We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.

However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.

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    Weight of human beings, weights at the gym, etc.: pounds

    Height of people: feet and inches

    Height of buildings: mostly feet, but occasionally meters.

    Depth of water in scuba: meters

    Kitchen weight: grams

    Kitchen volume: fluid ounces only between 0-128 oz, then gallons after that. Decimal places, not fractions. So for example, cocktail recipes should all be in ounces, no tablespoons or teaspoons.

    Distances in wilderness: meters/km

    Distances on a football field: yards

    Distances on a basketball court: feet

    Distances on roads or in cities: miles

    All temps in Fahrenheit.

    Energy in calories for food and heat, watt hours for electricity, joules for everything else.