What I tell people is that "summer in Florida is like winter up north".
By that I mean is that during that three month period of June, July, and August, just like December January February up north, you curtail your time outside, and deal with extreme temperature.
The difference is:
1. We can get outside in the early morning and later evening. You can go days up north in the winter and never go outside.
2. We wear very little clothing. No bundling up either in or outside.
3. No matter how much sun/heat, I never have to shovel it off my driveway.
4. I have also never slipped on a patch of sunshine. Nor has my car.
5. Speaking of my car, it starts with ease. If it doesn't, I don't worry about freezing to death if I'm not near shelter.
6. I can go to the pool if it's too hot. If I am up north I can go to the...inside.
I'm sure I could think of more. But I will leave you with this truism:
The much recorded song "Summertime", the opening line is "Summertime and the liv'n is easy".
It's not "Wintertime, and the liv'n is easy".
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