Dang, I’d better get D out of there. She still has only her original parts and is in the cinema industry in LA! She’s still as sweet as ever and I’ve never heard anyone refer to her as plastic. 
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Stop me now! Or not…seriously plastic look? Mr. Ellebud took me to his university, an Ivy. When we returned to the hotel he turned to me and said, “I didn’t realize how average or worse people here look.” Being a wise plastic person I chose to say nothing. Fancy clothes? Does this mean our plastic taste runs to cocktail dresses for lunch? Or jeans that are too expensive with a shirt that isn’t stained?
I am not directing this toward anyone specific… Seattle has rain. That is not an opinion. Miami has lots of heat an humidity…fact. NYC has very expensive real estate…fact. Los Angeles has expensive real estate. We have good weather. But just because there are a lot of pretty people doesn’t mean we are intellectually limited or that we are plastic.
And that’s the truth.
I will say, my husband took my eldest son to visit a college in another state. By son commented that he didn’t see a good looking girl until they landed back in L.A. You have to admit, we are accustomed to a certain level of grooming here. I don’t necessarily think it’s a good thing, but people here are looks conscious in a way many other regions don’t share.
People exercise for all sorts of reasons, not just to look good. Plastic surgery, Botox, makeup and attention to clothing is purely to look good. One can be a heavy duty fitness freak, but lazy or disinterested when it comes to the other things that women do to look better. I may want to spend all day hiking, but I don’t want to spend 60 seconds putting on makeup. Lazy and disinterested when it comes to that aspect of looking good.
@busdriver11 Well, I said that because I’d read that Seattle has only had THREE sunny days since the beginning of October! Maybe you live in a different Seattle? I’m talking about the one in Washington. http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/never-ending-gloom-seattle-has-had-just-3-sunny-mild-days-since-the-start-of-october
Seriously, Jen, please stay out of Seattle. More real estate for us! 
Seriously - a sunny day is a day with “30 percent or less cloud cover observed”? And it has to be above 40? LOL - pansies. 
Jokes aside, this winter did have a record rainfall, and not just in Seattle but in other places on the West Coast, like in San Diego.
Yeah, we like to complain about our rain. But we hate snow and heavy winter clothes even more!
I will share with you all this about my home state of FL (yes, I am biased).
There is no shortage of beautiful and fit people here. Yes, we have our share, more than our share actually, of elderly people. God’s waiting room. Guilty as charged and a lot of those people are transplants for the NE (NY, NJ, Penn, Ohio) because they have or had money and got tired of the cold weather. But that is what is so great about FL and I am guessing LA and NYC also … diversity. FL is extremely diverse. Anything and everything from the Caribbean and South America is here, particularly in Miami, but all over the state except the panhandle which is mostly rednecks.
People are active, generally speaking, and beautiful. Enhanced beauty? In some cases yes in other cases just blessed by nature. You will see caucasion/white/European descent men and women of all types. Eastern European (blondes/nordic) and Western Europe (It is hard to beat Italians for beauty). Don’t even get me started about latina/hispanic women because I won’t stop. There are lots all over the place and not just in Dade/Broward counties where Miami is. It is a big plus as far as I am concerned. The house across the street from me has four college age girls renting it. Three of them are not what I would call head turners but the fourth, my goodness, she is not bad on the eyes. Darkly complected, I am guessing Italian or maybe even Middle Eastern. Just blessed by nature.
The heat over the summer is ridiculous.
We say you get used to it. We are liars. It is ridiculous. College and real estate costs are very affordable. People from the NE come down and just plunk down some money without blinking or negotiating because they are getting huge houses for 1/2 or 1/3 of what they are used too. But, I think people are a little tired of huge houses and more modest sizes are coming into play more. What people really like is planned communities with common areas so you actually get to know your neighbors.
Bunsen is right, like usual. This has been a record, crappy winter. But even that article admits we have had 42 partly sunny days during that terrible period. Plus, we Seattleites don’t like seeing that big yellow ball in the sky all day, because it’s blinding, blinding I tell you!
Don’t let the Seattle folks fool you with the rain totals. They may only average 36" per year but it comes in 0.1" increments per day. It’s always wet. Ok, July and the early part are incredible but that’s it. Also, a “partly sunny” winter day means that the sun peaked through the low clouds for 15 minutes from 2:45pm to 3:00pm … just before it set for the evening!
Sure, you keep believing that, droppedit. Those 0.1 inch daily increments are just miserable, you practically get washed away with that.
^No, you don’t get washed away. That’s exactly the problem. You’d rather be washed away one day and get sun all other days.
A friend of mine called it “sucker” hole. It teases you.
We moved to Syracuse when I was in 8th grade. It is the second cloudiest city after Seattle. It was depressing as heck. And instead of rain every day they get snow every day. It normally is an inch or two every day from snow squalls from November-April. On occasion they get hit with a big storm but it’s rarer there then most people believe.
Now I live in Albany, which is only 125 miles east and the difference in the amount of sunshine we get is stark.
Interesting the perception that people have, based upon their own experience.
Average days with precip-Albany 204, Syracuse 235, Seattle 210
Average snowfall-Albany 63, Syracuse 107, Seattle 13
Average precip-Albany 35.8, Syracuse 38.5, Seattle 38.4
Days with fog-Albany 151, Syracuse 129, Seattle 161
To look at the numbers, Albany isn’t looking like the best retirement plan for people who want good weather. I avoid it in the winter, along with Syracuse.
If you’re looking for good weather Los Angeles is the clear winner. Crazy number of days of sunshine, yet not the humidity and bugs you’ll find in Florida and Hawaii. Snow within an hour or two drive if you like winter sports, ample beaches if you prefer surf. Traffic is brutal, and everything is expensive… but it is a great place to live.
Days with fog - 161. I am genuinely interested to know - how do they count that? When there is some fog hanging over the Sound? It makes ferry watching more interesting.
That’s probably because Seinfeld was (for the most part) actually filmed in LA. 
What a great question.
I would say LA. It is 75F during the day and 65F at night. 325+ days of sunshine a year, no clouds, no rain. Perfect!
We have put down a deposit on a one month rental in Carmel, CA for August. I am finally getting the hell out of Texas for the last week of July through the first week of September. I am beyond ecstatic. I may decide that the Carmel area beats all of these cities being debated.