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>>PaulHo+(OP)
Has the author ever been to The Netherlands. I wouldn’t consider that climate “mild”

>>Nevin1+Vq
Have you ever been to anywhere in North America at the same latitude as Amsterdam? Summer gets above 30 C and winter gets below -10 C, with frequent extreme weather events like thunderstorms, wildfires, "nor'easter" blizzards, even hurricanes once every few decades. European weather at the same latitude is comparatively much more moderate.

>>nerdpo+js
Is this valid also for places in US directly next to oceans? IMHO ocean shores are pretty mild in places all over the world in those lattitudes I've visited.

We also have harsh dry continental weather in Europe, you just have to move a bit more east, Russia starts to have its meteorological say.

Ie my own Slovakia has generally much lower humidity compared to say Switzerland or France, summers and winters and everything in between. Younger back home I've skied in -30C, and also experienced above 30 regularly during summers.

This is coming from decade and a half spending here in the western Europe. Coming home say on Christmas is always quite a shock for my breathing aparatus, more humidity simplifies breathing and infections.