no mosquito cities? (foreclose, condo, homes)

[tijlover]

Las Vegas is drier (4 inches a year) than both Tucson (11 inches of precip a year) and Phoenix (7.5-8 inches) .

Here, it's so dry that even termites stay away (there are termites in Tucson and Phoenix) and gnats and even flies. Haven't had a fly in my house all summer here. Haven't been bitten by a mosquito since I left Minnesota back in 1993.

Now, if I just had something to complain about!

[18Montclair]

Mosquitos arent even an afterthought here.

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Las Vegas is drier (4 inches a year) than both Tucson (11 inches of precip a year) and Phoenix (7.5-8 inches) .

Here, it's so dry that even termites stay away (there are termites in Tucson and Phoenix) and gnats and even flies. Haven't had a fly in my house all summer here. Haven't been bitten by a mosquito since I left Minnesota back in 1993.

Now, if I just had something to complain about!

My buddy has lived in Vegas for 5 years after living in MN, and he cannot wait to move back. He is fed up being surrounded by losers, brown, and monotonous weather. he actually quoted "I need to be bit by frost and a mosquito, NOW!"

To each their own however!

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by TexasTheKid

Yeah... I think there was more than a bit of sarcasm in that. The Land of Ten-Thousand Lakes is most definitely going to have a mosquito or two.

Glad you picked up on that!

I mean the mosquito is our offical State Bird!

[Boston14]

Your going to get mesquites everywhere

[PeaceChild]

We used to have t-shirts here that had a picture of a mosquito and the words: Michigan's State Bird.

We have been getting sprayed here for the past few years because of the West Nile Virus, so there are not as many as there used to be(Detroit area).

lol Just seen above post.

[sleepy eyes 1979]

There is a lake in Ohio Called Mosquitio Lake.

[deserteng]

Cites with little standing water will have fewer mosquitoes due to a lack of breeding grounds. My favorite cities with few mosquitoes are..
Santa Fe, NM
Scottsdale, AZ
San Diego, CA
Tucson, AZ
Denver, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
Boise, ID
Flagstaff, AZ

Be aware that even in these places there are micro climates that the little pests will do well in. If you live next to a rice farmer in Scottsdale, AZ you will have mosquitoes.

[uptown_urbanist]

I don't remember ever getting seeing (or feeling!) a mosquito in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Some of our apartment windows didn't even have screens! I know they have them, but we never encountered them. (although there was a problem in the Inland Empire areas with high levels of foreclosed homes with swimming pools-turned-breeding grounds)

[Nightscape]

Im in west hollywood, typical 50's apt building and none of our windows have screens. They're kept open almost 24hours during summer and ive never been bit by a mosquito once.