And the bugs. For bugs, it's bug heaven. They used to bats, but the skeeters 'et 'em all.
Each to his own.
RE: I lived in Florida.
So, which state did you move to?
I went on a run with a groups early this morning. When I sat down on the sidewalk afterward to relax, I had ants biting me, and flies and no-see-ums flying round my face. Millions of cubic feet of air available, and they gotta fly round my face.
Correct. Florida summers especially weed out the weak players.
I live on the Gulf coast and could write a book about salt air corrosion. I’ve had aluminum screen door hinges dissolve in less than a year.
Insurance for home/auto is crazy expensive.
New homes at existing prices mean way high real estate taxes.
I lived there several years, in Naples, close to the Everglades. Alligators in the swimming pool, but not such a huge problem, as Animal Control comes to get them and take them back to the swamp. They do eat cats, so people need to be told to keep them inside. Hurricanes? Been through a few, had hurricane closet with weeks worth of canned and bottled food.
Made friends there easily, but my kids were back on the West Coast. So I left.
I actually like the heat. Friends here in Spokane think I’m nuts to leave AC off until it’s 98 outside. Weigh 110 lbs, so that helps, I think.