If it's extremely humid in your area, then no matter what material you use you'll have to deal with that.

earlier this month, ac went out at 1 of my rentals. it was a saturday afternoon, 100 degrees & humid. needless to say, my normal HVAC contacts were busy. i got a kid out there; he told me I need a new condensor & wouldn't be able to do it until monday. he thought a condenser w/ go for $500 + $200 labor. on monday, says condenser goes for $900+!

I won't go into too much detail but if you care to read the following article about organized crime rings involving Vietnamese, and how they tear into homes to setup growing operations, installing air scrubbers and ventilation systems to pump out humidity associated with basement growing operations, the home I was looking at is one of these mentioned as among 100 in the Seattle area that were part of the ring.

Lumber liquidators has unfinished oak for .99 an sf but if your enviroments humid or hot, or damp you NEED machined like above, this is thick real hardwood and those environments expand and contract it so much it is a nasty problem.PAINT TIP:Interior exterior paint king?

The weather here is actually pretty extreme, so I've experienced hot, humid summers as well as cold winters.

Salt water and humidity play on sheetrock, even the ceilings if water stands for some time.

Mold won't grow under something like 42 percent humidity.

Mold is typically due to poor air circulation and a lot of humidity.

We'll take the rain over the east coast humidity any day of the week.

Now I have a smelly deck - not so bad except in the humidity.If the basement concrete is damp, you'll be able to smell the pee when it's humid outside.