Why are you at 74F? We're having a mini heat wave in Portland, so I've been running my AC. It's set for 76F and I'm quite comfortable.
You need to convince yourself that you'd be comfortable at higher temp and humidity. E.g. in Hawaii the "natives" sneer at the new arrivals who don't like the high humidity.
Fortunately this area has reasonably low humidity. But if I were in Florida, I could probably be comfortable at 78F as long as the AC got rid of about half the relative humidity.
You need to convince yourself that you'd be comfortable at higher temp and humidity. E.g. in Hawaii the "natives" sneer at the new arrivals who don't like the high humidity.
Fortunately this area has reasonably low humidity. But if I were in Florida, I could probably be comfortable at 78F as long as the AC got rid of about half the relative humidity.