Yeah its hot in the summer in New York! Great observation.

Salon editors, I would love for you to continue this series; I grew up in Wisconsin and it was hot there in the summer, too! I'd love to hear about whether or not it is hot in California, Texas, Virginia, in the summer.

Maybe when winter rolls around, you could do a series on how cold (brrrr!!) it gets in various parts of the United States.

Great stuff, keep it up!

I was feeling bad about my son missing "summer." For the most part he is a mole who likes to play video games and plays more video games with those that like to do the same thing. I think there is more of "us" out there than those magazines keep telling us about who actually enjoy summer.

Summer isn't a season...it's a 3 month long conversation with our own naked bodies. Summer fashion isn't clothing..it's foreplay. Summer is the reason we have a self-image at all.

And it's the reason we all need to get comfortable in our own skin -- love our imperfections, or get plastic surgery, or psychotherapy, or just drink alot.

Learn to love yourself and summer is a blast!

Advice to the author:

1. Buy an airconditoner if you want to live through a summer in NYC or shut the eff up about the heat/humidty. You have NO EXCUSE.

2. Big breasts are problem about that I'd bet 80% of the women in the US wish they had.

How could anyone sympathize with such a whiner? Small wonder she isn't popular.

...do you live in New York City? I'm not sure if you mentioned that or not in the article.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this article. Just last week, I admitted to my father - and in doing so, to myself - that "I think I hate the summer." I said this as if it was a sacrilege - like I was admitting that I was an atheist. (I am, but that's another story). He said, "I hate it too." It was such a relief to admit it. It's seen as wrong - you're supposed to love the summer. But really, for the last 2 months I've been pretty unhappy.

As a child, I loved summer. All I had to do all summer was play in our rowhouse above ground pool. Now, as an adult, you have life requirements, and they're tough in the summer.

Here in Philadelphia, we've had an 'extreme heat advisory' for nearly a week. But really, it's been terrible all summer - dreadfully hot, and even more dreadfully humid. I've realized how much I like to go outside and walk, now that I've not been able to do it without feeling sick, drenched in sweat and unable to breathe the stale jelly that substitutes for air. I am a keen birdwatcher, but I'm miserable walking around in this. So, I've been stuck in the house. The only wild birds I've seen have been though my window, and even they are panting from the heat, beaks open. My parrots have been stuck in the house. I went to a barbeque at a relative's last weekend, and although it was lovely to see them, I'd have rather seen them without my dress soaked in sweat, and my hair wet and plastered to my forehead.

I want to go outside and walk! I can't wait for autumn. Thanks for making it a little more acceptable to admit a hatred of summer.

Who is forcing Ms. Shukert to live in New York with its suffocating summers and freezing winters? We don't need any more people moving to the San Francisco bay area, but our summers are mild with the exception of a couple of heat waves that last 2-3 days and then give way to glorious weather, our winters are just as mild and easy and the people are nicer and friendlier.

But this was quite possibly the most worthless piece I have read on this site. What exactly is your complaint? That the weather is hot and people have a little more free time? You don't have enough friends?

Move somewhere else. Summer is a great time of year in NYC. Yeah it's hot, but there is amazing selection of free rock shows (seriously, I am constantly amazed by the selection of bands you can see for free in the summer here) and outdoor activities in the city. If you don't have a backyard, there are plenty of beautiful parks that even have free grills you can clean and use. If you can actually figure out how to cook, there is a hell of a lot more to bbq than cold hot dogs. There are a number of public swimming pools and beaches you can get to in no time by hopping on the subway. Outdoor drinking abounds and most everyone is in a good mood.

You wonder why your phone doesn't ring? Have fun sitting around your apartment sweating your ass off to crappy daytime TV. I'm sure that will do wonders for your physique, mental state, complexion, and personality. The rest of us will enjoy the city while you complain.

Can someone explain why this piece was published? What's next, editorials by retarded high school gamer kids who wonder why they have a hard time getting laid?

Winter, Rain and August. If you don't know that by now then the problem is you.

Where any summer day above 70 degrees is considered global warming Satan on a flaming horse apocalypse. I guess that's why they ran with this story. Where I live it's going to be 101 today @ 60% humidity.

Wear white coveralls (large and loose) and a damp Gilligan cap

the coveralls swishing open and closed makes a nice breeze and if color-safe bleached will reflect even more sunlight.

I hear when you bleed out you get really cold...just before you go.

Say nasty things to everyone this will keep you distracted.

Move to one of the top ten nastiest cities in the world...be a whore and never leave your airconditioned brothel oh yeah - you already did that.

Be glad your not in prison, no AC no baths.

Accept Jesus as your Saviour and He will solve all your problems.

any more usless advice out there?