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I think PNW people wondering why I don’t like standing around in the rain is like me not understanding why people complain about heat and humidity (I truly don’t really feel heat and humidity, but my body was also built for equatorial weather)
Where I come from, rain is nice and warm. Like taking a warm bath.
@skinnylatte Where I come from, rain is cold, frequent and usually accompanied by wind. Like taking a New Year's Polar dip.
@SCampbell brrrrr!!
@skinnylatte I feel like enjoying the rain in portland is less a matter of bodies and more a matter of gear
I own so much gear after ~10 years in the PNW and now I love the rain 
@kf I have better gear than last time.. it is a little bit better, my body still thinks it’s wholly unnatural to not see the sun at all lol
@skinnylatte oh THAT part is still weird to me, but then again: I grew up on the gulf coast and hated the sun
so I enjoy it
but I'm still not *used* to it
(the rain is normal and great to me, though!)
@kf we get a ton of monsoon in SEA. Some towns I’ve spent a lot of time in rain as much and far more vociferously. But there’s still something different about this type of rain that feels.. alienating to me instead of nice
Tbf, even as someone who loves PNW winter weather, we rarely want to _stand around_ in it. It’s for energetic striding and maybe doing something to a deciduous tree.
@skinnylatte Having lived in Mumbai that's a weather pattern that a lot of folks cant adapt to. It blows them right out
@skinnylatte I feel that way about cold, I don't really feel bothered by cold at all. But if it's more than 25 degrees I start looking for any kind of shade.
Which can be a real problem when traveling, most places are warmer than Denmark.
@skinnylatte Yeah I think you have to grow up in certain conditions to get used to them. I grew up in Western Australia, so I have no problems with hot dry weather. Humidity is tough though. The worst is visiting Sydney in winter – thus having to deal with both humidity and cold temperatures. No idea what to wear for that.