[manaboutown]

I flew into PHX at about 5:00 pm three days ago, on May 21. It was 99 degrees F!

Although it is still arid there, the humidity in the Phoenix area seems also to have increased over the years, more swimming pools, lawns and irrigated farm land in surrounding areas.

Over many years several people living in the west I have known who were retiring moved to the Green Valley area south of Tucson which contains many 55+ communities. On the other hand most of my east coast and midwest friends look forward to retiring or already have retired in Florida. The Mississippi River seems to divide the country that way.

It seems to me that people who have experienced hot humid summers over most of their lives are accustomed and acclimated and can deal with high humidity at 90+ degrees. Those who have spent most of their lives in low humidity areas feel washed out in high humidity high temperature environs.

When I moved to Coastal Orange County, CA another man where I worked had just moved there from Philadelphia. He kept commenting on how dry the air was. I had come from New Mexico so on the contrary I found the air in coastal Southern California rather humid. It is all what a person is used to, I guess.

I agree that The Villages could be anywhere having a relatively decent climate since it is a lifestyle community and simply outshines its competitors in so many ways.