• I'm spending my first fall in New York City after recently moving from Florida. • The cold, rainy weather and fast-changing foliage surprised me the most. • Next year, I'll make seasonal plans in advance to avoid missing the peak views.

I've spent my entire life not experiencing the seasons.

Growing up in a beach town in the Caribbean located only 730 miles away from the equator, and then spending my teenage and college years in sunny Florida, seasons are foreign to me.

Beyond seeing a single palm leaf on the ground on a mildly chilly Florida day — that is, somewhere in the mid-60s — or cozying up during the occasional cold fronts, I had never really experienced a colder season.

That changed after I made the move to New York City this summer.

As we near the end of the fall seaso

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