Whew! Hot, hot, hot! (weeks on end of 100+ temps in the summer.) I hope he doesn't get defeated by the cold weather in upstate NY. But, I don't blame him for leaving. I left when I was 18 and then desterted the whole state in 1972. I've only been back for weddings, funerals, and cclass reunions since. The state is a mess.
His parents live there with no AC.