Which US city has the most pleasant year-round climate with very minimal use of heating in the winter and air-conditioning in the summer?
 

Hi,<BR><BR>My daughter has an allergy that flares up when it's too hot, too cold, too dry, or too humid. I'm considering moving to a city that has a good climate all year around with minimal usage of mechanical heating or air-conditioning, both of which appear to worsen the condition. Hawaii is unfortunately out because I don't think we can find a job there. I'm considering San Diego or San Jose. Appreciate any other suggestions. Thanks...

Your instincts about San Diego and the San Francisco area are correct.<BR><BR>If you want to compare various locations, check out www.worldclimate.com. It'll give weather information for virtually any city in the world.

Most of California will be hot in the summer except for a small fringe a few miles from the coast. Coastal Northern California will be cold enough to require heat most of the year. When I lived in San Francisco's Sunset district, I had a July HEATING bill.<BR><BR>You could try Santa Monica, La Jolla, but they're pricey. As an alternative, what about some of the coastal towns north of San Diego?

definitly, san diego, encinitas, carlsbad, solana beach. stick to the coast and go go north of santa barbara.

Thanks... Yeah, I remember shivering in SF when I visited in August. Sounds like we're pretty much limited to CA. We live in New York, so the move will be cross-continental, but I'm willing to do it because we tried everything else and nothing works. Thanks again...

Does it have to be somewhere in CA? I'm sure there are other parts of the US that fit that criteria. I'd love to hear about them as well as I too have thought about relocating at some point. Any other areas?

Mark Twain said that the coldest winter he ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco. Trust him.<BR><BR>I bet some of the towns in North and South Carolina would fit the bill as well as San Diego.<BR><BR>Good luck

Yes<BR><BR>Everybody is correct about northern california. Please do not consider moving here. It is cold in the summer it rains all winter long Heck with 175,000 people in Humboldt county we are very overcrowded. Not to even talk about the earthquakes and the dope dealers and no jobs... the list goes on and on please do not move up here<BR><BR>Thank You<BR>GP

MM, allergysuffersmom should exclude most of NC and SC from her list. Summers are very humid with high temps. We live with the AC on from May until the end of Sept. Last week it was in the 70's one day and tomorrow it's suppose to snow in central NC. Those temperature extremes are bad for my allergies and sinuses I wouldn't want to think about asm's daughter's allergies. The mountainous parts will have cooler summers and colder winters.<BR><BR>Don't rule out Hawaii, check the online job listings. <BR><BR>

Still San Diego..there is alot of childhood asthma in SF.

Much as I love the Carolinas' climate, I don't think they fit the bill for this family. It can get quite chilly in the winter and you KNOW it's hot in the summer, but it's humid almost year round, and the humidity holds the allergens. Air conditioning can make allergies worse because they hold and spread molds. And we always have stuff blooming, 11 1/2 months of the year. <BR><BR>I know you're having a tough time with your girl, Mom -- I'd head west.

I would think anywhere in Coastal So Cal would fit this bill. It seems like every day I see the forecast for San Diego the highs are in the mid 70s, lows in the 60s, partly cloudy, all year round.<BR><BR>Good friend of mine lives in Huntington Beach, does not need ac, and uses heat perhaps a few spells each year when the LA area gets one of those unseasonably chilly mornings.<BR><BR>In Nor Cal, perhaps the East Bay area?

I think there is alot more mold which may or may not be an issue for your daughter in No. California and especially SF and Bay Area.

The truth is, &quot;mom,&quot; that all of the US would experience wide swings in seasonal weather except where the area is affected by and/or protected by proximity to an ocean that moderates the swings. But therein lies the problem, because you'll always get humidity near an ocean. <BR><BR>You may have to choose which condition is least likely to affect your daughter: humidity, heat, or cold. I'm guessing you might be best off in a dry place that doesn't get too hot, because you can try heating the house with radiators rather than forced air, which would keep the amount of allergens floating around minimal and keep the house humidity down.

Go to the money magazine site and do the advanced &quot;best places to live&quot; test, it includes choosing a city based on days per year that heat or A/C must be used. <BR><BR>I can't believe you'd trust the dimwits on this forum to tell you where to move with your daughter. Guess you were absent the day the good lord handed out de brains.

San Diego sounds perfect. Southern Cal has very little humidity compared to the norm in the rest of the US.

I agree that coastal southern california would seem to fit the bill. We lived in the Ventura area when I was a kid and I don't remember anyone having an airconditioner. It never really got that cold either, so we hardly ever turned the heater on at our house. <BR><BR>I have mold allergies which flare up along the central and northern coast, but a few miles inland and I am fine. <BR>

For what it's worth, my sister moved from Wisconsin to Colorada years ago and she says her allergy symptoms are far less in CO.

Kimmie, for crying out loud, give Mom a break! She may be using this board as a starting point only. And had she not posted, she would not have gotten the Money Magazine idea. Who are you to assume and judge anything.

Other posters can check me on this but the Sedona-Flagstaff AZ area seemed to have reasonable temps when I visited in mid-August because it's further up in elevation. Beautiful area, though I doubt the job situation would be better than San Diego.<BR><BR>If something international was feasible, Sidney would be great.