Haha well that would certainly be a relief. Here in Baltimore, if you are at a red-light for a nanosecond after it turns green, you get a horn blared at you for such temerity!
Thank you all for the humorous and helpful replies. I do wish I could move down there, but: My Milanese wife would probably not go for it (although she does like the show Dallas for some strange reason) and I do have family up here (in PA) that I will probably have to care for eventually.
It is tempting though even with climate concerns; it can't be much worse than the summers in Baltimore and there wouldn't be any leftists to deal with (at least not nearly as many).
Oh well a guy can dream.
If you think that is bad, I suggest you pass on Houston...
No
Summers in the northeast are bad. Anyone who lives or works in NYC knows that it is a city which cannot be air conditioned, but this is not like that This is a whole different deal than that. And it is straight through from June until about mid September.
You do not need a weather report from June through August
Literally
True story. Some years ago, my daughter had two of her friends fly in from Japan to spend the weekend with us and check out John Hopkins University where the friend wanted to attend a open house.
No way would I let my daughter borrow the car to drive into Baltimore. We got up early to make the trip and, as I was dropping downhill on a nearly empty US 40 just after the state line, the highway patrol turned on his bubble machine. He'd clocked me at 70, but I guess the truth (three cute high school seniors checking out JHU) was enough for him letting me off with a warning.
We get to the beltway around Baltimore and I'm still going 70. Only this time, all the traffic is passing me like I'm standing still.
This includes another Maryland Highway patrolman who gives me a big scowl as he passes. I took that as my invitation to speed up and blend in with the traffic.
My daughter thought it was funny-- her Dad getting two Maryland highway patrol warnings on the same day for going exactly the same speed.
To wit: the first, for going too fast in an area where there with little traffic and it was perfectly safe; the second for going to slow where there was a ton of traffic and the risk was far greater.