I suspect that our neighborhood of one to two-year old designer homes is not too different than most designer neighborhoods. We have about 80 homes in the neighborhood. Of them I am only aware of 1 rental (and yes, boomer, the owners will be moving here full time when they retire.)
We do have a few snowbirds who tend to be here from 6 to 9 months. These people tend to be included in all the activities that involve the entire neighborhood. When they are gone, there is no noticeable change in the chemistry of the neighborhood. Since by far most of the houses are full timers, the loss of the snowbirds is hardly felt.
Your other issue was one of heat in the summer. If you are from the mid-Atlantic (as were we), you will find that the heat is not worse than the hottest days where you are now ... and in fact may be better than some of the real hot spells that I recall from the New Jersey area. That being said, what differentiates the heat down here is that it is relentless from about June until mid-September or perhaps a bit longer. Not many days deviate from the norm of 90-91 degrees by more than a few degrees plus or minus. Last summer we had one spell where the temperature reached the high 90's, but this seemed very unusual based on the fact that the heat was one of the lead stories on the news. Other than that, the temperatures during the days and nights vary very little from their norms.
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