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    The Azores are not for everyone

    posted by  Sergio Paulo in Azores forum 

    Hi Gabor,

    Your attitude will get you far in whatever place you end up in the world. I worked as a cameraman for some time earlier in my life and I can day with certainty: there are a lot worse places to try and make it..... The Azores are a temperate/marine climate. It doesn't snow but it does rain quite a bit in the winter months. Average temps in the winter vary from mid 50's-mid 60's Farenheit and from high 60's - mid 80's in the Spring/summer/fall. It does get damp in the winter so plan to dress in layers and build a place or install a heating system in the older homes. Most older homes were stone built with no heating system requirements and so mold grows easily; I have family members that have addressed this problem simply by installing fireplaces; I've noticed the Irish and English have the same issues and the way they take care of that is by keeping the house dry. With new construction this is not an issue since new building codes require both insulation and heating systems.

    I like to compare the Azores to Ireland without all the rain.

    If a what you're looking for is year-round warm temps in the 70's-80's Farenheit, then Madeira island might suit you better; they have a subtropical climate and a great tourism based economy; the English have been settling there for years.

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