[Pixelpups]

We moved from San Diego to The Villages 4 years ago. Winters are better than San Diego, summers are worse, fall and spring are about equal. The Villages beats the cost of living in San Diego hands down. When we moved here in October, the air conditioner ran every day. We held our breaths and waited for the electric bill. In San Diego with the thermostat set to 82°, the bill could be $400. The bill was $79 and the thermostat was set at 77°!

The rule here is: layers in the winter. It may freeze at night for 3 days in a row, but the daytime temps rise to the 50°. So far, we’ve never had an ice storm here. All I’ve ever experienced is random nights of frost Dec - Feb. No more than 8 nights like that and that’s the total for Dec. ‘22 - Feb. ‘23. (I pay attention because I have some plants that hate frost. Right now the pineapples are in our enclosed lanai. They don’t like 50°. BTW, try growing pineapples from the cut off tops of store bought fruit in Illinois.)