10 Worst States for Retirement!

travelnutz wrote:
We hate the intense heat also and anything over 83-85F is just too hot. That is part of why we dumped our very nice place in Florida and why the southerners flock north in droves during the summer months. It's a long known fact that a person can dress for the cold, even below zero F, but never undress enough to be comfortable in 100 F plus in low humidity and not in even 90 F with high humidity.

What's the difference? Spending most of your daytime inside in a heated structure for several months each year and still able to be outside with having proper clothes on or literally forced inside for the same number of days per year in constant A/C and knowing much better than to be outside at all during most of the daylight hours? We'll take the one WE have the control over with simple adequate clothes anytime any day!

I don't feel comfortable till the temps get to 80, all the cars I owned had a fancy 2 zone A/C that I never turned on until the temps got into the triple digits, I love the heat and hate the cold because it is painful. I got a Boston Terrier 7 years ago and didn't realize how sensitive they are to heat. Shortly after I got the first one I was riding around with the windows open enjoying the warm breeze, it was probably only 85 or 90 degrees. I noticed my dog was stressed from the heat and immediately rolled up the windows and turned on the A/C. I do keep it at 78 which is comfortable for them but not too cold for me. Warm winters is very high on my list of requirements and coincidently most states in the south have a lower cost of living along with dozens of other things that make living in the south a pleasure.