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Comment by dctoedt | Hacker News Reader

> So few days of good weather [in Texas].

That's why I tell disbelieving Californians that we have better weather in Texas than they do: When we have nice days, we appreciate it, whereas when they do, they don't even notice .... :-)

(Source: Spent several years in California long ago.)

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This is true of the Midwest, too. After the months of winter 40° days are barbecue outdoors and go for hikes weather.

People hike a lot in California, if you can believe it.

While people remain in denial about how nice it is to only have 2-3 months of livable outdoor weather a year, housing prices will always tell the truth

I think that property prices in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands provide a neat counter example to your point.

Housing prices everywhere have gone up, just not at the same rates. You can still find reasonable housing outside London, Dublin, etc.

Outside London yes. Outside Dublin not so much, unless you want to live on the other side of the country.

Obviously not a fair example.

Housing isn’t really a “market” that can be efficient at pricing in all information because it’s different for everyone (relatives, taxes, jobs, immigration, race, etc).

The places you listed have milder weather, and far less sunshine than most of the US but they also have hundreds of years of extra history and development. Moving from the US to there has far higher friction cost than moving between states.

All three of those have much milder winters than the US Midwest does.

So you don’t have nice weather, you have Stockholm syndrome?

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