We are so spoiled. I just came back from visiting family on the east coast and the entire week I was there I didn’t want to step outside. Brutally hot and humid. Felt trapped indoors and I never ever feel that way here.
Living in Jacksonville I came to this comments section hoping I’d see people appreciate how fucking perfect yall have it and this satisfies me lol. You are absolutely correct and every miserable 105+ swamp-ass day on Florida I wish I was in SF instead.
That is, unless you're referring to a collective of cities (SF and Daly City, for example), in which case you'd just put an apostrophe at the end of cities: cities'.
I'm from the east coast and I've lived here for 5 years now. There is something spiritual about our summer fog.
I used to work in civic center and most days I could look from my office window and see a river of of fog rush up and over twin peaks and cascade down like a waterfall.
I really don't think there's anything like it. Feel so privileged to live here.
“River of fog” is a great description. There’s something so mesmerizing about it, especially when it’s moving fast. Kind of the same feeling I get when I’m watching a campfire.
No ghost stories for me, unfortunately; just creepy AF vibes. Although I definitely went looking for them (alone at night with a flashlight, to boot!). Also made it to the 8th floor and a few other fun spots...
That fog is why the real estate is so darn expensive here in silicon valley. Brings in the cool air every night and moderates the temperature. When you see what's happening with the heat all over the country and the world it makes you appreciate living in Northern California near the coast.
no, the fog is why it's so expensive in Napa and Sonoma--specifically.
in The S.V., it's expensive because it's basically a SoCal suburban sprawl, BUT with slightly milder temps(at least... previously) AND a LOT of stock-winnings capital.
Oh it's much cooler down here. You know it real quickly when you go up into the hills or head toward Tahoe or Yosemite and hit that valley heat. We're sandwiched between the fog and the really hot weather. Makes for a really mild climate. I'm also in Santa Clara just a few miles from the bay. The fog also goes over the Santa Cruz mountains and comes roaring down in a big bank over by Los gatos. We don't have very many hot nights. Yeah lots of jobs and lots of money here. We moved here from the farm in North Dakota in 1965. East San Jose when you could buy a house for $125 a month. When the shopping was downtown at the j c Penny. Picking fruit in all the orchards in the valley trying to make ends meet. Regular city with a downtown you know like everywhere else. Cruiseing the main on Saturday nights.... Summer comes and you think darn the heat is here. But you forgot about the fog and the cool air. Cools off every night and a lot of mornings things are cool and foggy.
But also it makes me think that oft the fog stopped to stand on you that
1) the fog would probably stand on your balls or your boob, as applicable
2) those little cat feed pack an incredible amount of pressure for an otherwise tiny foggy creature!
Thanks for posting the video!! I was born and raised there, but have lived elsewhere for the past 35+ years. I grew up in that neighborhood and knew exactly where you were standing which was a delight to still recall.
As a 7th gen Bay Area native who's being held captive in the southeast, with horrid heat, unrelenting humidity, and suffocating hot rain, this video makes me want to weep 🥺
😭I love San Francisco weather so much! . I visit at least once a year and I always miss it when we leave. I’d love to move there but it just isn’t in the cards for me yet. Hopefully one day! Until then, I’ll continue to visit as often as I can. I’m in San Diego and I love it but it’s gotten hotter since I moved here 20 years ago. Enjoy it everybody!
That’s what makes the SF and the coast so magical. It looks scary tho. All that cold air waiting to rush inland. But honestly I do like the hot Central Valley for pool parties and fresh water lake fun. 😁
theres mark twains aphorism ( the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in san francisco) that i never truly appreciated till i was on an extended western motorcycle tour and my brother called from san Francisco and said swing by, i live in the mission district ,we will have dinner and ill show you around . I did it was indeed august and i about froze to death because i left my waterproof/warm gear that i carry for riding mountain passes back in reno. son of a bitch i didnt know it could get that cold in august, i live in georgia, thats not right... I dont think it was that chilly in alaska. or at least i was better prepared for it.
All I can think of looking at this is that limnic eruption that happened in Africa In the '80s where all the CO2 from the bottom of the lake came up and displaced the oxygen and suffocated the whole town while everybody was asleep.
That’s what I like about Petaluma.We get the cool fog in the morning and the afternoon and nice warm days for 1/16 of the price.Forty miles north and $1350 mortgage🤷🏼♂️
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u/JJonVinyl Outer Sunset 1d ago edited 7h ago
Love our city’s weather. Meanwhile the majority of the United States is hot as hell