A few months of a/c is well worth the 8 months of paradise. I wouldn't live anywhere else but FL.
I have land waiting in C. FL for retirement, paid cash, it's doubled in value already in a year.
You guys enjoy the snow ay?
Good for you! It's a comfortable 91 today but a mere 76 degrees with 47% humidity in my home office. I can live with that. Beach is 35 miles east. The fishing is wonderful and how about that shuttle launch viewed from my front yard. Life is tough!
I enjoy snow for about a weekend, then I'm too sore to ski and it's time to head home.