I watch people move to this region because they have vacationed here all their lives and want to live that life full time.
- And I say, more power to them! It’s a wonderful region with so many natural wonders and spectacular weather.
Even as a native, I know exactly how awesome this place is. However, there is always a bit of a price to pay for anything so remarkable as living in this region. And that price is the heat and humidity of the summer. It comes with a good amount of HVAC cooling in order to manage the sort of heat we get for four months in a row. But it’s also so worth dealing with it as the rest of the year is off the charts gorgeous as far as weather and temperature are concerned. But, I have seen a fair amount of newcomers have a terrible time adjusting to the realities of the summer. It’s as though they can’t even come out of their homes. They stay ensconced inside a ton of air conditioning all the time. And when they do leave the air conditioning, it must be an awful shock to hit near triple digit temperatures. That’s because they are going about the thing all wrong. When the temperatures start to rise in the spring, they go right for the thermostat and crank the air conditioning. The better play there is to simply allow the heat to rise and get acclimated to it. It makes summer much less painful and it save a ton in HVAC cooling expense.