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Amsterdam is neat but the Dutch hackers I know all choose to live in California because of the weather.

Rain doesn't bother me. Smog bothers me. Tasers bother me. Not being able to afford healthcare bothers me. My family has been in California for six generations, and I love it, but you can have it. I'll take the Netherlands.

What made you choose Amsterdam instead of Berlin, Barcelona, Paris or other European city?

IMO the summer here is great. It's not too hot and I love to bike in the summer breeze. In these days the sun sets at 10pm.

Of course there are trade-offs, and you have to go through the winter which in California does not exist.

I was thinking more about the drizzly rain. I've only been there about 10 days total but it rained every day (in the summer.)

In the summer it definitely rains more than in the winter, but not that much. Sometimes the weather turns bad for some days as you experienced (and as it happened last week). Overall I don't think it rains that much, I can count on one hand the times I had to wear the raincoat on my bike during the last months (I bike every day). Drizzle is bearable in my opinion, but of course does not compare to an always sunny weather.

I prefer much more a changing weather and changing seasons to constant weather, but that's definitely very personal.

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