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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Well, it's not that bad since we have good weather the whole rest of the year - the fall, winter, spring, early summer. We aren't inside all that long and we have AC in homes, buildings, cars to keep it from being bad. It's usually only really unbearable to go to daytime outdoor activities for about 2 1/2 mos. when it's very hot and humid for those wussiest of us. And no snow or days of rain to fight hardly ever. I have never shoveled or could not go about due to snow in my life. We never get cabin fever down here & are always on the go. The only people who really suffer terribly from the heat are those who might not have AC or have to work outside days in the hot sun so most of us avoid the worst of it, thankfully, going about in cooled cars to the cooled buildings, etc. But, boy, at the end of a Texas summer and the house being closed up for so long, I do get anxious for the cool weather of fall and opening up the house all around. You know what I couldn't abide is that same weather all year round like where it's always warm or always chilly/cold. No seasons to speak of and very few chilly rainy days when you can cuddle up with an afghan throw, a good book and the Yorkie, such as summer resort towns - or it's always so chilly or plain cold you can't go out & about a lot. Had a friend who lived in Alaska for 7 years and he said they basically had 2 mos. to get things done, travel about, picnic, etc., and then it was hole up indoors for the rest of a long, dark, frigid year with dangerous cold & not that much sunlight for months on end. I guess we're pretty lucky where we all live compared to some places.

That's the thing. Many in the south pay AC bills that are comparable to our heating bills. I think we do heat for more months out of the year though. My daughter is still young enough that the heat does not really bother her. She actually loves it. I lived in the south for a couple of years when I was much younger. When I came up north for a visit during the summer I felt cold in the low 80 degree temps. It was quite a shock to my body after being in high 90's for so long.