This Southern California city has all the Pacific Coast perks: coastal living, sparkling weather, temperate climate, ocean views and golden sandy beaches.

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This was less of a problem in the temperate climate of England, but in the U.S. it was a fatal flaw.

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That a beverage best enjoyed cold has enjoyed such widespread popularity in a country with such a temperate climate is curious enough.

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San Miguel, located about 300km north of Mexico City, attracts US retirees, hippies, snowbirds, artists, painters and sculptors to its spicy-coloured, 17th- and 18th-century Colonial architecture and temperate climate.

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They are a temperate-climate crop, sensitive to temperature changes and requiring four distinct seasons.

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The climate is temperate, the air clean and the sea bounteous.

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This should come as no surprise, as crop plants from the temperate zone have been transplanted to soils and climate that are unsuitable.

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