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Moving to Tampa from the north

I lived the first forty-five years of my life in the northeastern area of the country.

I was accustomed to sub zero temperatures and feet of snow accumulation.

My home was equipped with a furnace that typically ran for eith months out of the year. I never bothered with central air conditioning. For the brief summer months, a window AC unit was sufficient. I was never happy about the long, cold winters. I spent a lot of time shoveling the driveway, brushing snow off the car and scraping ice off the windshield. I invested a significant amount of money in a snow plowing service, snow shovels, ice scrapers, rock salt, heavy boots and winter gear. When my job switched to working online, I was eager to relocate. I researched different areas in Florida and ultimately chose Tampa. The average low rarely dips below seventy degrees while the high soars into the nineties. I love the heat and don’t mind the humidity. The blue skies, endless sunshine and palm trees make me feel happy, healthy and full of energy. I am delighted to have quick and easy access to the coast. However, the high temperatures and humidity have been an adjustment. I learned how to dress to keep cool and have gotten better about applying sunblock. My new home is equipped with central air conditioner with no source of heating. After paying some especially high electric bills, I invested into a whole-home dehumidifier. With the dehumidifier extracting excess moisture, I’m able to set a higher thermostat setting and yet enjoy superior comfort.

 

 

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Hydronic heating in Lowell is perfect

It gets cold in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The year round weather is typically in the lower degrees.

It isn’t unusual for the nights to be in the teens and the daytime weather to be in the 30s. The summer season is short, underwhelming, and not that hot. I don’t even bother with AC living in Lowell. It just isn’t needed. My family and I are all about heating. I recently splurged to hook piping up to my boiler system. The pipes then were installed within my new floorboards. As the boiler system heats water, the hot water flows through the pipes to create a heating effect. This is known as hydronic heating or heated floors. I love having heated floors since the heat stays where you want it. The heat being water based means nothing is rising to the ceiling and there are no hot and cold spots. Due to those factors, you can lower the temperature a few notches since the house feels warmer. This then saves on the monthly energy bills. Another benefit is that the system is silent in operation. I don’t even notice it is on. What I do notice is that anything touching the flooring feels heated. Our beds, couches, chairs, and other furniture have a warm feel. My cat especially loves that we upgraded to hydronic heating in our Massachusetts home. I am debating on going one step further and adding the piping to our driveway. This will then become a snowmelt system. That means no shoveling off the car anymore. Can you imagine how nice that would be?
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The food in Lakeland look yummy

I live just outside of Jacksonville, FL! I like my location.

It means that I can entirely drive to all parts of FL to experience what they have to offer.

I have been to St! Octoberine, Tampa, St, and petersburg, Daytona, you name it. I recently started looking at Lakeland, FL. I wanted anywhere that was close to me, but weird than what I see on a morning to morning basis! Lakeland is about two hours and 45 minutes away from my house, a long drive but not unbearable. I kept looking at things to do in the section and liked what I saw. I like that there are tons of sites to shop, museums, parks, and gardens. I liked the look of the hotels and the pricing for everything, but what really sold me was the cool sites to eat, however there were all sorts of cafes, diners, pasta joints, and burger sites… Everything from nice dining to grabbing a quick bite to eat is offered there. I am a real food lover, no, I do not take pictures of my food, but I care about a good meal, then so after browsing all the great food and realizing there was a market I could buy from, I was on my partner to take me to Lakeland, FL. He is alway down to go anywhere close to home. The cost of our getaway is so much lower. My friend and I also know all the people will speak English, take our money and my friend and I can go house in a pinch. I also like knowing my friend and I are going to have great weather no matter what.

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The food in Lakeland look tasty

I live just outside of Jacksonville, FL, i like my location.

It means that I can entirely drive to all parts of FL to experience what they have to offer.

I have been to St; Septemberine, Tampa, St, but petersburg, Daytona, you name it. I recently started looking at Lakeland, FL. I wanted anywhere that was close to me, however strange than what I see on a afternoon to afternoon basis, lakeland is about two hours as well as 45 minutes away from my house… A long drive however not unbearable. I kept looking at things to do in the section as well as liked what I saw. I like that there are tons of places to shop, museums, parks, as well as gardens. I liked the look of the hotels as well as the pricing for everything, then what easily sold me was the cool places to eat! There were all sorts of cafes, eating establishments, pasta joints, as well as burger places, however everything from great dining to grabbing a quick bite to eat is provided there. I am a real food lover; No, I do not take pictures of my food, even though I cherish a great meal. So after browsing all the great food as well as realizing there was a market I could buy from, I was on my husband to take me to Lakeland, FL… He is alway down to go anywhere close to home. The cost of our vacation is so much lower, my friend and I also know almost everyone will speak English, take our currency as well as my friend and I can go household in a pinch. I also like knowing my friend and I are going to have great weather no matter what.
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