Need warmer climate that i can afford?

Idaho is too cold and too hot for too long. I need affordable moderate climate on retired SS salary. Where to go? I own my home and am thrifty.

Jeff M2014-03-07T19:33:00Z

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The west coast perhaps. Washington State or Vancouver? You don;t need to use air conditioning or heating nearly as much as other areas more inland.

οικος2014-03-08T15:01:19Z

You're in the same position I was in a few years back. I traced some of the maps in Climate and Man, the 1941 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture. I overlaid the places that got too hot, the ones that were too cold, and the ones that were too snowy. I wound up buying a place in Southside VA. You can also get data for individual ZIP codes online, not only for climate but for cost of living, health care, crime, etc.

Mushtaq A2014-03-08T09:24:55Z

Since you are retired and own your house n Idaho, it is better you stay there and use appropriate clothes and use air conditioner to keep you comfortable according to climatic condition.

Anonymous2014-03-08T03:17:21Z

Good luck on that one.

All the nice places are on the California coast and they are expensive.

The only affordable places I can think of are in the higher elevations of Arizona where the temp is nice in the Summer but in Winter you will get a little snow.

Anonymous2014-03-08T05:30:31Z

If a hot summer is OK, move to Phoenix, Arizona. Otherwise, move to the west coast.

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