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Post by Ethereal on Mar 27, 2022 1:11:34 GMT -5
Basically an oppressive tropical climate versus an oppressive desert climate, though the latter does have a fresh reprieve. One is somewhat cloudy and the other is pretty sunny. Choose your poison.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 27, 2022 1:56:52 GMT -5
Singapore for being perfectly liveable ( unless you are captured, beaten, starved, neglected, beheaded, not treated as POW's under the Geneva Convention Laws re the capture and imprisonment of enemy combatents by a cruel and merciless enemy between 1942-1945 ) And then modern revisionists historians wonder why the Japs were Nuked to finish the conflict at the end of WW2. But as usual I digress....
Baghdad, by any measure, is pretty fucken extreme....
Singapore; lush, green, vibrant and alive... ya want some cold ? jump on a plane to Beijing at Xmas for a week.... then never whinge about the 'torrid' Singapore climate again....
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 27, 2022 2:01:18 GMT -5
^Singapore was my dream climate when I was like 9. Lmao. I had a thing for tropical climates as a kid. I was born in Baghdad btw, so I would always prefer hot deserts over tropical saunas, even though both aren't for me. Maybe it's a genetic or hereditary thing...
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Post by caspase8 on Mar 27, 2022 5:18:27 GMT -5
I've actually wondered if ancestry/genetics can be linked to climate preferences. For me it's definitely not the case, since my ancestors came from North Africa and southern Europe and I hate Mediterranean climates.
Anyway my vote is for Singapore. Tropical climates are almost always better than hot deserts.
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 27, 2022 7:59:26 GMT -5
I've actually wondered if ancestry/genetics can be linked to climate preferences. For me it's definitely not the case, since my ancestors came from North Africa and southern Europe and I hate Mediterranean climates. Anyway my vote is for Singapore. Tropical climates are almost always better than hot deserts. I am not sure to be honest, but maybe? Perhaps you may like similar climates to the Med type? My ancestors are from a Dsa climate (continental Mediterranean climate) from what is now southeastern Turkey. That is definitely not the type of climate I'd go for. However, I do prefer the dryness and sunshine of such climates. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_(city)#ClimateP.S. Baghdad is not really my ancestral area though, but it is a close neighbor - People of my ethnicity migrated there half a century ago. Northern Iraq/Southeastern Turkey is the centre point of my ancestral region. |
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Mar 27, 2022 8:21:17 GMT -5
Baghdad for having a mild, comfortable season and being less humid. Hot desert climates will always beat tropical rainforests  |
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Mar 27, 2022 9:36:13 GMT -5
Singapore.
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Post by Ariete on Mar 27, 2022 11:12:16 GMT -5
I've actually wondered if ancestry/genetics can be linked to climate preferences. For me it's definitely not the case, since my ancestors came from North Africa and southern Europe and I hate Mediterranean climates. Anyway my vote is for Singapore. Tropical climates are almost always better than hot deserts.
I doubt it at least as a blanket statement. There's vastly different weather preferences already within my family.
Finland in general is genetically extremely homogeneous, and I've encountered heat lovers, cold lovers, mild lovers, rain lovers, rain haters, 4-season lovers, 3-season lovers and everything in between.
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Post by ๐๐ฟMรถrรถn๐๐ฟ on Mar 27, 2022 12:03:03 GMT -5
I hate extreme heat and deserts so Singapore wins it easily.
Would be nice to have a cooler season in a climate like Singapore (but not like Taipei).
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Post by ๐๐ฟMรถrรถn๐๐ฟ on Mar 27, 2022 12:13:23 GMT -5
Singapore for being perfectly liveable ( unless you are captured, beaten, starved, neglected, beheaded, not treated as POW's under the Geneva Convention Laws re the capture and imprisonment of enemy combatents by a cruel and merciless enemy between 1942-1945 ) And then modern revisionists historians wonder why the Japs were Nuked to finish the conflict at the end of WW2. But as usual I digress.... Baghdad, by any measure, is pretty fucken extreme.... Singapore; lush, green, vibrant and alive... ya want some cold ? jump on a plane to Beijing at Xmas for a week.... then never whinge about the 'torrid' Singapore climate again.... There are far worse tropical climates than Singapore (which by all accounts is pretty decent). Any lowland location in Burma makes Singapore look very comfortable. |
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Post by Steelernation on Mar 27, 2022 12:23:38 GMT -5
Pleasant months:
Singapore: 0
Baghdad: 5.5
Baghdad wins it for me despite the awful summers.
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Post by caspase8 on Mar 28, 2022 5:45:09 GMT -5
I am not sure to be honest, but maybe? Perhaps you may like similar climates to the Med type? My ancestors are from a Dsa climate (continental Mediterranean climate) from what is now southeastern Turkey. That is definitely not the type of climate I'd go for. However, I do prefer the dryness and sunshine of such climates. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_(city)#ClimateP.S. Baghdad is not really my ancestral area though, but it is a close neighbor - People of my ethnicity migrated there half a century ago. Northern Iraq/Southeastern Turkey is the centre point of my ancestral region.
I do like the cool and wet winters of some Med climates, but definitely not the dry summers. The closest climate to a true med one that I actually like would be something like Batlow, NSW, which still has plenty of summer rain.
I have a few friends who have southeast Asian ancestry but hate heat/humidity and love cold. And I know plenty of people with a UK/western European background who like heat. I don't think people's climate preferences are correlated at all with their genetics, at least in general.
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Post by tij on Mar 28, 2022 14:54:32 GMT -5
Singapore is sticky and uncomfortable the entire year, but Baghdad is dangerously scorching in summer so it'll be my choice.
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Post by chesternz on Mar 29, 2022 0:35:10 GMT -5
Singapore. Located in the strait of Malacca, one of the most lightning-prone regions of the world, it gets a ton of storms - 180 per year IIRC. Basically zero seasonal range, which is kind of boring, but then again Baghdad's six-month drought and lack of storms is pretty boring too. Easy choice for me.
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Post by Cheeseman on Mar 29, 2022 7:59:14 GMT -5
I've actually wondered if ancestry/genetics can be linked to climate preferences. For me it's definitely not the case, since my ancestors came from North Africa and southern Europe and I hate Mediterranean climates. Anyway my vote is for Singapore. Tropical climates are almost always better than hot deserts. It's definitely not the case for me either, my ancestors came from Northern European hellholes with pathetically cool and cloudy excuses for "summer", so... I picked Singapore as well. Temperatures are more sensible year-round, 2000 sun hours is sufficient for me, and I'd imagine a lot of that rain comes in the form of brief storms. Arid climates like Baghdad just aren't my thing either.
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Post by alex992 on Mar 29, 2022 22:56:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think genetics/ancestry has anything to do with climate preferences. I'm from Venezuela (tropical country), my ancestors are from Spain, Italy and North Africa (all generally Mediterranean places) and I despise both tropical climates and Mediterranean climates.
Anyways, for this battle, I guess I'll choose Baghdad. It's an awful climate but at least gets some frosty nights in winter and nice reprieve. Year-round heat/humidity is a no go.
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 29, 2022 23:28:26 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think genetics/ancestry has anything to do with climate preferences. I'm from Venezuela (tropical country), my ancestors are from Spain, Italy and North Africa (all generally Mediterranean places) and I despise both tropical climates and Mediterranean climates. Anyways, for this battle, I guess I'll choose Baghdad. It's an awful climate but at least gets some frosty nights in winter and nice reprieve. Year-round heat/humidity is a no go. Haha....y'all need to change ya thinkin'... How about 12 months of the year the womenfolk dressed like this..... This is why the tropics, year-round heat/humidity is always superior !!  |
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Post by Cheeseman on Mar 30, 2022 6:21:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think genetics/ancestry has anything to do with climate preferences. I'm from Venezuela (tropical country), my ancestors are from Spain, Italy and North Africa (all generally Mediterranean places) and I despise both tropical climates and Mediterranean climates. Anyways, for this battle, I guess I'll choose Baghdad. It's an awful climate but at least gets some frosty nights in winter and nice reprieve. Year-round heat/humidity is a no go. Haha....y'all need to change ya thinkin'... How about 12 months of the year the womenfolk dressed like this..... This is why the tropics, year-round heat/humidity is always superior !! That's just one of many reasons! Also: - You don't have to shovel snow or scrape ice off your car if "winter" means 27 C and sunny.
- You can sit in your yard or at the park in nothing but a T-shirt and be perfectly comfortable.
- The air feels rejuvenating and encourages you to stay outside.
- If you live near the beach, you can go there any time of year.
- You can grow coconut palms and all kinds of stuff you can't grow in cold-winter climates.
- The town doesn't seem to shut down for four months in winter like it seems to up here.
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Post by Benfxmth on Mar 30, 2022 8:36:46 GMT -5
Baghdad
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Post by CRISPR on Feb 23, 2024 4:40:01 GMT -5
Baghdad... as the cool half of the year is relief from May-September.
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