• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      When I moved to Los Angeles, I opened a bank account and while chatting with the bank employee, I found out she’d never seen snow up close. She’d only ever seen it on the mountains in the distance. That boggled my mind.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I have had friends from colder places come stay and say they’ve never felt as bitterly cold as winter in Sydney.

      When I spent some time in the snowfields in aus I was actually warm. Turns out if you build houses properly you don’t even really need much heating. Residual heat from cooking and body heat hangs around for a long time, we’d only light the fire mornings and evenings.