<p>so is it really humid in the summer?</p>
<p>I agree with Figgy's friend totally. Places without seasons suck. Why do people always ask about the snow? Ithaca is hardly the north pole.</p>
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<p>LoL..tell that to somebody from Miami or San Diego.</p>
<p>socal people are wusses. plus everything there is always dusty and grimy and it never rains. hehe.</p>
<p>yes, it is very humid in the summer</p>
<p>it snowed today. that's just depressing.
just when you think it's finally warming up...</p>
<p>A parental here---I was amused to see that some do not favor Northface, and am wondering if any younger members care to suggest alternatives. </p>
<p>I am from upstate NY but now live in Seattle with kids born and bred in this temperate climate. My D, just admitted to Cornell, asked for a Northface jacket to celebrate the payoff for her hard work. Northface is de rigeur in her pricey private school, but she has worn a Columbia jacket for four years, for economic reasons (tuition has been a stretch). </p>
<p>Northface is fine for this place, but I were to choose a new jacket to return to my roots in NY state, I would never go for Northface. Most of the ones D admires are fleece and quite inadequate for real winter, IMHO, and while the warmer ones are down, they would be hard to maintain, with spring mud, etc. Personally, I wear LL Bean jackets, and even "imported" one to Seattle. It's cold and wet here for months, penetrates to my bones more than the drier winter cold in the NE. </p>
<p>LL Bean is fine for the old and uncool, such as myself, but what should I recommend to D? Thanks</p>
<p>Patagonia, L.L. Bean are all pretty good.</p>
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<p>I'm sure those average highs in the 70s are tough during those humid San Diego summers.</p>