Time for a final decision-Texas Hill Contry or Tucson,AZ? (Houston: calculator, living in)

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by joqua

Agreed!

No one has mentioned Albuquerque yet. I would recommend its summer climate and big city amenities over Tucson's. And Las Cruces over Fredericksburg or Kerrville for smaller city ambiance.
Both have a lower COL than either Tucson or San Antonio, I believe.

I will admit I miss the incredibly aridity of the Four Corners region, and its colder, drier winters.......

If they're considering Tucson, the heat in ABQ and LC won't bother them. But she's indicated she doesn't like NM.....

[bluescreen73]

The Hill Country may be slightly less humid than Ohio, but it'll probably be considerably warmer in the summer, and depending on the person the extra heat may make it more unbearable.

You might want to check out Pueblo, Colorado. I normally wouldn't make that recommendation to someone who's explicitly looking to move to Colorado because Pueblo has more of a southwestern feel. It's not as hot as Tucson and nowhere near as humid as Ohio or the Hill Country. Humidity levels below 20% are common in the summer in Pueblo.

Pueblo still has a winter. The city gets some snow, but overall it's generally milder than a fair portion of the rest of the state. Plus it's reasonably close to Denver & Colorado Springs for entertainment, and the mountains offer a respite from the heat during the summer.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by bluescreen73

The Hill Country may be slightly less humid than Ohio, but it'll probably be considerably warmer in the summer, and depending on the person the extra heat may make it more unbearable.

You might want to check out Pueblo, Colorado. I normally wouldn't make that recommendation to someone who's explicitly looking to move to Colorado because Pueblo has more of a southwestern feel. It's not as hot as Tucson and nowhere near as humid as Ohio or the Hill Country. Humidity levels below 20% are common in the summer in Pueblo.

Pueblo still has a winter. The city gets some snow, but overall it's generally milder than a fair portion of the rest of the state. Plus it's reasonably close to Denver & Colorado Springs for entertainment, and the mountains offer a respite from the heat during the summer.

I didn't think of Colorado,since we are trying to escape winter weather,as well. Pueblo doesn't sound too bad at all.Do you know of any other places in CO with a similar climate?BTW, I love mountains!

OMG,you just shot my subject title to this thread!

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

I didn't think of Colorado,since we are trying to escape winter weather,as well. Pueblo doesn't sound too bad at all.Do you know of any other places in CO with a similar climate?BTW, I love mountains!

OMG,you just shot my subject title to this thread!

Both of us having high blood pressure, are concerned about the high altitude,however!

Think we better stick with one of these two areas.

[joqua]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

I didn't think of Colorado,since we are trying to escape winter weather,as well. Pueblo doesn't sound too bad at all.

Pueblo, CO thread with some good information.

[bluescreen73]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

I didn't think of Colorado,since we are trying to escape winter weather,as well. Pueblo doesn't sound too bad at all.Do you know of any other places in CO with a similar climate?BTW, I love mountains!

OMG,you just shot my subject title to this thread!

Cañon City has a drier climate than Pueblo and is even closer to the mountains. The COL is a little higher, though, and it's a much smaller town.

Grand Junction is on the opposite side of the state, and while it can get chilly in the winter the city only averages 19.1 inches of snow per year. The climate in Junction is mild enough for peach orchards and vineyards. It's about 4 hours west of Denver, 4.5 hours southeast of Salt Lake City, and a leisurely 7.5 hour drive from Las Vegas.

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

Both of us having high blood pressure, are concerned about the high altitude,however!

Think we better stick with one of these two areas.

For what it's worth, I had high blood pressure in Dallas, and I still have it here. It didn't go up or down when we moved back to Colorado. If you're on maintenance meds for it you should be fine.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by joqua

Pueblo, CO thread with some good information.

There really wasn't any info about the winters there at all!

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by bluescreen73

For what it's worth, I had high blood pressure in Dallas, and I still have it here. It didn't go up or down when we moved back to Colorado. If you're on maintenance meds for it you should be fine.

We are more concerned about the risk of 'elevation sickness'.
Also persistent strong winds don't appeal.

I'm strongly thinking that Texas is going to win out over,Tucson,so now will have to choose between Fredericksburg, Kerrville, and San Angelo.

[i_love_autumn]

This is how I'm feeling,oh yeah!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liuCTk2nPG8

[doctorjef]

As long as people are bringing up Colorado, let me mention Grand Junction, another place I've lived. One of the natives - a secretary at the clinic where I worked - used to refer to GJ as "the banana belt", meaning that it was much warmer and more temperate than the more alpine regions of Colorado. GJ is on the Western Slope, only about 40 miles east of the Utah border. It's a small city with fairly adequate resources and amenities. It is nestled in the Grand Valley ("Grand" was once what American settlers called the Colorado River). It has a wonderful national park of high canyon lands just west of town, the Colorado National Monument. I used to hike their constantly. To the east is the largest flat-top mountain in the world, the Grand Mesa, which includes a small, family oriented ski resort (not a touristy place and pretty much unknown to people outside Colorado, I think). I only lived there a couple of years, neither of which had much snow in the valley at all. The place is VERY dry. We had a swamp cooler, which was pretty normal around there, and you can only effectively use those in places with extremely low humidity (in Texas you used to find them out in the Permian Basin). We moved there in the month of December and the climate was so dry that we had to put lotion on our cats' paw pads because they got chapped. It was also the first time, at the age of 27, that I bought facial moisturizer. Certainly GJ does have a winter with some snow, but it really isn't bad at all. It's a very cute small city and I felt bad to move from there, but did so in the interest of career advancement. It was a romantic thing to move there in the first place, as I'd always wanted to live in the West.