Zwy
Emperor Of Solar
It gets humid in IA when it is hot. I've been in the high desert in CA at 110F and came back to IA on a plane. Just melted stepping off the plane until I became acclimated again.Like right in the middle of Iowa - Des Moines? not excessively hot in summer, not too cold in winter, good solar potential all year around, low cost land available, depth to well water?
It gets cold, -20F isn't uncommon. Solar potential in Des Moines is better than NE Iowa. I was in Des Moines yesterday, they had good sun. I checked SA on my phone and saw I was only getting 300W of PV input. It was cloudy back home all day.
Land is now $15K to $20K/acre for farmland. Some land sold here recently for $24K. Wooded areas are bringing $7K to $8K/acre, many are not buildable. Mosquitos will eat you alive too.
Well depth of about 250 feet in NE IA. Farther south is water district country, seems the water closer to ground surface has some impurities that aren't good for you. So they have a water district in a county, run water lines to each property (can't be cheap) from a central water tower. I never asked what the water bill is but if you have a limited number of neighbors, your cost to each property won't be cheap.
In NE IA, I live in one of 2 counties not zoned. We like it that way. Would I live elsewhere? Probably not, like the freedom and even the change of seasons. With the bad comes the good, sometimes enjoying the suck is what makes you a better person.