The concrete jungle is never fun. I can remember in Cali when it got to 106 F. At 100 you can fry an egg on the concrete not to mention the tar!!! For us up here we do get the 4 seasons but some of them are very short. Winter is 4 months, Spring is 2 months, Summer 3 months, Fall around one month. Of course each year is different. Last year we had 6 months of spring and summer. But really we joke about only having 2 seasons snow and road construction. If I could get my husband to move to northern California I sure would. I miss the sun and the heat. I have a hard time with the humidity and the extremely cold. I wont swim in the lakes but give me the ocean anytime!!!