Hi Brownrpnj ~
We moved to SW Fl 3 1/2 years ago from Canton, MI. After awhile, your body really does adjust to the warm FL weather. We've never set our thermostat to 74 in the summer, but what's to stop you? I do think, though, over time, you will find yourself kicking it up a bit.
In the summer while it does get very hot, just think of it this way: you spend several months inside the house in cold, dreary, grey weather. Here you get to spend a couple months in the house, but the sun is shining brightly and the air conditioning cools everything off nicely. Just to be able to look outside at all the sunshine is more than worth the trip down here. I don't think I could ever go back to another winter in Michigan. And another thing, no more worries about driving on ice covered roads! Yeah!!
