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It really depends on what you're allergic to TBH. Generally speaking, though, some coastal areas and the drier climes of the Western US typically favor allergy sufferers while humid areas in the interior of the country are among the worst places to live for seasonal allergies.
There is no gold standard for best place and does depend upon what you're allergic to. While there has been a prevalence of information alluding to dry desert climates it's been proven the benefits aren't necessarily there other than for asthma sufferers. Many allergy sufferers tend to find areas with heavy hardwood tree pollen the worst, and know from personal experience sub-tropical coastal locations (literally on or very close to the coast) are the best options. Examples would include Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Naples, Marco Island, Ft Myers Beach and the Florida Keys in Florida. Many will mention seeing yellow pollen from Pine trees in some of these areas, but bear in mind pine pollen unlike hardwoods is not microscopic and nowhere near the inhalant/allergy trigger of oaks, junipers, laurels etc.
Thanks! I think I will try one of these subtropical coastal locations.
Subtropical coastal locations generally have a lot of humidity and mold, so it really depends on what you are allergic to, as other posters have said. Of the places I've lived, my allergies were the worst in Austin, followed closely by the Gulf Coast. They are a little bit better in the Midwest. SoCal is where they have been the best, outside of the recent fires/smoke.
The other thing that triggers a lot of people's allergies is cigarette smoke, and the SE states are some of the few that don't have statewide smoking bans for bars/restaurants.
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As of July 2017, five states ban smoking in most enclosed public places, but permit adult venues such as bars (and casinos, if applicable) to allow smoking if they choose: Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, and Nevada. In Florida, state law preempts local governments from enacting stricter smoking bans than the state, though in Idaho, Indiana, and Louisiana, some cities and/or counties have enacted stricter local smoking bans to varying degrees, in some cases banning it in all enclosed workplaces.
As of July 2018, 12 states have not enacted any general statewide ban on smoking in workplaces and/or bars and/or restaurants: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
I don't have any allergies myself, but have worked around alot of people in my years and people of course talk about their hay fever.
Alot of people will say Phoenix or Las Vegas but they seem to cause allergies for many.
I laugh when people suggest Phoenix or Las Vegas for people with hay fever. Maybe the open desert of Arizona and Nevada are good, but I can't imagine any person with hay fever moving to Phoenix or Las Vegas.
I will say many people say Phoenix or Las Vegas but I have never been in two cities like those that a majority of people during the peak hayfever times were complaining about their allergies.
I don't have allergies, but I have had literally hundreds of co-workers over the years I have been in Phoenix who have very severe allergies and sneeze alot. I have never worked in a city that is a chorus of sneezing in late-winter and early-spring like Phoenix.
Whenever I have been in Las Vegas, people complain about severe sinus issues.
Denver, Salt Lake City, Boise are usually not the worst on allergies, but they have very dry air which causes many to have severe sinus issues and all three had massive tree planting programs over the last century so they have much more pollen issues than many who think for semi-arid Western cities.
I would say any area along right next to a coast would preferable. In general, ocean, would or Great Lakes air is going to be preferable for those with hay fever.
I will say the plains states from North Dakota to Nebraska are known for a short, intense allergy season and have 10 months or more of very low or no pollen and just a very short Spring and Fall hayfever season.
I wish I could figure this out. I've lived in Pennsylvania all my life and have terrible allergies most seasons.
Then, because of the pandemic, I ended up temporarily living in North Carolina in a primarly pine-forest area. My allergies were 10x worse! Someone upthread said that these types of forests are generally better for allergy sufferers and it couldn't have been more the opposite for me! It really depends on what you're allergic too.
I'm definitely allergic to mold and pollen, so that combination in North Carolina (it tended to be quite humid and rainy while I was there) probably didn't help.
I don't have any allergies myself, but have worked around alot of people in my years and people of course talk about their hay fever.
Alot of people will say Phoenix or Las Vegas but they seem to cause allergies for many.
I laugh when people suggest Phoenix or Las Vegas for people with hay fever. Maybe the open desert of Arizona and Nevada are good, but I can't imagine any person with hay fever moving to Phoenix or Las Vegas.
I will say many people say Phoenix or Las Vegas but I have never been in two cities like those that a majority of people during the peak hayfever times were complaining about their allergies.
I don't have allergies, but I have had literally hundreds of co-workers over the years I have been in Phoenix who have very severe allergies and sneeze alot. I have never worked in a city that is a chorus of sneezing in late-winter and early-spring like Phoenix.
Whenever I have been in Las Vegas, people complain about severe sinus issues.
Denver, Salt Lake City, Boise are usually not the worst on allergies, but they have very dry air which causes many to have severe sinus issues and all three had massive tree planting programs over the last century so they have much more pollen issues than many who think for semi-arid Western cities.
I would say any area along right next to a coast would preferable. In general, ocean, would or Great Lakes air is going to be preferable for those with hay fever.
I will say the plains states from North Dakota to Nebraska are known for a short, intense allergy season and have 10 months or more of very low or no pollen and just a very short Spring and Fall hayfever season.
I have a friend with asthma and allergies and he moved from Buffalo to inland Southern California. He thought that getting to a desert would be better for condition and it ended up much worse, so bad one year that he got pneumonia, presumably from all the dry air and aggravation it caused his sinuses.
My allergies were far worse in Dallas and Chicago than they are here in Houston. I didnt have bad allergies in LA but the filthy air would make my sinuses go haywire for a time.
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