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Valley Fever - which you hopefully haven't gotten in Albuquerque is an infection caused by fungi known as Coccidioides. This fungus is found in the soil in the lower deserts of the desert SW including southern Arizona. It's is caused by mold that lives in the ground or soil in and around the Valley. Coccidioides grows as a mold a few inches below the surface of the desert soil. During dry conditions (which is nine months a year) the mold becomes brittle and even slight air disturbances including barometric changes can fracture the mold into single-cell spores that stay suspended in the air for prolonged periods of time. The spores become suspended in air during digging, landscaping, new construction of homes, apartments and commercial buildings, and the recent big dust storms PHX seems to get every year. You may contract the fungus by breathing when the fungal mold spores are suspended in the air...which is now very often with climate change. BTW - I have extreme sensitivity to cedar, and mold as well.
Good luck and keep doing your research. Boise might be a good choice.
Thanks. I have heard about Valley Fever, but that's not strictly any allergy issue. Granted, if you contract it, it can be a lot worse than having an allergy. So, yes, it's something to consider. But I'm not sure having allergies would make me more susceptible. Still you have a point that it is a mold problem in the desert, so that can exist. I still think it's a very specific problem, different from the mold that triggers allergies in more humid environments. And from what I've read, it doesn't seem like that many people come down with the problem, but maybe I need to go back and get actual numbers on that.
I'd guess that your best bet is Pullman-Moscow. These twin towns, straddling the Washington-Idaho border, sit at an elevation of 2,300 feet. You're looking at an average high of 35 and seven inches of snow in January, and an average high of 82 and .7 inches of rain in July.
The Pullman-Moscow area is 70 miles south of Spokane and has a population of around 92,000.
Another suggestion would be to go just a little south of there to Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA. It's only at 745 feet, average high of 41 in January, average high of 89 in July, and 9 inches of snow during the winter. Only 12 inches of rain for the year.
How about northern MN, WI or MI??? They are low elevation, cold and relatively low humidity for being east of the Great Plains. Another suggestion is interior Alaska. Fairbanks has a low elevation and a cold climate. Im not sure about their humidity but I believe its low. Worth looking at. The criteria are tough to meet no doubt.
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