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I lived in Upstate SC for 4 years, and now Phoenix for almost 2 years. I would easily take the SE summers over Phoenix summers. I didn't think the SE heat was that bad. Phoenix is terrible imo, from May-October if there isn't a monsoon to cool it down for a short time. I would overall still pick Phoenix over Charlotte to spend summers , just because of the access to all the high elevation places out here. I spend most of my summer days in Flagstaff if I have the gas.
I lived in Upstate SC for 4 years, and now Phoenix for almost 2 years. I would easily take the SE summers over Phoenix summers. I didn't think the SE heat was that bad. Phoenix is terrible imo, from May-October if there isn't a monsoon to cool it down for a short time. I would overall still pick Phoenix over Charlotte to spend summers , just because of the access to all the high elevation places out here. I spend most of my summer days in Flagstaff if I have the gas.
Couldn't disagree more; I spent 2 weeks in the Southeast last summer and couldn't wait to get back to Phoenix. Not only is it humid as he//, severe weather is a constant nuisance, the bugs are miserable, and you can drive 4 hours in any direction and things are about the same.
Add to that what you said, Phoenix has variety nearby that Charlotte can't touch.
Couldn't disagree more; I spent 2 weeks in the Southeast last summer and couldn't wait to get back to Phoenix. Not only is it humid as he//, severe weather is a constant nuisance, the bugs are miserable, and you can drive 4 hours in any direction and things are about the same.
Add to that what you said, Phoenix has variety nearby that Charlotte can't touch.
Charlotte is about 2 hours drive from the highest mountains in the eastern US, and 3-4 hours from the ocean. In the high elevations of western NC (3000+ ft), summer temperatures seldom go much above 80 degrees. But it's true that if you drive 4 hours to Atlanta, or 2.5 hours to Raleigh-Durham the climate patterns have little difference from Charlotte.
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