re: Small towns where it's cool in summer and cheap to rent (ideas?)

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How cool is southern Appalachia during summer? I have only been during fall and winter TBH.

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If you can find a place near or above 3000ft elevation, it will generally pleasant most of the time if not exactly “cool” around midday in July or August.

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How cool is southern Appalachia during summer? I have only been during fall and winter TBH.

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We can see NC mtns from our house in Upstate SC (to borrow a concept from Sarah Palin). We are in the mountains as far as SC goes. We normally go to MT for summers but didn’t last year. And this year we were here first week of July and got back a week ago. Out immediate stop before returning here was Baton Rouge and stayed a night NE of Birmingham on way. Point being: the temperature difference was marked. Like 20 degrees.

But it still gets hotter than balls in thick of summer. The main differences are: evenings and mornings are a lot cooler here, and the suffering is a smaller portion of the year. Winters are usually still mild. And although Louisiana was less humid this summer, the humidity difference is normally huge between here and there.

ETA: but as mentioned, to 30-45 minutes north of here and it’s a lot cooler. But also not cheap.