What about cargo pants vs. cargo shorts?
Are cargo pants more respectable? Is it that hippie bros gave cargo shorts a bad rap?
With modern technology and adult responsibilities, I find myself requiring a jacket in all weather to accommodate the phone(s) and the earbuds and the wallet and keys and other flotsam that I may randomly pick up, or "need". I think overloading my jacket is giving me back/posture problems.
I don't really do shorts and I don't want to give people the idea that I might be outfitted for any activity outside of napping or eating.