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I'd live in perpetual winter if I could. You can dress for the cold, but at some point the heat and humidity make it impossible to be comfortable outside regardless of your outfit.
Being hot and sweaty is uncomfortable, granted.
But there's a point where the cold is outright physically painful. And unless you're wearing a full face mask, you're pretty much always going to have some part of yourself exposed.
You also have to weigh the discomfort of being hot against the discomfort of wearing a ton of heavy clothing, and even all the time wasted pulling on and taking off coats, hats, & etc. every time you to outside.
For me, summer wins every time.
I've been outside bundled up in 0°. It was unpleasant.
I've been outside in as little as I could legally get away with in 110°.
No contest: I'll take the cold.
Yeah I'd go even further. I've been in -25° in full goose down and warmers, it was pretty rough but with protection doable. I've been in 113° drinking water with cold rag on my neck and I could feel my internal organs straining to keep me alive.
The first I was able to withstand for a few hours, the second was max only 15 minutes. I'd take the -20°, it's not even close.
I'd imagine arctic temps is where the scales start to switch, like -60° where your skin starts to flay and your blood can't pump after a few minutes of exposure. But those temps only exist in a handful of desolate places, 110°+ is starting to show where humans live.