Warm Suburbs in the US to Live and Raise a Big Catholic Family

[gardenswithkids]

It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:

 

[Annie39]

Check out Gilbert, AZ St. Mary Magdline or St. Anne’s Church!

Annie

 

[LongingSoul]

Have you got a passport? Jump on a plane and come to Australia. We are sizzling. One day last week in Adelaide the high was 46 degC ie. 115 degF. The bitumen was melting off the road.

 

[fencersmother]

My parents, many years ago, retired to Pennsylvania because my father thought it had a “mild climate.” True, compared to northern North Dakota.

I fantasize about cool climates in mid summer, never about warm ones in winter. Guess I figure I can always put on a sweater, but just can’t make less humidity.

 

[tawny]

It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:

Siesta Key in Sarasota, Fla.; St. Michael the Archangel Church.

 

[pensmama87]

My parents, many years ago, retired to Pennsylvania because my father thought it had a “mild climate.” True, compared to northern North Dakota.

I fantasize about cool climates in mid summer, never about warm ones in winter. Guess I figure I can always put on a sweater, but just can’t make less humidity.

I live in Pennsylvania and I classify the winters as mild. Then again, I spent most of my childhood in upstate New York and Ontario, so it feels odd to me that there are long stretches of days with absolutely no snow accumulation whatsoever, and that this could be called “winter.” IMO if it’s going to be cold, there might as well be snow on the ground to make it pretty!

I’m with you. I fantasize more about cooler places in summer. I know PA doesn’t get to the temps that places do further south, but I can’t stand it when it gets over 90F.

 

[pianistclare]

Ave Maria Florida.

All the streets names after Saints. Big church. Gaggle o’ Catholics.

 

[GEddie]

My parents, many years ago, retired to Pennsylvania because my father thought it had a “mild climate.” True, compared to northern North Dakota.

I fantasize about cool climates in mid summer, never about warm ones in winter. Guess I figure I can always put on a sweater, but just can’t make less humidity.

Or like I say to everybody: “For cold, you can wrap up, but however hot it gets, you can’t go nekkid.”

OP: Try Schertz, Selma, Helotes, New Braunfels/Gruene, Tex (San Antonio); San Marcos, Round Rock, Georgetown (Austin); Rockport, Fulton, Ingleside, Portland (Corpus Christi).

ICXC NIKA

 

[Catholic1954]

Here in San Diego, the temp. is 72 and it’s partly cloudy. :tanning:

 

[MomaMary8]

It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:

Gardens, I dream of Texas…I’m sure there has to be some good Catholic communities there! I’d much rather sweat with a nice cold drink in my hand :tanning: than shiver and freeze no matter how hot my coffee is. :winter:

I’m dreaming of sitting by a pool, watching my kids splash, and having the stray diver get me wet every so often. sigh…just gotta wait for that one month of summer to roll around! (9months of winter, 1 month of fall, 1 month of spring and 1 glorious month of summer.)

 

[gardenswithkids]

Have you got a passport? Jump on a plane and come to Australia. We are sizzling. One day last week in Adelaide the high was 46 degC ie. 115 degF. The bitumen was melting off the road.

This is fantasy so I won’t need a passport. Australia has always sounded lovely to me, but 115 isn’t warm–that’s hot! :coolinoff:

 

[gardenswithkids]

Gardens, I dream of Texas…I’m sure there has to be some good Catholic communities there! I’d much rather sweat with a nice cold drink in my hand :tanning: than shiver and freeze no matter how hot my coffee is. :winter:

I’m dreaming of sitting by a pool, watching my kids splash, and having the stray diver get me wet every so often. sigh…just gotta wait for that one month of summer to roll around! (9months of winter, 1 month of fall, 1 month of spring and 1 glorious month of summer.)

Yes, definitely a pool! Palm trees would be nice too.

 

[gardenswithkids]

The list is growing…
Gilbert, AZ
Sarasota and Ave Maria in Florida,
Schertz, Selma, Helotes, New Braunfels/Gruene, Tex (San Antonio); San Marcos, Round Rock, Georgetown (Austin); Rockport, Fulton, Ingleside, Portland (Corpus Christi).
San Diego–(I love it!!! but I’m not sure how affordable it is.)

Thanks everyone! This should keep me busy with internet home searches for a few days. but keep the suggestions coming as it looks to be a long winter!

 

[Annie39]

Or like I say to everybody: “For cold, you can wrap up, but however hot it gets, you can’t go nekkid.”

OP: Try Schertz, Selma, Helotes, New Braunfels/Gruene, Tex (San Antonio); San Marcos, Round Rock, Georgetown (Austin); Rockport, Fulton, Ingleside, Portland (Corpus Christi).

ICXC NIKA

But in the heat here in AZ we don’t have to shovel the sunshine off of the sidewalks.

It gets VERY hot during the summer but our air conditioning bills are lower than they were during the summer in inland CA (many a day over 100 degrees). So, during the summer months we go from air conditioned house ot air conditioned car to air conditioned church or restaurant etc. The only thing we will change is that we will not be taking our grandchildren to the park or zoo but indoor activities abound. We live in an area where snow birds come each year and many of them end up buying here.

Annie

 

[Annie39]

The list is growing…
Gilbert, AZ
Sarasota and Ave Maria in Florida,
Schertz, Selma, Helotes, New Braunfels/Gruene, Tex (San Antonio); San Marcos, Round Rock, Georgetown (Austin); Rockport, Fulton, Ingleside, Portland (Corpus Christi).
San Diego–(I love it!!! but I’m not sure how affordable it is.)

Thanks everyone! This should keep me busy with internet home searches for a few days. but keep the suggestions coming as it looks to be a long winter!

Yes San Diego is very expensive. One of my sisters and her hubby live in SD county. It is beautiful but pricey

 

[Old_Begonia]

It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:

I live in a suburb of Sacramento, a.k.a., the Big Easy Chair. It can get toasty in the summer, but every other house has a pool. They are so common that it doesn’t really change the price of the house much. Some summers I don’t use the AC at all. When it gets too warm in the house, I just walk out and drop into the deep end of the pool, swim to the other end, towel off, and head back in.
As for winter…um…we famously get peevish when the temps dip below 60. During a harsh winter it will go to 25 for 3 days, but those are rare. Typically, winter temps run from low 30s to mid 40s, with fog or overcast. NORMALLY we have intermittent rain storms, but we are in a drought situation, which I’m sure you’ve heard about. Nothing but sunshine in sight with highs in the 70s. It was like this the year my first child was born. She was about four years old before she saw her first serious rain.

 

[savedbygrace71]

Charlotte, NC!

 

[UbiCaritas]

The suburbs of Houston are definitely…warm. In summer, the highs will be in the upper 90s with near-equivalent humidity. I hate summers here and dream of living somewhere drier. On the other hand, it’s been in the 60s and 70s all this week… And our local parishes are great!

 

[Old_Begonia]

Did I mention it’s a dry heat? Yes, it can be hot here, but the low humidity makes it very different from the Midwest. Instead of walking outside and being drenched in sweat, here you walk out into the heat and, somehow you know you’re sweating, but you’re dry. The air just sucks the moisture away.
Instead, our TYPICAL winter lows in the low 30s seem especially bitter because the dampness seeps into your clothes and you feel clammy and cold. They don’t sell good winter clothing here, except ski stuff.

But it’s beautiful!

 

[VivienneJ]

It’s winter.:snowing: We’re cold.:winter:
Tell me about nice yet affordable suburbs of major cities in the US where Catholic families can be warm in January and February. I want to fantasize about living elsewhere. :tanning:

Since it’s fantasy and you’re searching the Internet for dreams, try South Africa. I’m seeing complaints there (where it is summer now) from my friends of temperatures of 32 - 34 degrees (C that is or 89 - 93F). Depending where you go, winter temperatures in some parts rarely go down to single figures, again Celsius, so seldom less than say 50, and if it goes down to the equivalent of 40 we really complain. In addition, there are only a very few days in the winter where it does not get warm enough during the day to, at the very least, drink a cup of coffee outside. In fact, we get cabin fever after three days in a row that are too cold to go out.