Great Apartment Management Team

[NotCompSavvy]

@Axel Slingerland ….you were up in my neck of the woods. Flown into bullfrog…worked in Page for years. Very verybeautiful

It depends. I love the heat per se, as I was raised here.
I simply cannot bear any heat with humid at any humidity level above 30%.

I did not know this until recently, but the higher the humidity, the harder it is for humans to actually sweat.
This must be the reason I can't take humidity in Texas or anyplace hot and humid.

Central Texas humidity averages 68%! In Tucson, Arizona average humidity is 25%; Phoenix has higher temps and higher humidity.

Although Arizona has higher temperatures, the "wet heat" index with is actually much worse and lethal in central Texas.
Texas at 95 degrees with 60% humidity is far worse actually, than Arizona at 105 and 25% humidity or lower.

Some snow birds go to central and southern Texas for winters, but Southern Arizona beats Texas or any coastline in winter due to the dryness and a person's ability to sweat and have sweat evaporate so fast one never feels hot while in the shade here in Arizona; unless in DIRECT sunshine.

I had no idea Central Texas was humid , I actually thought dry heat .

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

I had no idea Central Texas was humid , I actually thought dry heat .

That is SW (El Paso area) and way west Texas...like New Mexico, low relative humidity there. Once you get near central Texas it escalates rapidly. Lived in Texas from 2005-2021. DH wanting to move back and am dreading it big time JUST because of humidity and boring landscapes. No mountains!

 

[Axel Slingerland]

He had NEVER lived in southern Arizona mind you.

During my time in Page or Flagstaff, one or the other, my roommate and I went to Mesa. It was 110° in the middle of February. After falling off a stage and ending my career as a guitarist in Phoenix a few years prior, I left southern Arizona and haven't been there since. It's bad luck for me...

 

[Axel Slingerland]

@Axel Slingerland ….you were up in my neck of the woods. Flown into bullfrog…worked in Page for years. Very verybeautiful

Oops, sorry I missed this. I loved living out at Wahweap's property on the lake, specially when I was the main night auditor as I got a private room to live in. Have you ever been out there? I worked at the lodge first in the Rainbow Room Restaurant, then as a Night Auditor. The time I spent in Bullfrog was for the most part one of the most boring times. I missed playing in a band.

The employee jams at the rec hall were just a tease. Plus, the only time I could go was if I had the night off. Sometimes I could get the weekend night auditor to work for me. But he was a terrible auditor and every week my Monday always included fixing his mistakes. And the Manager of the hotel knew less than nothing about the computer's Unix operating system, so she was no help.

 

[KSav]

It depends. I love the heat per se, as I was raised here.
I simply cannot bear any heat with humid at any humidity level above 30%.

I hear you, @CooCooforCoCoPuffs! I love mid-Missouri, but the humidity levels there were nearly unbearable; the dew point would regularly be above 60 degrees. (I'd actually go back to Missouri in a second, though.) I lived in Virginia for several years, too. When we lived in Nevada, I adored the dry weather; when we visited my sister in North Carolina (where I'd been several times before) I simply could not deal with the humidity. We were sitting outside on her screened-in porch one time, with the ceiling fan on, and I still had to go back inside, to the air conditioning. I just could not bear the muggy air.

 

[Twostep]

That is SW (El Paso area) and way west Texas...like New Mexico, low relative humidity there. Once you get near central Texas it escalates rapidly. Lived in Texas from 2005-2021. DH wanting to move back and am dreading it big time JUST because of humidity and boring landscapes. No mountains!

Did you not plan to move towards the Ozarks?

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

Did you not plan to move towards the Ozarks?

Yes, but dragging DH across the Tx/AR border may be challenging. I was trying to get some mountains in AR as compensation for humid...trade offs if you will. If we don't sell either this house or our 4 acre lot here in Tucson, we won't be going anywhere and that would not break my heart in some ways.

 

[Twostep]

Yes, but dragging DH across the Tx/AR border may be challenging. I was trying to get some mountains in AR as compensation for humid...trade offs if you will. If we don't sell either this house or our 4 acre lot here in Tucson, we won't be going anywhere and that would not break my heart in some ways.

??? A move should be agreed upon.

 

[CooCooforCoCoPuffs]

??? A move should be agreed upon.

Considering how the housing market is and interest rates staying put, or even going up....I don't think selling this house and a move is going to happen anytime soon...am thinking at least a year?

We may just get too old!! Anyway, my sis is coming in 10 days, too. I think SHE and her DH are considering moving here and if that is even close to true, I won't leave Tucson. She and I have always wanted to live in the same town but it has never happened since we were 16 and 19!

And in the mean time staging this house has been beneficial....and fun, all the closets and cupboards are now cleaned out. Looks great.

 

[Doste]

Sounds like my old house in Eureka. The PHA had a good maintenance crew, that they paid full time and they mostly did inspections. They would come by, you tell them what you need, they would make notes, etc. Then a few months later somebody might come by and if you were very lucky, they might be able to fix it. If they didn't, they would (supposedly) call a contractor to fix it.

I waited four months for someone to come snake out the bath tub drain. I got tired of taking showers and the bath tub taking two or three days to drain, so I went to this place where I had a gym membership called The Adorni Center (which had a very cheap gym, since the city owned it) and took my showers there. I rode past it every morning about 10:00a on "Ol' Bessie" anyway, so just I put everything I needed in the DrySak for my BOB trailer...

Oh, a BOB trailer! I may need to get one for supermarket expeditions if I give up on having groceries delivered. Better than trying to fill pannier/s I suspect.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Yes, but dragging DH across the Tx/AR border may be challenging. I was trying to get some mountains in AR as compensation for humid...trade offs if you will.

That's something that really irritates me about some guys. They think their wives are property.

If we don't sell either this house or our 4 acre lot here in Tucson, we won't be going anywhere and that would not break my heart in some ways.

I would agree if you were talking about the Flagstaff area of Arizona. I loved living there back in the 90s. But Texas or Arkansas? Nope... That's east of the America / United States border... (I-25)

Oh, a BOB trailer! I may need to get one for supermarket expeditions if I give up on having groceries delivered. Better than trying to fill pannier/s I suspect.

Well, sadly BOB doesn't make bike trailers anymore. But the one that my old bike shop in Eureka (which is sadly closed now) recommended was a Burley Coho, but weighing in a $489.95, they are pretty costly just to haul groceries. Not to mention there's no way I would park my bike and one of those out in front of a grocery store. It would grow a pair of legs before you could bat an eye. Those are supposed to better than a BOB Ibex... But I'm happy with my BOB Yak trailer.

For hauling groceries, if you're a DIYer, you can make a suitable trailer that theives would take no interest in from a hand truck for about $50 or so. If you're interested let me know and I can tell you how my friend Gary and I did it.