I hear you. Peppers can be grown just about anywhere. If you’re into them (and brother, am I ever), you can grow them in pots on your porch if you really have to. I’ve got three or four different varieties in flats that’ll be ready to transplant into the garden in another three weeks or so. And remember: the Scoville chart is your friend.
It’s a lot more complicated than just planting them and eating them for commercial uses. You need a consistent product year in and year out so you have to test cultivars, maybe even make your own cultivars to get the consistency you want. Climate and soil has a huge effect on peppers.