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Immunity is a strong word.

You can acclimate to different environments and temperatures. Brown fat tissue can be increased when exposed to cold temperatures over a long period of time, in a form of adaptation. This type of fat helps produce heat, keeping you warmer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_adipose_tissue

There is truth to the jokes of Minnesotans wearing shorts on the same day Floridian’s would wear winter clothes.

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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah I wouldn’t use the word immunity, I’d say you can build up a tolerance.

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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Just backing up all of this. I’m from PA and I remember one year we spent Christmas in Tampa. First time I could wear shorts outside on Christmas, while everyone else was sporting pants and at least a hoodie, if not a coat.

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- kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I grew up in a northern state and used to pride myself as a teen that I could wear a t shirt in the snow or be wearing a hoodie at the busstop while others had winter coats.
  
  After a some years in Southern Florida a slight breeze bringing it to 70 degrees gets me into a sweater lol
  
  The body really acclimates. It used to be so hot the first summer and nowadays it’s not a big deal. But actually this summer has been unusually hot, however that seems a bit anomalous.
  
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- shadowSprite@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m also from PA and moved to a southern state. It’s fun when it’s 60 degrees out and everyone is walking around in winter jackets and scarves and I’m in a t-shirt literally dripping sweat. My first winter it was 55 out and someone said “I can’t wait for spring to come, I’m so sick of the cold.” I just looked at them and said “uh… where I come from, this is spring.”
  
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  - NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    60f is 15c for any other non Americans
    
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  - J12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I’d be 100% fine if it was 55 degrees year around.
    
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CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I am that Minnesota! I’ve been shorts and t-shirt during winter since high school.

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dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A couple of years ago for Christmas I left my 80°F December to visit my in laws where the highs were 30°F. I had absolutely no resistance, and it was miserable. They kept their house cold because they were acclimated. I was shivering in my jacket next to the fire the whole trip.

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