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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom does.  And she has quite a few friends who have retired to various parts of the Cape.  I also spent my summers there and visit frequently. [/quote]

Thank you! Can I ask you a few questions? How do the summers and winters compare to DC? How much snow do they get up there? Do you drive up a lot? How long does it take you? What are the people like? Thanks![/quote]

Winters are cold but they don't get a ton of snow.   You'll want a house with a generator though.  She doesn't lose power a ton, but because her area is less occupied they tend to wait longer for pow to get back up.  And tropical storms/hurricane ar always a concern.  Summers are hot, a little less hot than DC.   But the mugginess and humidity still exists.

It all depends on where you live with how the people are.  My mom lives in an area that's much quieter in the winter and busy in the summer.  It's 99% people her age that are their year round.  Her friends in Falmouth see more of a variance in ages and there are more people that live their year round.   Same with Dennis.  I do agree with PP that a lot of people tend to be conservative from what my mom has said and loathe going off Cape.  They aren't in your face Trumpers or anything (at least the ones I've met) but definitely conservative.  But everyone I've ever met is very nice.  The healthcare system down there isn't great.  My mom still drives up to Boston for her specialists.

We don't live in DC anymore.   I definitely wouldn't choose the Cape as a place to buy a vacation home unless you're able to stay for stretches at a time.  Or keep a car at the house and fly in and out (which is what one of her friends does that lives in Ohio).  [/quote]

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