Eh, I’d deal with three times the amount of snakes and scorpions before I lived in the ice and snow again. Honestly, I rarely see rattlesnakes, maybe one or two a year…..and that’s only because I hike where they live. My neighbors that never venture out of city limits never see them. And the scorpions are like any other arachnid…..you see them from time to time….but they’re not that big of a deal.
Small price to pay to not deal with high heating costs, vehicles that rust out well before the end of their life…..plus the cold kills my arthritis.
Edit: not to mention, you wouldn’t believe the amount of money I save on bass boats, by living in the desert