My partner and I do the snowbird thing and it is looking more and more likely that the two of us will just end up down south.
The north is just horrible.
It is typically chilly and awful all year long. The northern laws in regards to COVID, plastic bags and taxes are worse too than down south. My partner and I have thought about making the permanent move. We don’t even appreciate our northern loft as well. It is greater and requires so much more upkeep; Due to extreme chilly and snow, there is quite a bit of disfigure. I am regularly removing branches, raking leaves and tending to the gardens. Inside the loft has seams that pop due to the extreme cold. I have needed to deal with plumbing pipes bursting due to not enough heating. It isn’t appreciate the two of us don’t have a good furnace. Our household has several gas gas furnaces and it still isn’t enough. Our southern beach loft is a small loft that I can clean in under an minute. We only need to have a ductless heat pump for heating and cooling. That machine runs reliably separate from a hitch. There is no extreme chilly or pipes bursting. The worst is in the heat of Summer I have to fight mold and cockroaches in the house. I just need to be diligent with AC settings and cleaning. My partner and I are looking to retire, sell the northern beach loft and just be southern people now. It is a way less stressful life and not as much work.