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Dunno. Half my ancestry is from Guangdong, China, a tropical climate. I grew up in Massachusetts, and I do fine with cold. My wife is Taiwanese (also tropical) and grew up in California and hates the cold.

Then again, the other half of my ancestry is from Ireland & England. Am I fine with cold because it's more about where you grew up and became accustomed to, or because I got my mom's genes? It's a good question, but the rest of my dad's family (currently living in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal) seems to do okay.

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I grew up in The Netherlands, and so did my parents and my parents parents, etc...

I hate the cold. I prefer to sweat from too much heat compared to shivering from too much cold. So I emigrated to a tropical country.

Perhaps part of the reason why I hate the cold, is that it makes it harder for me to do my work. If my fingers are cold, typing is more difficult, for example. And in the cold I think too much about staying warm.

It's funny, I hate winter, not because it's cold, but rather because it's dark all the time. I like running in the snow, skiing, etc. I also don't like summer because I'm always too hot.

I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot. Ideally here you can ski in winter and climb in summer.

Colorado might suit you.

Although, looking at timezones, you probably want a place that is more West-skewed for the timezone in order to get more daylight in the evenings.

> I want a place that's always Sunny but doesn't get too hot

I feel similar and for me elevated cities (at ~2000m) in sunny climates are perfect. For example Mexico City, Bogota or Arequipa (Peru). I know, the total list of suitable cities is probably narrow but it is by far my favorite climate.

Yeah, I think it's more to do with where you grew up and your adaptation to it than your precise heritage. Phenotype over genotype. My family is all from cold places but I grew up in a warm place, and while I like cold air on my face, I could never walk around on a 4°C day wearing short shorts.

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