Need Moving Advice Please! (San Antonio, Galveston: homes, school districts, property tax)

[TooColdinIndiana]

Hello, thanks for taking the time to read my message! I am currently living in Indianapolis, looking to move somewhere with more moderate and constant temperatures. The weather and barometric pressure changes constantly and drastically here, and that gives me sinus migraine headaches regularly. Also my brother likes to swing outside, and he can't do it half the year here because it's too cold.

Looking for two things:

1) Somewhere with temperature that doesn't go lower than 60 and higher than 90s. 30 - 50% humidity would be perfect. Also realize that might not exactly be possible, so the closest thing to that is what I'm looking for.

Am considering Andrews, Alpine, Mentone, Fort Stockton, Marfa, Pecos, Monahans, and Fort Davis because the data says they have a Jan high of 60, but was wondering if they also get very cold? Also considering San Antonio, Gardendale, and Kermit. Are these places anything close to what I described above?

2) Am also interested in places with lower temperature and higher humidity. Like 60 degrees and 80% humidity, for an extreme example. So if there's anywhere like that please let me know because I really like that weather as well.

Thank you!

[losttechnician]

I'll bite....

Originally Posted by TooColdinIndiana

Hello, thanks for taking the time to read my message! I am currently living in Indianapolis, looking to move somewhere with more moderate and constant temperatures. The weather and barometric pressure changes constantly and drastically here, and that gives me sinus migraine headaches regularly. Also my brother likes to swing outside, and he can't do it half the year here because it's too cold.

Looking for two things:

1) Somewhere with temperature that doesn't go lower than 60 and higher than 90s. 30 - 50% humidity would be perfect. Also realize that might not exactly be possible, so the closest thing to that is what I'm looking for.

Am considering Andrews, Alpine, Mentone, Fort Stockton, Marfa, Pecos, Monahans, and Fort Davis because the data says they have a Jan high of 60, but was wondering if they also get very cold? Also considering San Antonio, Gardendale, and Kermit. Are these places anything close to what I described above?
2) Am also interested in places with lower temperature and higher humidity. Like 60 degrees and 80% humidity, for an extreme example. So if there's anywhere like that please let me know because I really like that weather as well.

Thank you!

The places you mention will get cold occasionally during winter.
During the summer they are really, REALLY hot. As in regularly near or over 100 degrees.
30-50% humidity is not a reasonable expectation most any of the year in *any* of these places.

There is very little "moderate" or "constant" about the temperatures in any of these places.

I have way over 50 years experience in and around these places, and will tell you that they are absolutely NOT what you are looking for.

[ChristieP]

I agree that there is nowhere in Texas that has the weather you’re looking for. You may have luck finding that weather in Southern California.

[rabbit33]

Hawaii?

[BobTex]

Mexico City may meet your criteria. It's at 7,000 feet altitude and this may help on your temp criterias which are quite a hoop to jump through. Maybe San Diego, Kalifornicate. You have listed quite challenging criterias.

[LocalPlanner]

In the U.S., you're probably limited to coastal Southern California or the dry parts of Hawaii. Bring your checkbook.

[TooColdinIndiana]

Thank you for all your answers! It's hard to tell what places are like just from reading info online, so I appreciate the help.

[i2r]

Originally Posted by TooColdinIndiana

Thank you for all your answers! It's hard to tell what places are like just from reading info online, so I appreciate the help.

If you can afford waterfront on the Gulf of Mexico, temperatures in winter may be slightly more moderate. However, Texas gets very toasty in summer and a bit cool for short times in winter. By the Gulf you will have humidity issues, but may avoid snow and freezing. It's a big state, and going down the state, even down the Gulf without prior experience is going to be tough. I strongly advise visiting a few places in Texas if you are still considering a move this July or August, and then again in December or January. If you spend a week at each extreme, you will better understand what it is like.

In many ways Florida may have better overall temperatures. We moved from the Northeast to Chambers County on waterfront, and it is different. The winter wasn't bad, no snow, no frost, the area we are in did not flood during Andrew (a famous recent hurricane and a benchmark for flooding), but summers are humid and very hot. Garages get humid, floors in non climate controlled structures can become slippery due to humidity.

The people generally are nice, property taxes are a problem, if you are disabled or over 65 and homestead, it could help. 100% disabled veterans are 100% property tax free (except for some types of school districts, but even there the taxes are very low).

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by BobTex

Mexico City may meet your criteria. It's at 7,000 feet altitude and this may help on your temp criterias which are quite a hoop to jump through. Maybe San Diego, Kalifornicate. You have listed quite challenging criterias.

Probably too much air pollution in The Federal District.

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I'd second taking a look at SDCA and several cities along the Central Coast as well.

[BobTex]

Originally Posted by i2r

If you can afford waterfront on the Gulf of Mexico, temperatures in winter may be slightly more moderate. However, Texas gets very toasty in summer and a bit cool for short times in winter. By the Gulf you will have humidity issues, but may avoid snow and freezing. It's a big state, and going down the state, even down the Gulf without prior experience is going to be tough. I strongly advise visiting a few places in Texas if you are still considering a move this July or August, and then again in December or January. If you spend a week at each extreme, you will better understand what it is like.

In many ways Florida may have better overall temperatures. We moved from the Northeast to Chambers County on waterfront, and it is different. The winter wasn't bad, no snow, no frost, the area we are in did not flood during Andrew (a famous recent hurricane and a benchmark for flooding), but summers are humid and very hot. Garages get humid, floors in non climate controlled structures can become slippery due to humidity.

The people generally are nice, property taxes are a problem, if you are disabled or over 65 and homestead, it could help. 100% disabled veterans are 100% property tax free (except for some types of school districts, but even there the taxes are very low).

FTR averages can be deceiving. Also I think Gulf coastal humidity amplifies the cold. I handled 20 degrees in Bangor Maine (whose predominant weather comes from the west and south west) better than 40 degrees in SE Texas (with predominant weather off the Gulf).

Neat little tidbit about a recent 4" snow on Galveston Island on Christmas Eve. https://www.weather.gov/hgx/climate_holidays_christmas

Originally Posted by EDS_

Probably too much air pollution in The Federal District.

Well, he didn't mention air quality in his criteria. Yes, Mexico City is heavily polluted generally but we are shipping our Clean Renewable Energy air down to them and to China . As we all know that global atmosphere is shared!