Why do old people like the hottest states?

Old people overdress because they are so sedentary they generate zero watts. Makes sense to go someplace warm.

Old people can't tolerate the cold as well and taxes

Piano_Man87 wrote:

Old people overdress because they are so sedentary they generate zero watts. Makes sense to go someplace warm.

But in places like Washington state or France, old people dropped dead like flies during heat waves when the temperature went over 100 degrees, which is everyday weather in Arizona. The 2003 French heat wave was particularly bad with tens of thousands of old people dying from the heat.

I know they have air conditioning, but they have to deal with the heat when they walk in and out of buildings and cars. And when power outages or A/C failures happen, they also have to deal with the heat.

Baby, it’s cold outside.

Recently I talked to some old people living in tropical areas. Many of them told me that they feel comfortable at 85 degrees and get cold when the temperature goes under 80 degrees. Most of them think 72 degrees is way too cold. And they think 65 degrees is sub-arctic. One guy said he would start shivering whenever he walked into an air-conditioned supermarket.

I was shocked. They must be lizards, not humans. And they're overweight, with more blubber than the average Antarctic penguin, whereas I hardly have any body fat.

But they were shocked when I told them that I walk around in a T-shirt and shorts when it's 60 degrees because I enjoy pleasant cool weather. One guy got defensive and told me to "stop dressing like that in order to prove yourself as superior" (wait what?!). I told him that runners think 60 degrees is warm because, well, it IS relatively warm for people who produce lots of body heat during intense exercise. And he got even madder. Screw that, I have better conversations with my dog than I do with these senile grumpsters.

Women in bikinis are not so easily spotted in North Dakota.

Polar bears are more dangerous than koala bears.

The chances are the OP has the heat on right now in his parent's basement is high.

You can play pickle-ball in Florida nearly year-round outside in Florida.

This is not true for Minnesota.

I support global warming and the mass extinction of mosquitos.

S.O.S.W.P.

Heat Intolerant Dude wrote:

. Screw that, I have better conversations with my dog than I do with these senile grumpsters.

I’m sure they’d agree.

Trump2020OP-the real one....... wrote:

The chances are the OP has the heat on right now in his parent's basement is high.

Thanks for the compliment, but I have my own place and do not have the heat on.

Current location: SoCal, one of the hottest places in the entire country. Our temps are now in the 40's to 60's now, which is perfect weather for running and even a bit warm at times.

Whenever the temperature drops below 65, there are some people who start to think they're dying from the extreme cold. They are,

- Old people

- Weak-looking women

- FOB Asians, even Koreans who get cold winters back in Korea

- Some Hispanics

- People who generally look unhealthy and might be hypothyroid

Some of them keep asking me annoying questions about why I don't feel cold. Just let me run shirtless when it's in the 50's outside and don't freak out.

I wonder how they could survive living anywhere north of the Sun Belt, because those places actually get cold, and I mean real cold. SoCal never really gets cold during the winter compared to what the rest of the country experiences.

Heat Intolerant Dude wrote:

Whenever the temperature drops below 65, there are some people who start to think they're dying from the extreme cold. They are,

- Old people

- Weak-looking women

- FOB Asians, even Koreans who get cold winters back in Korea

- Some Hispanics

- People who generally look unhealthy and might be hypothyroid

Anyone would feel cold when its 65 degrees. Quit trolling.

pls shut up wrote:

Anyone would feel cold when its 65 degrees. Quit trolling.

Senile grumpster spotted. Go back to playing golf at Mar-A-Lago.

Real runners like us have fast metabolisms so we produce a ton of body heat all the time.

When taking account of how cold or hot it is one must consider more than just temperature. Humidity, dew-point, altitude, and sunshine all have a direct impact on how one feels the atmospheric temperature.

Because people's metabolism slows with age, colder temperatures are less tolerable.

SoCal is essentially a desert climate with mild winters and moderate temperatures most of the year. It's a good place to run and troll from.

S.OS.W.P.

Trump2020OP-the real one....... wrote:

SoCal is essentially a desert climate with mild winters and moderate temperatures most of the year. It's a good place to run and troll from.

Now even you agree that SoCal has mild winters and moderate temperatures, but not those old people, weak ladies, and FOB immigrants. I hear these people complaining about SoCal winters as if they were Canadian blizzards and then freak out when they see me in shorts. Makes no sense huh?

When you're old, you don't like it to get dark at 4:00 p.m.

Cold is tougher if you have arthritis. Sicknesses tend to spread more in the cold. Olds don't want to deal with slipping on the ice or driving. Sorry I don't have a complete answer but these are some considerations.

I understand that old people will have a hard time in North Dakota or Maine, but going all the way down to Florida for the brutal heat is a bit extreme. Somewhere temperate and moderate like Virginia, Oregon, or California would make more sense, but Arizona and Florida have climates that are beyond miserable and could easily kill off a bunch of old people. That's my point.

Heat Intolerant Dude wrote:

That's my point.

....and it is a crappy one

There's this new technology called air-conditioning that makes your whole argument mute. Also, people's internal thermostats all differ and people like to complain, it's the nature of the creature. Homo Sapien Complainus.

S.O.S.W.P.

There's this new technology called heating that makes your whole argument mute. Also, people's internal thermostats all differ and people like to complain, it's the nature of the creature. Homo Sapien Complainus.

maybe they get colder easier because of poor circulation, and the cold tenses everything up making their arthritis worse. and they maybe have retirement money saved so can afford to move.