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Originally Posted by NECHFalcon68
How do the folks in Chicago beat the cold?
You get used to it....
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I'm a native Chicagoan. You never get USED to the cold- you get smart. You learn the best way to function.
Same here. You work around the weather. If you don't have to go to work, you will often have the luxury of adapting your schedule to the weather. Cool, beautiful early mornings, comfortable evenings to be out and about…. and gorgeous sunsets!
If you are familiar with all the things residents may choose to do on campus, you will know there is more to do here (indoors) than anywhere else I can think of.
We have been here almost 3 years now. This past August in The Villages was the first truly hot, humid month WE have experienced. Kind of like the 'dog days' in a Chicago August, EXCEPT there was almost always a breeze, even if it was a warm one. Comparatively, it's VERY do-able, unless you have special medical issues to consider.
I take more pause with the lightning and heavy rain we can experience here in hurricane season. THAT keeps me at home. Here we are usually on the fringes of any big storms- they don't last long, then the sun comes out again. (and again, we work around the rains.)
We have great landscape drainage engineering here- we don't navigate flooded streets afterwards. (like in Chicago)
Central Florida is, however, the lightening capitol of the US. It's serious stuff.
We learn to pay attention…. and adjust any outdoor activity accordingly... but we love it here.
