A question for Freepers. I grew up in Michigan, which is mostly cold in the winter, but not bitter cold. (Rarely hits 0*).
Assuming you have lived in cold climate for much of your life is there any stats on whether moving somewhere warm at age 70 or later is actually good for you?
My Mom (age 78) found AZ too warm even in the spring and relocated back to the temperate zone.
I have this sneaking suspicion that while hot weather might feel good, it’s not as healthy as living in the cold.
Opinions?
The happiest and healthiest folks I know winter in Arizona and summer on the BC coast.
Perfection.
Gen. Victor Krulak, USMC, died in late December—he would have been 96 on Jan. 7, 2009. He lived in San Diego—who’s to say how long he might have survived somewhere else?