Set Thermostat & Fun Places

Where do you set your thermostat during the winter? Dangerous Dave talks about a study that says 68 degrees is optimal. Plus, most fun cities in the U.S.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the den with dangerous day. So
every winter the same debate pops up. How warm should
you keep your house well when it starts getting cold?
Do you grab a blanket first? Or do you go
straight to the thermostat and turn up the heat? What
person are you me? I grab a blanket or don't
turn up the heat yet? Well, we'll wait till the
frost is dripping off the wife's nows and then we'll

(00:22):
turn up the heat. Anyway. Did you know there's a
magic number for your thermostat in the winter? The US
Department of Energy wants a sweet spot. They say it's
sixty eight degrees when you're awake. When you're asleep or
out of the house, they recommend dropping it a little
bit lower. Try to keep where I sleep at about
sixty four degrees in the wintertime. This will conserve energy
for you, though, anyway, and can actually save some serious money,

(00:45):
especially when utility bills of climb more than forty one
percent since twenty twenty. And here's a fun factoid for him,
the lower the temperature inside your home and actually the
more slowly you'll lose heat. So keeping the thermostat lower
temperatures can actually save energy in more than just one way.
So what do you keep your thermostat at the wall?

(01:08):
Thermostat at my place says sixty eight degrees. There's one
closer to the sliding glass door that says sixty five degrees.
So I guess depending upon where you're at in my
place will determine how warm it is. The only thing
is if you're cold, grab a sweatshirt deeper in the
But apparently there's nothing more fun than sinning and disney

(01:30):
ing a website wallet up rank the most Fun Cities
in America Top two Las Vegas and Orlando. I guess
there might be more to Orlando than disney World. Anaheim,
the home of disney Land, came in one hundred and six.
It's based on sixty five different metrics, including how many bars, restaurants,
festivals there are. They've in fact, it in how far

(01:51):
you have to travel to get to your closest bowling alley,
FROs and yogurt shop, and things like that. According to
the results, ten most fun cities in America Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Houston, San Francisco, Austin, Portland, Oregon, and Cincinnati.
Of all places, Chicago at number eleven. Other big ones
include Denver at number twelve, Saint Louis at thirteen, New

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York City at fourteen, Los Angeles at seventeen, Honolulu at eighteen,
Pittsburgh at twenty four, Boston twenty nine, Nashville thirty two,
Cleveland forty six, and Detroit at number sixty five. Least
fun city Pearl City, Hawaii at one eighty two. Why
sounds super boring dismal place, right you? Kidney Vegas rked

(02:34):
first for night life, parties, entertainment and recreation. They also
ranked cities according to how much it costs to have fun.
If that's your concern, plan your trip to Oklahoma City.
Cheapest cities to have fun where Oklahoma City, El Paso, Fayetteville,
North Carolina, Wichita, Kansas, and Amarillo, Texas. By the way,
two cities ranked in North Dakota Fargo ranked at number

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one twenty one and Bismarck at number one P fifty.
I wonder if they ranked how far you have to
go before you your nose gets cold and starts to drip.
Tuning again for another episode of Deeper in the Den
with dangerous dave By, dear