Blanche Cohen wrote:

As sunny and warm as SoCal and Florida....both are very expensive. But
then, flying is expensive, all things considered. Florida is
unbelievably humid (and this coming from someone who lived in Houston, TX
for 7 years!) and has hurricanes. Just saw on the news that New Piper
is finally back into full production, after almost a year.

Yeah -- try Fort Collins.

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Dunno about SoCal, but I lived in Florida for 9 years and to my way of
thinking, it's not the best place. Yes you avoid winter blizzards and cold
weather. But on the other hand, it rains right around 3 pm every day -
especially in the summer - and there's tornados in addition to the
hurricanes. Bad thunderstorms to.

"Hot and humid" for me, is a Bad Thing(tm), but that's a personal choice.

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