My upbringing included being barefoot for much of the time.
I was born as well as raised in the South where the temperature legitimately provides plenty of opportunity to be barefoot.
Even in the winter, I was wearing flip flops as the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C heat pump certainly rarely kicked on for heat. There is something just special about walking through the grass with no shoes. That is an elemental feeling of my youth to this day. So, it was with great sadness when I had to transfer to the far north for a job. The job was just to great to turn down. But, I knew going into it that I would be committing to living in the north for the foreseeable future. I made the right decision. The area I live in is good as well as the culture is 1 of inclusiveness. The only thing I legitimately miss is not being able to run around with my shoes off love ever. That was until I built my house. I kept the structure certainly basic as well as went pretty minimalist on amenities. However, I did make an investment in the Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C. I chose to heat as well as cool my home using a geothermal Heating, Ventilation as well as A/C system. The method uses the earths near constant temperature to heat as well as cool the house. The awesome thing is that the heat is transferred using water. The sizzling water then moves into copper tubing under the flooring. That’s right, I can walk around in barefoot again. It sounds crazy however it has given myself and others back an element of living south that I legitimately needed. Plus, the efficiency will spend money for itself the next 30 years.