After living more than half my life in snow that was a$$ deep to a tall Indian for more than half the year, and cold enough to snow for 9 months out of the year in Buffalo (home of this crappiest weather and worst sports teams in the USA), basically the butt hole of the USA, I'll take the heat and bugs with no complaints. No matter how hot it gets, you NEVER have to shovel it!

In addition, I don't care what anyone says, if you keep your house spotless and keep food in plastic (tupperware) containers, you WILL NOT get those [censored] cockroaches in your house! We have lived here now for over 5 years and NOT ONE in any of the three houses we have lived in. NOT A ONE! My wife is spotless, mops the tiles floors DAILY with bleach and there is NOTHING in the cupboards for them to eat because EVERYTHING is in plastic!

I am a fanatic about bugs, germs etc. so I would never live in a house that had cockroaches in it!!!!! Also, a great secrete that I learned, when you open a wall for repairs or install windows etc. you put a ton of boric acid powder inside the wall on the sill plates, this will almost guarantee you will not get roaches! I did this in our house when we replaced every window in the house, all the doors, any drywall etc. I also did this in our garage all the way around the sill plates where they meet the concrete, anything & everything that was living in the garage is now dead and I haven't seen anything else come in or go out since!

You buy this at Lowes in the plant dept. it comes in huge white plastic squeeze bottles with a pointed tip. Just tip it upside down and squeeze the power out into an area and bingo, those SOBs are toast!