🇺🇸 Redmond vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Redmond is Microsoft's hometown and increasingly Amazon's as well. The city is slightly inland from Lake Washington on the Sammamish Plateau, getting less direct lake moderation but still full Pacific marine influence. Marymoor Park and the Sammamish River provide green cooling corridors.

San Francisco's climate is shaped by its position on a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The coastal fog (Karl the Fog) rolls in through the Golden Gate each summer afternoon, keeping temperatures mild year-round. The city has dramatically different microclimates — the Sunset District fog-bound while the Mission basks in sun on the same day.