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Truly, thank you for your reply. Do you also find the hot is easier to deal with? I actually shyed away from the northern areas because of the cold/snow, whic
by silisili 5y ago
Truly, thank you for your reply.
Do you also find the hot is easier to deal with? I actually shyed away from the northern areas because of the cold/snow, which you make not sound so bad. In transparency, we're considering Sierra Vista and Las Cruces in our search, but they get considerably warmer.
Empty trails sound great. The population boom where we live now is what made us decide to go :).
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoBeing outdoors in the "real heat" (say, above 96F) is challenging. but much easier than similar temperatures in Philadelphia ever was as long you have access to water to drink. We are lucky to live in an old (1875) adobe house that handles the massive diurnal temperature change (sometimes 30F, occasionally more) very well. It has encouraged us to fall into a lifestyle during the summer where you follow one of two patterns: 1. (most common) get up within an hour after sunrise, do whatever you need to do outdoors (exercise, gardening, construction, whatever). Complete that by 10:30am, then head inside, close windows, stay there until about 6:00pm. Open windows, potentially head back outside (depends on altitude a bit, can still be on the cool side at 6-7k' after sunset). Sleep in delicious temperatures. 2. get up, head up to 8000' or higher, stay outside all day. Las Cruces is definitely much hotter than Santa Fe. I would not enjoy living in ABQ or further south without adobe (preferably double adobe) during the summer - it would require too much a/c for my taste.