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Just as supposedly cold bothers us more as we age, I have always found that humidity sickens me, not heat or cold. I moved to Colorado to get away from the increasing humidity in the East, and it was increasing over the 45 years I lived there.
CA taxes everything (except SS) and very low income gets taxed at high rates - at $24K 4%, at $38K 6%, at $52K 8%, at $66K 9.3% - sell your house and you may be at 13.3%. They have no break for things like long term gains (feds tax at 0% if less than 45K). So in CA can pay high tax in retirement even if owe $0 for Federal. If you make almost anything, taxes are high.
Utilities and regulations are an issue also - some areas in CA pay the highest water and electricity rate in the country - electricity rate about 3x the national average and peak rate can be almost 6x the average.
And add insult to injury by turning the power off if the wind blows. Cali is a raw deal for retirees and only IMHO makes any sense for someone who bought a house decades ago and has locked in relatively low property taxes.
EXCLUSIVE: Floridians are told not to wash their face with tap water due to brain-eating bug fears: Public health experts issue warning after man died from amoeba-infested water
Experts warn against Charlotte County residents washing their nose with tap water
They also fear that other contaminants may be lingering in the water right now
I was watching 'House Hunters' on HGTV channel last night, and a couple living in Florida were looking for a house in Pittsburgh to move to.
The couple said that wherever they live in Florida (not sure which town or city) has become one long extension of heat rather than having a bit of contrast like it used to have.
I found that interesting....apparently they felt it is due to climate change. I vacationed 4 or 5 times in Naples, Florida at the beach, and I would always go the 3rd week of March - at the time any week in February and early March was more of a gamble for good and enjoyable sunny weather, as at the time, February would often have too many gray, overcast days (as would the first 2 weeks of March) and the first week of April immediately became too hot and too humid with really strong harsh sun.
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I was watching 'House Hunters' on HGTV channel last night, and a couple living in Florida were looking for a house in Pittsburgh to move to.
The couple said that wherever they live in Florida (not sure which town or city) has become one long extension of heat rather than having a bit of contrast like it used to have.
I found that interesting....apparently they felt it is due to climate change. I vacationed 4 or 5 times in Naples, Florida at the beach, and I would always go the 3rd week of March - at the time any week in February and early March was more of a gamble for good and enjoyable sunny weather, as at the time, February would often have too many gray, overcast days (as would the first 2 weeks of March) and the first week of April immediately became too hot and too humid with really strong harsh sun.
When I was a kid living in Florida it would start getting pleasant in September and the heat wouldn't start to ramp up until maybe the middle of May. I lived in Vero Beach and we would get frost and freezing weather several times during the winter.
I moved to the Orlando area in 1993 and for the first 10 years or so frost was a regular thing during the winter. Last 14 years we went a lot of winters without any frost and the heat just kept coming earlier and staying later. Our last day living there was March 31 2017, I was packing up the last stuff in the vehicles at almost midnight and it was so hot and humid that I was as wet with sweat as if someone had hosed me down. Six years away and I sure do not miss that now March to November heat.
We have lived in Florida for 38 years, hurricanes were never a problem.
Air transport makes it easy for family to come and visit. Florida is a very popular place to visit.
There are rural areas, mostly in the center of the state, no mountains at all.
Perhaps not "mountains", but there are definitely some hilly areas in Lake County, Florida. Generally, the area around Clermont and areas 10 miles or so north and northeast of Clermont are surprisingly hilly.
Perhaps not "mountains", but there are definitely some hilly areas in Lake County, Florida. Generally, the area around Clermont and areas 10 miles or so north and northeast of Clermont are surprisingly hilly.
Sugarloaf "Mountain", the highest point in Lake County is actually an ancient sand dune. Really barely even hills in Fl - the highest point in Florida is at 345 Ft - Britton Hill (pic below) - there are buildings in Miami that have floors above that.
Lived in Florida many years ago - could see moving back maybe. Dealt with hurricanes and high humidity also when living in New Orleans, was not really a big concern most of the time.
I was watching 'House Hunters' on HGTV channel last night, and a couple living in Florida were looking for a house in Pittsburgh to move to.
The couple said that wherever they live in Florida (not sure which town or city) has become one long extension of heat rather than having a bit of contrast like it used to have.
I found that interesting....apparently they felt it is due to climate change. I vacationed 4 or 5 times in Naples, Florida at the beach, and I would always go the 3rd week of March - at the time any week in February and early March was more of a gamble for good and enjoyable sunny weather, as at the time, February would often have too many gray, overcast days (as would the first 2 weeks of March) and the first week of April immediately became too hot and too humid with really strong harsh sun.
I've been in this house 25 years. We used to get a frosty morning or two pretty reliably in late Jan or Feb, but that hasn't happened for at least 6 years now. Not even close.
Our pool is warmer earlier every year. I can look back at pictures of when we're first in the pool every year and there's not much doubt.
Anecdotes are not data, of course, but that's our perception.
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