Some Californians Found Dream Homes Inland. But It Sure Is Hot There.
In Mountain House, Calif., temperatures yesterday reached 107 degrees , the start of what is expected to be a weeklong heatwave. High temperatures in the region average 95 degrees in a typical July.
This area has seen an influx of residents escaping high housing costs on the coast, who arrived only to be tested by triple-digit temperatures.
Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.
The fast-growing community, just 40 miles inland from where they were living in the San Francisco Bay Area, offered good schools, a diverse population and dozens of large houses for sale within their budget. It seemed to be a perfect match — at least until their first summer, when the scorching temperatures of California’s Central Valley set in.
“We never had an idea that it would be this hot,” Ms. Ali said on Tuesday as she darted through a grocery store parking lot where the temperature was well over 100 degrees.
