Retirement in Austin II

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by EC70

Which old people don't like the heat? I see seniors up here in New England wearing sweaters in July.

I agree, having grown up in Wyoming and moved to Austin from Denver Colorado, after getting a college degree in Denver.

My first year in Austin I drove a motorcycle back and forth from our apartment to Univ. of Tx each day. Only 5 or 6 days when the weather was so bad I could not, and that was because it was raining so hard I could not see.

The cold up north can be much harder on the elderly. The short 3 months of hot weather in Austin is easy to take with AC, fans and outdoor recreation at our lakes and swimming holes. Evenings are still mild and the other 9 months of the year are a cake walk in comparisson. We have 3 months of spring and 3 months of fall that are just as nice as most Denver, CO summers. And winters that are more like Fall in CO.

No snow tires, no chains, no shoveling sidewalks and driveways, rarely ever scrape ice off windshields. I think it only got below freezing 4 or 5 times this winter, and then just barely, I left my landscape sprinkler system turned on, no problem.

I love never having to drive on icy, snow packed roads that were an every day obstacle up north. Down here when we get 1" of snow, the whole city shuts down until it melts. It is a holiday.

Here is a photo from the worst snow storm we had in Austin in the last 10 years. We had to work to find enough snow...