Get me out of the convergence zone!!! (Kent, Yelm: moving, community)

[swsha4]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

We moved to Austin, TX. HUGE quality of life upgrade. HUGE.

Interesting. Pollution and politics notwithstanding?

[jwb123]

Sounds like you are totally unfamiliar with Austin.

[swsha4]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

Sounds like you are totally unfamiliar with Austin.

My point is that one person's improved quality of life can be another person's misery.

[jwb123]

And again, my point is you probably know very little about Austin if you are to bring up politics (Austin, and Travis County are blue) and pollution (Austin ranks higher than Seattle in "eco-friendly).... but hey, stereotypes are great.

[seattlerain]

Jenbar, Austin and Seattle are both progressive cities, but swsha4 does have a point by saying that “one person's improved quality of live can be another person's misery”.

Pollution and political issues aside, just as there are people who find that Seattle is not for them, there will be people who find that Austin is not for them...

[jwb123]

Yes, I am aware of that painfully obvious point. However, insinuating that it's due to "politics and pollution" tells me that 1) Someone is acting on a general "Texas" stereotype and 2) Knows very little about Austin.

[Qwerty123]

Phoenix is the place that is FAMOUS for its sun. Probably one of the sunniest larger cities in America.

There is so much sun here you will get tired of it . It is like a vacation. Lol the prices of homes are slightly cheaper here. You can get a good home for 350,000 in a good area of town in Phoenix.

The only price is..the weather LOL. If you can with stand the dry heat of temps of 115 you can make it there. 3 months of the year. There is sun here all of the year. Never a "cloudy period" really. The dry heat is not bad because there is little humidity there.

Phoenix is 85% sun all year round!! There are completely clear days almost all the time without a cloud in the sky. So the sun is good, Phoenix is structural, master planned and good jobs.

All though I want to live in Seattle, not Phoenix. Lol

Also it is very cheap to fly to seattle and back to phoenix by plane. The Phoenix Airport is huge, and the ticket prices are not expensive at all because of the busy airport.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

Yes, I am aware of that painfully obvious point. However, insinuating that it's due to "politics and pollution" tells me that 1) Someone is acting on a general "Texas" stereotype and 2) Knows very little about Austin.

Very true...I agree…

Maybe, I should have phrased it differently. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that I have read that air quality in Austin is actually better than Seattle?

As for politics, Austin is totally different than the rest of Texas.

[MichaelinWA]

Take if from a Phoenix native, the miserable weather in Phoenix lasts for five months, not three. The best answer might be to have homes in both places, and to be retired. Unfortunately I'm a long way off from that and need to worry about getting enough Vitamin D:

Health | Does our lack of sun put your health in danger? | Seattle Times Newspaper

Originally Posted by Qwerty123

Phoenix is the place that is FAMOUS for its sun. Probably one of the sunniest larger cities in America.

There is so much sun here you will get tired of it . It is like a vacation. Lol the prices of homes are slightly cheaper here. You can get a good home for 350,000 in a good area of town in Phoenix.

The only price is..the weather LOL. If you can with stand the dry heat of temps of 115 you can make it there. 3 months of the year. There is sun here all of the year. Never a "cloudy period" really. The dry heat is not bad because there is little humidity there.

[CityGirl72]

I went to the DR about 18 months ago. (for something else)

And they checked my Vitamin D, I can not remember what the units of measure were but they said a normal level would be between 14 to 21 (or something like that) and I was a 7!!!

I came from California, and I'm almost positive my depressions, my sicknesses (I've never had so many cold and sinuses infections in my life) is because of the constant moisture, and clouds