Sandra, I am having trouble envisioning a dwelling in this climate that does
not require heat. All I can imagine is the cliff dwellers of the American
SW with the addition of glass.
Where we end up living is also a factor of our psycological make up. I
have lived in cities of all sizes, subburbs, small towns, farm towns, back
woods, resort towns, planned corporate communities, and others and during my
sojourns in them tried to enjoy them and adapt. But am most comfortable
living in a cottage on a populated road on the edge of the big woods. I
seldom do but need the feeling I can take off into the woods and by picking
my route walk for hours without crossing a road. I have known people grown
up in NYC who have beautiful remote land but are never comfortable and
just scurry back and forth to hustle and bustle.