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Why do so many young people refuse to wear a coat in cold weather?

I see so many young men and women wearing only hoodies when the temperature is as low as [b]20°F[/b]. I don't get it 🤷🏻‍♀️.
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The young are physically immortal and do not yet understand that things don't always work as advertised. They can't foresee that the car may break down, the bus may not arrive, they may not be drinking hot chocolate at Starbucks in five minutes. They have spent their entire brief lives moving from climate controlled space to climate controlled space, and not dressing for the weather is a form of asserting their imaginary control over forces they do not understand

Or, they cannot afford or have not bothered to acquire warm jackets, gloves, hats.