West Malaysia and Indochina tend to be far more sticky and humid than East Malaysia.

I'm gonna guess its the wind. Both Sabah and Sarawak get wind. I mean Sabah isn't called land below the wind for nothing. It can be pretty breezy - a lot of houses built at a higher elevation as well. Certainly in April - May the actual temperature in East Msia is not lower. So it must be something else.

Bangkok is literally hell on earth in April though.

[New Bremerton]

he said "here" in his post so it's a good guess he's from singapore lol

Singapore isn't Myanmar, they got literally tons of AC there it feels more like Italy or Spain. And of course mosquitoes and roaches wouldn't want to be in Singapore. The country is just too very clean for that.

Last time I was in Singapore, the streets of Little India were strewn with litter. HK post-SARS is so much cleaner. HK during the summer months is also objectively hotter than Singapore all year round. East Malaysia feels cooler for some reason. Here, we get the full blast of the northeast monsoon during the winter months in the form of endless precipitation.

Obviously, HK, KL, and S'pore are exactly identical indoors where A/C is the norm. HK only diverges from SEA in winter and A/C is used far less often if at all, especially in residential buildings and on very cold days.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

Last time I was in Singapore, the streets of Little India were strewn with litter. HK post-SARS is so much cleaner. HK during the summer months is also objectively hotter than Singapore all year round. East Malaysia feels cooler for some reason. Here, we get the full blast of the northeast monsoon during the winter months in the form of endless precipitation.

some parts of all countries are dirty... but KL is something else. remember they closed raj banana leaf because theres a video online of the workers literally washing stuff in the drain (overrated anyway, like with everything in bangsar)