The perks of winter:
- it is easier to keep warm during winter than it is to keep cool in the summer
- get to wear more clothings which means more pockets to carry things
- all the hell spawned insects go into hibernation
- everything layered in a blanket of snow glistens and sparkles.
- can build stuff with snow so easily
- unpleasant people are deterred or avoid going out as they are bitter about the snow so less likely to encounter them in the winter.
- the weaklings rely more on help as they are not strong enough for winter
- can do more exercising without overheating
At least in my experience, this does seem to be an unpopular opinion. One that I share.
70F without a thick layer of clouds might as well be the inside of an oven.
45F in spring is T-shirt weather, in fall it’s light hoody weather. The difference is humidity.
The ideal outdoor temperature is between 0F and 25F. Subzero is acceptable down to -30F. At that point stay inside.
You can always put more clothes on, but you can only get so naked.
Snow is great, perhaps the single greatest ground covering.
It’s easy to cool off in a proper winter. Just inhale deeply. It’s also easy also to stay warm, just dress appropriately for the weather.
It’s not hard to keep a house warm in the winter either. Just make sure it’s properly insulated for the weather. You’ll only need to run the heat a few times a week or in severely cold temperatures if it’s built properly and not massively oversized for the number of people living in it.
My electricity more than doubles in the summer because AC is so horribly inefficient.
Summer is the single worst season. Fuck summer.
I agree completely. I sleep outside a lot in the winter and I despise temps in the 30s F (0 to 5C). There’s nothing worse than near-freezing rain. It needs to be colder. But -40 is too cold. My house isn’t well insulated though and I’m not in a position to fix that right now.