Region with Best Weather?
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USA
Ask different people and you can get a lot of different answers.
I think a lot would answer Southern California and over a short time period I would agree. But after living out in the southwest for awhile you sort of miss cloudy days, just didn't get enough them. I don't think the inverse would be fun like in the PNW but I think balance is good.
After growing up in the NE I'm over winters even being coastal it's still gets too cold for too long. SE I'm not sure people realize how hard and how much it rains.
If I had to pick there might be a happy medium somewhere in there like maybe like Tennessee or North Carolina where you still at least get four seasons. Ask me again in January my answer will be South Florida. How about y'all
I think a lot would answer Southern California and over a short time period I would agree. But after living out in the southwest for awhile you sort of miss cloudy days, just didn't get enough them. I don't think the inverse would be fun like in the PNW but I think balance is good.
After growing up in the NE I'm over winters even being coastal it's still gets too cold for too long. SE I'm not sure people realize how hard and how much it rains.
If I had to pick there might be a happy medium somewhere in there like maybe like Tennessee or North Carolina where you still at least get four seasons. Ask me again in January my answer will be South Florida. How about y'all
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I knew someone who moves to southern Utah because it snowed in the winter, but not a ton. And it got warm in the summer, but not sweltering hot. And the rains weren't too bad. Granted, if you like your vices then Utah isn't the best state to make home. I think that if you look at if you look along that line (southern Colorado / northern New Mexico) then you'll find pretty temperate weather.
I lived in Southern CA for several years. The weather is nice, but it gets broken up by earthquakes, mudslides, and brush fires. I prefer my weather to be less Bible inspired.
My guess would be Arizona. Tho I haven’t spent enough time there to really judge it.
So trade-offs. Lol
The downside to Miami is the humidity which can at times fry-your-brain - never been to SoCal but have heard their weather is warm w/o being overbearing like Miami so I assume I'd like SoCal weather the best.
But if I'm suddenly worth 100 million and can live where ever I want, It's gonna be Ft Lauderdale, FL. For many reasons, but the weather is one of them.
I hate the summer heat. In my younger years I spent an entire summer training at Fort Bragg NC and that was enough to convince me I could never live anywhere south of Delaware. OTOH I have some family up in Maine and I have no idea how they manage those winters.
My #1 hobby is motorcycle riding, and while July and August are sometimes too hot for me, the trade off is that I can usually start riding around March and continue into November, so taking a little time off in the middle of summer isn't too bad.
When I eventually retire, I don't see myself going much further than Pennsylvania. The weather I like and lots of good roads for riding.
But then I moved to the Mediterranean weather of southern-to-central CA, and man, it's amazing. And 90% of people who move here from other states, end up in love with the weather here, it's just delightful to most humans once they get used to it. Sure, they might say they miss certain things, I miss thunderstorms and snow, but not so much I'd consider a move to a place that has either of those things to be a weather upgrade. Mediterranean weather is the pinnacle, everything else is about deciding which tradeoffs you can live with.
Ignoring politics, quality of life, SC quality, and all the other important things :) If I had to pick a different weather type, I imagine my particular tradeoffs would lean towards subtropical (southern east coast) or tropical, I'll take the humidity to not be in the cold.
As it is, when I retire I'm thinking of heading to a free state, which means desert or arid, not my top choice but I'll deal
I would love to have seasons, but the cold for just so damn long in the MW means that region is (probably) out; I'd make an exception and deal w/it for the right $ opportunity $.
The mild temps in San Diego would be nice, but it's pretty much the same all year round. The Pac-NW seems like it would be awesome, with the pines, clouds, and rain. But I've never been out there. Love the look, though.
Phoenix winters get a "cold" couple of weeks where the highs might hit the upper 40s, and we'll generally have a few nights below freezing; it's funny to see red solo cups on top of cacti in front yards... can't let the tops freeze! June is super dry and hot. Say what you will about 115 or 118 degrees, but I would take that dry heat 100 times out of 100 over humidity (spent a late summer and a spring in Tulsa and that was MISERABLE). Here, monsoon season is basically July 4 to Labor Day, with bad ass thunder storms and, sadly, more humidity than I'd like, but not as bad as the south.
That said...somewhere in the SW with slightly higher elevation, like Prescott or Sedona in Arizona might be perfect. Four seasons, snow but not too much, rain, thunderstorms, 20 or 25 degrees cooler than Phoenix 90 mins to the south.
Although, I would like to spend a year somewhere like Grand Rapids or Traverse City, just to see how tough it'd be.
And one other thing...at the risk of having my man-card revoked, growing up in Phoenix, you don't really get to "see" fall. I would love to spend the last four months of the year somewhere like Vermont, northern Michigan, Maine... Just to see the colors. Drove through the Ozarks in Missouri one October, and it was a sea of yellow, red, orange, and brown - never seen anything like it, it was amazing.
I forgot about Prescott style weather -- yes, if you absolutely have to have 4 seasons, I think that's ideal. Warm summers without the humidity or furnace-level heat, cold winters without it being frigid
To me, Spring is just the best season but to get a real spring you need some type of winter.
As far as natural disasters, tornadoes and earthquakes...no thanks.
And yeah... Prescott summers 80-90 high, lows around 50. Fall and spring are more mild. Winter highs generally low 50s, lows in the 20s, and 5 or 6 inches of snow / month. So you get the look of it w/out the BS of the NE, MW, or Rockies.
I travel all over the US and have never seen better weather than SD. Unless you like cold, cloudy and snowy/rainy weather than SD is not for you. Sure the ocean is cold but that is what keeps the temperature moderate. I'm at the age where I'm probably done going into the ocean anyway. There are plenty of pools if you are looking to get wet.
I’ve grown to like certain aspects of shitty weather, but my favorite part of living in a milder climate is that time period in the spring and fall when you can drive with your windows up, and not need air or heat run in your car. I also drove a lot for work, and prefer cold days over hot ones when driving, and overcast days over sunny days as well.
June is easy. It's dry as hell, fine in the shade or in the pool. Just don't go running or doing all your yard work at noon. Dusk isn't bad. July and August when it's 105-115 with a little humidity is pretty gross, but not as bad as pretty much anywhere east of the Rockies.
And AZ isn't like the MW or NE; you don't have to look for a place with AC - don't have old folks dying in their homes in July because it's too hot. Everybody has AC. You put your windows in certain areas of the house, get solar screens to minimize the heat coming in, have a covered patio.
When I was a kid in summer, during the day you just go in the pool, or play video games, watch TV. After it gets dark you out and play basketball or hockey in the street. When it's dry, it really isn't bad at all.
The north is good for that.
Cant wait to fully gtfo the south soon and never return to tx in my lifetime.