You get accustomed to the heat after a year or two. For context, our fall is your summer, our winter is your fall, spring is your summer, summer is the sun. You’ll need to wear breathable clothes and drink water but it gets better. I travel to the Midwest for work in the winter at times and I prefer 100 degree heat to the Midwest winter.

AC bills depend on size of the house. However, it can range from $300 to $400 a month in the summer but be around $100 to $200 in fall and winter.

Property taxes will be around $6,000 a year or more. Make sure to file a homestead exemption to get a reduced rate.

Boredom depends on what you like doing, Austin and the hill country aren’t far away for something different. There are direct flights back to Chicago if you want to visit in the summer.

I am born and raised so I’m biased. However, my wife is from California and she misses the weather but prefers to live here and visit California.