I love living in Florida.
I left a location that snowed 70% of the year.
We would get temperatures below freezing, severe windchill, ice, and hail. I then decided enough is enough. There are locations that just don’t get snow. I moved down south and eventually settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. I really enjoy the fact that the majority of the year isn’t winter. I used to own three heating systems. Now I get by with a heat pump. A heat pump never could have been used up north. With this device it is energy smart, green, and cheap to use. You can only operate it when the temperatures are 40 degrees and above. The reason is the system uses existing heat energy in the air to warm a home. So colder locations are out of luck. Having a heat pump saves me so much money. Very rarely does the temperature get cold enough that my emergency heat kicks on. The winter season is so short too that it doesn’t bother me. What I do is mainly use the cooling function of the heat pump. It keeps me comfortable most of the year and costs hardly anything to run. It isn’t set up to do ductwork so I don’t have a whole home temperature control. I had to get multiple indoor air handlers with individual thermostats. This means I can have zone control if I so desire. I can’t imagine getting any other device. A heat pump is the right kind of device for those living in hot locations like southern Florida.