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My husband and I have spent the past 15 years living just south of Asheville, after relocating from Long Island. Now both retired, we're zeroed in on a senior community close to Greensboro. I'm almost ready to leave this funky, fun town for a more rural setting, but I'm worried about the hot sticky summers. Will we be making a bad decision giving up the cooler mountain air?
My husband and I have spent the past 15 years living just south of Asheville, after relocating from Long Island. Now both retired, we're zeroed in on a senior community close to Greensboro. I'm almost ready to leave this funky, fun town for a more rural setting, but I'm worried about the hot sticky summers. Will we be making a bad decision giving up the cooler mountain air?
Yes, no, maybe? Do you really expect random strangers on the internet to be able to answer this question?
No snippiness, darling...just not understanding how you expect someone to answer a question like that. (and you may have noticed no one else did either) I notice you've now changed your question a bit, which may get you some answers regarding their own opinions and experiences, but I'm not sure how helpful thats really going to be to you.
Have you ever been to Greensboro in the summer? Perhaps a visit might help. What altitude do you live at now? If its below 2,000 feet, I doubt the difference will be all that dramatic. YMMV.
You know, at first I was thinking "that's a pretty huge change," but most of my time in the mountains is spent around Boone/Blowing Rock/Banner Elk. After looking up the data, Asheville's a lot warmer than those places in the summer, and there's really only about a 2-5 degree difference in average temps between Greensboro and Asheville.
You know, at first I was thinking "that's a pretty huge change," but most of my time in the mountains is spent around Boone/Blowing Rock/Banner Elk. After looking up the data, Asheville's a lot warmer than those places in the summer, and there's really only about a 2-5 degree difference in average temps between Greensboro and Asheville.
Yeah, Asheville's only about 2.100 feet above sea level (G'boro is around 800) so the difference isn't huge. Of course, the OP apparently doesn't live in Asheville, so he/she could be at a much higher elevation.
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