Some Ohio info you may find interesting... (Columbus, Cleveland: sales, low crime)

[paintballer1708]

One of the best places you could look into would be Texas. Most states out there get drastic changes in weather. Its a hard choice.

[OneWayOut]

Originally Posted by htlong

az has a nice beach but the walk to the ocean is a b*tch!

Lol, yeah, that is a downside of AZ. From what I've seen, there are many more positives that make up for it. The beach is only a 4 hour drive, compared to around 10 hours here in OH (I am talking the OCEAN).

If I am wanting lakes, there is always Lake Havasu. I hear its a pretty nice resort town. Puerto Penasco, Mexico has been mentioned to me too, and is like a "mini Cancun" from what I hear, 2.5 hour drive there.

Originally Posted by paintballer

One of the best places you could look into would be Texas. Most states out there get drastic changes in weather. Its a hard choice.

Yes, you have to weigh the weather issues carefully and see which would fit best. I can deal with some cold weather, just not for 7 months every year. If the positives outweigh the negatives weather wise, for me it would be ok. Just no deep-freeze for an extended period, anything but that!

I was searching thru Arizona's newspaper online a while back and read last winter they got a couple inches of snow in north Phoenix. Very rare. That is one of the good things with AZ, you can be in snow and drive 2 hours and it will be over 100 degrees. Texas seems to have good all-season weather mostly in the deep south gulf regions. They can get pretty cold too in the winter, but still pretty mild. Comparable with what I found on GA's weather.

Moving is becoming a huge research project for me. It has become interesting studying all the differences from place to place. I want to make absolutely sure my next jump is the last....

[htlong]

one way
since your heart is set on moving , why not look into va. it has all 4 seasons with plenty of sunshine, the mountains are 1 hour from richmond, and the ocean is 1 1/2 hrs , washington dc is 1 hr . i live down here due to the 1980s rust belt and i relish the sunny days we have here, when it is overcast i say its a ohio day!i always thought of az as one big dessert...i may be wrong though

[OneWayOut]

Originally Posted by htlong

one way
since your heart is set on moving , why not look into va. it has all 4 seasons with plenty of sunshine, the mountains are 1 hour from richmond, and the ocean is 1 1/2 hrs , washington dc is 1 hr . i live down here due to the 1980s rust belt and i relish the sunny days we have here, when it is overcast i say its a ohio day!i always thought of az as one big dessert...i may be wrong though

I used to love traveling into VA. Great place. I would probably just move back to MD if I wanted to be close to VA again. It was about 40 minutes from my home in Annapolis before.

[paintballer1708]

Oneway if you need any help finding a place i will try my best. I know San Antonio and Austin, Texas are far inland and get mild winters. They are also far from any hurricanes. I would suggest Houston due to the huge amounts of rain they get, and the flooding. Dallas/Fort Worth dont appeal to me at all. Austin is really an attractive city. I was there just about a year ago. Very bustling and booming. Reminds me a lot of Columbus and Charlotte.

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by Need_affordable_home

On a serious note, OH isnt that cold. I have a friend that lives there and says winters are mild, about 20 degrees. I checked OH now and its fall and the temps are 60s high, 40s low. Not bad.

It depends on:

A-your perspective - if you're from South Carolina, yeah, it's cold. If you grew up in Moorehead, Minnesota, January is rather springlike.

B-where in Ohio. Cincinnati gets a little more than half the snow Columbus does, and Columbus gets less than half what Cleveland does. Absolute record lows are the same all over (since Cincy has clearer skies it tends to get just as cold at night as cloudier Cleveland does) but average winter temps are about 5 degrees warmer. Summers are pretty much the same all over but last a couple weeks longer in the southern part of the state.

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by Donna7

I'm typing this at 5:12 p.m., just af few minutes after the last post, and it is NOT in the 50's; it is 29 degrees F. and snowing lightly. I live in Wayne County. I don't know where the 50's are today; maybe Southern Ohio. Dark, dreary, and cold - a lovely combination...for an Edgar Allen Poe story or perhaps Doctor Zviago.

No, the previous poster was giving average temps. The AVERAGE October high in Cleveland is 62. The average low is about 44. Doesn't mean it can't be colder...or warmer (not this year though...it's been COLD!)

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by HAS

I really depends on what part of OH you're talking about. Southern OH...not so bad. Where I live (Painesville, OH...near Cleveland RIGHT NEAR THE LAKE)...absolutely awful. The temps aren't SUPER bad. We have the occasional sub-zero day, but usually we stay in the teens and twenties. It's the wind that makes it so bad. With wind chill factors, we are easily in the single digits on a regular basis. And the Lake Effect snow is bad too.

It all depends on where you live. Those average numbers mean nothing when you live extremely close to the lake. Right now, for example, we are getting Lake Effect snow while the rest of OH is in the fifties!

These are just averages, but, they're based on 30 years of weather data.

Average January temps in Cleveland:

High: 32F
Low: 18F

Record January Hi: 71F on January 22 1906
Record January Low: -20F on January 19, 1994

Average July temps in Cleveland:

High: 82F
Low: 63F

Record July Hi: 103F July 27, 1941
Record July Low: 41F on July 4, 1968

Average January temps in Cincinnati:

High: 38F
Low: 23F

Record January Hi: 77F on January 24, 1943
Record January Low: -25F on January 18, 1977 (yes...COLDER than Clevelands record!)

Average July temps in Cincinnati:

High: 87F
Low: 67F

Record July Hi: 109F July 21, 1934
Record July Low: 47F on July 11, 1963

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by OneWayOut

Well I definately have to agree with you on that one. I cannot stand cold weather. I do like snow and winter, but in small doses. A trip to the mountains skiing would be one example I would like. I thought about Daytona Beach, FL, but the hurricanes and humidity are somewhat of a turnoff. One of the reasons I am thinking of moving to AZ is the year round nice weather (except it gets super hot in the summer, but I'll take that over the freeze anyday) and the close proximity to the mountains if I do want a taste of winter.

I dislike the cold, but I also hate sticky humidity, insane housing prices, and traffic. It's a balance and I have yet to figure out where that balance puts me.

[Need_affordable_home]

Originally Posted by hairmetal4ever

It depends on:

A-your perspective - if you're from South Carolina, yeah, it's cold. If you grew up in Moorehead, Minnesota, January is rather springlike.

B-where in Ohio. Cincinnati gets a little more than half the snow Columbus does, and Columbus gets less than half what Cleveland does. Absolute record lows are the same all over (since Cincy has clearer skies it tends to get just as cold at night as cloudier Cleveland does) but average winter temps are about 5 degrees warmer. Summers are pretty much the same all over but last a couple weeks longer in the southern part of the state.

Compared to south Florida, OH is going to be cold, no kidding. But people get used to it and deal with it. There are milder parts of OH that ill probably reside in where winters dont get much below freezing and snow is shallow and brief. I have experienced 40 degree winters in south Florida. 10-20 degree winters in southeast OH isnt that much of a stretch.