CHEMTRAILS wrote:The possible cons of Azores (with some people) may be:
- Expensive to get to, may cost about $1000 roundtrip
- Too "cold" in summer, or rather not enough heat as it rarely gets over 25C
- No sandy beaches
- Local government keeps it a secret and low profile to preserve the traditional way of life
- Perhaps some people are scared of a dormant volcano?
- Scared of earthquakes, which almost never happen here
- Not enough shopping and eat out opportunities and places
- Too far away from the mainland, a 2 hour flight to Lisbon and a 4 hour flight to Boston (so is Hawaii)
- Not hot enough? Did I mention, not hot enough and no sandy beaches? Oh, I did... :-) So is Bogota, Colombia :-)
- People think this is Atlantis and it may sink again?
- You name the rest of reasons
There are expats here, but Pico island has 15T inhabitants, while São Miguel has over 130T inhabitants
I maintain that if International Living does not have one of their "journalists" there, there must be no land for sale, cannot convince people the climate, with no beaches, is the only selling point. Sounds like a nice winter R&R, but 24/7 365 sounds like too much.