Fewest mosquitoes (how much, camping, live in) - General U.S. - City-Data Forum

NOVAmosquito · 10-09-2007, 08:45 PM

I'm dying in the Washington DC (Northern Virginia) area right now, the mosquitoes are so awful. I'm being bitten all day long by the asian tiger mosquitoes. I want to move. Which state/city has the fewest mosquitos?

goozer · 10-09-2007, 09:07 PM

The desert southwest!!! Mosquitos breed in stagnant water. If you go to places that have no water, the mosquito problem is virtually nil.

dullnboring · 10-09-2007, 09:12 PM

When I lived in Southern California, I was amazed by the fact that there didn't seem to be any flying bugs, mosquitos or otherwise.

NOVAmosquito · 10-09-2007, 09:23 PM

I lived in LA for several years and was shocked when I moved back east by how much mosquitoes are affecting my summer/early fall. Is there anywhere besides dry, desert climates that have a limited mosquito problem?

mayfair · 10-09-2007, 09:33 PM

There are not many mosquitos in parts of Western WA. They are here, but few. Out at the coast (parts of it), there are swarms but they die down when the wind is blowing.

NOVAmosquito · 10-10-2007, 05:35 AM

How are mosquitoes in places like Louisville, Kansas City, Tulsa, Omaha?

Colts · 10-10-2007, 06:53 AM

^^I'd imagine they'd be more common in Louisville, which gets more rain of all of those cities.

Journey2LS · 10-10-2007, 10:47 AM

I live in Portland where it is damp most of the year, and I have not seen one mosquito since I have been here. Even when I went camping there were no mosquitoes.

I went to Alaska last summer and could not believe how many mosquitoes there where. And they were gigantic!

NOVAmosquito · 10-10-2007, 11:20 AM

I keep hearing about the mosquitoes in Alaska, which surprises me because it is so cool (even in summer it doesn't get that hot, right?). I'm trying to pinpoint the reasons for the variations in mosquito levels - water, heat, bushes/trees....but I don't understand why Alaska has a problem when areas in the Pacific NW (like Portland don't).

So far, my options seem to be the West Coast and the desert Southwest. Anyone have thoughts on Denver or the rocky mountain areas? Again, any thoughts on the midwest (I think they may be bad in the midwest, but nearly as bad as in Virginia)?

18Montclair · 10-10-2007, 11:39 AM

San Francisco