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Warm water cities

Having just returned from a few days in Florida where I ascertained that the sun does not only still exist but can truly bring warmth, I must state a pet peeve. Not only with Florida, but with Arizona, another familial hangout, and more than one other city I've visited in my lifetime. Its about the water. Cold water, to be more precise. When I turn on the cold water tap in my house in Park Slope, cold water comes out. Winter or summer, spring or fall, when I want cold water, its easily accessible. The fact that I won't drink it until its filtered doesn't come into play here. However, when visiting any of the cities listed above, the act of turning on the Cold water tap does not result in a flow of cold water. It comes out warm. Tepid. What an awful word that is. Tepid. Sounds like something you'd never eat ingest. Tepid water. Yuck. It says something quite negative about a city when it can't get its water supply to come out the proper temperature. Now I know there are plenty of people who believe that drinking tepid water, ugh, is better for you than drinking cold water. They may be right but luckily I am not one of them. I like water cold. Brushing you teeth with tepid water is a ghastly experience. Bad way to begin or end your day. Come on southern cities. You can do better than this. Cold water needs to be cold. Warm water? Thats what the warm water tap is supposed to be for. 

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