I live in New York. It's a great state no doubt. One of the best states in the country that's just a fact of life plain and simple.
But as i get older, and i'm only 28, my hate for the winter and snow time grows and grows. It's summer time right now and I've been being pretty active. Bike riding, swimming, paddle boarding, golfing, etc. I'm so fucking tired of only being able to do shit like those for one third of the year. The other two thirds of the year i feel like i'm trapped in a fucking cage.
My question is, what state should a active lad like me live in that doesn't have any winter at all? Like a winter time where the lowest temperature is in the 60's lol.
Alabama? Tennesse? Kentucky? North/South Carolina? Arkansas? Or the mother of them all, Texas? That would be a dream come true to be honest. Probably too hot though but i'd love to live in a state where guns are as common as cell phones.
Steemit is full of great minds so I figure I would ask this question here.
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With my excperience I like Alabama and Florida! Both are great !
What is it that you like about Alabama?
The only thing that comes to mind when I think about Alabama is college football.
Friends say Georgia or Texas.
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GA gets cold. At least Atlanta does, but that is the only sizeable town in the state I think. TX hill country gets cold too. Cold in Austin is 45 with a fierce wind. I do remember, though, moving to Austin in early February. It was in the 70s all week and perfect weather to golf. The heat kicks in about mid May and lasts until October. People say it is a dry heat. I say 107 degrees is too hot, humidity or no humidity.
You might also consider Florida. The humid heat precludes strenuous activity during the day for much of the year.
The best weather in the continental US is San Diego. The average temperature is like 73 degrees AND sunny and low humidity. I would also write-in Seattle as a sleeper. Seattle has it all: mountains, rain forests, saltwater, etc. It gets chilly but not NY style cold. Maybe it snows once a year. Summers are a blast. It only gets into the nineties a few times a year and is low humidity. The rain is more like intermittent drizzle most of the time. It drizzles for 20 minutes. The sun comes out for an hour. Then it drizzles some more. There are times, however, when it seems like it rains for a couple weeks straight. Also, the traffic is horrible, but so is the traffic in San Diego, Austin, etc.
State out of Georgia, especially the Atlanta Area. While Fulton County isn't too bad, the rest of Atlanta is a police state and they will arrest you for anything they want, and try to steal your property in the process. Texas I hear is getting pretty bad too. In fact, most of the congressmen wanted to immunize law enforcement are from Texas.
I am thinking about going ex pat living across the Mexican border, and accepting contracts from the US side as an independent contractor. Nothing against trump, too much corruption from the states themselves.
I spent a decade in TX. Sure it can get hot, but to escape a mostly cold winter it can be worth it.
Good post!
I've spent the last 6 years going back and forth from Florida to NY. Florida winters are the best by far! You can go swimming just about 365 days a year. Good luck with your search & steem on!
California is always super chill! Just gotta find the right place to rent out. I paid $140 to share a small room in Riverside while I was in college a year ago.
Complete family houses to rent or buy are through the roof though!
Wait $140 a month??????? That would be insane
around universities and colleges (usually nice area with parks, gyms, schools) . . . I'm sure you can squeeze in a deal somewhere.
Also the room was shared with 1 friend.
Come to Texas. No taxes, great economy, great tech scene, and we barely know what the word "Winter" means.
Dallas? Austin? Houston? Do you have a favorite and why?
I live in and love Dallas. It has the perfect balance and you can absolutely find whatever community you're looking for here. Austin would tell you that they own the tech and music scene in Texas. But I'd rather live around and work in Deep Ellum, home of the biggest IPO of the dot com boom (Broadcast.com), and damn good music/nightlife scene. We've got our own nice little "silicon valley" growing here, in the same spot where we ruled the dot com era.
I forgot to add that Houston is fine to pass through, but unless you're a big fan of mosquitos, pollution, and humidity, I'd say stay North/inland of Houston.