How confident are you about this in general? And how much do you think there are individual differences? Personally I grew up in NY and later on lived in Vegas for about six years and never really adjusted to the heat at all.
I did notice that certain people are much more tolerant of it than others. My girlfriend’s family would always have barbecues in the summer in 100 degree weather and say it’s not that bad because we’re in the shade or because the sun is down. I’m not sure how much of that is selection effects vs adjusting vs whatever else though.
I’m not sure myself but it feels like the sort of thing where maybe what happens to the average person doesn’t matter. People interested in living nomadically should probably try it out for N months first and see how they personally adjust.
Idk though, maybe months is too short a timeframe, maybe it takes years. But if it takes years that feels like too big of an investment to be worthwhile for most people, especially if there’s also a risk that you never actually adjust.
Just based off of my experience, I adjusted to living in southern India (high humidity, >30c/86f most days) in about a month. The first month I was dying and having to drink water constantly, and then about a month in I’d adjusted almost completely.
How confident are you about this in general? And how much do you think there are individual differences? Personally I grew up in NY and later on lived in Vegas for about six years and never really adjusted to the heat at all.
I did notice that certain people are much more tolerant of it than others. My girlfriend’s family would always have barbecues in the summer in 100 degree weather and say it’s not that bad because we’re in the shade or because the sun is down. I’m not sure how much of that is selection effects vs adjusting vs whatever else though.
Good question! Not at all confident. I’ll adjust the claim there to make it more clear this is just an anecdote.
I see. Thanks for clarifying.
I’m not sure myself but it feels like the sort of thing where maybe what happens to the average person doesn’t matter. People interested in living nomadically should probably try it out for N months first and see how they personally adjust.
Idk though, maybe months is too short a timeframe, maybe it takes years. But if it takes years that feels like too big of an investment to be worthwhile for most people, especially if there’s also a risk that you never actually adjust.
Just based off of my experience, I adjusted to living in southern India (high humidity, >30c/86f most days) in about a month. The first month I was dying and having to drink water constantly, and then about a month in I’d adjusted almost completely.