Best Small Towns for Seasonal Affective and Fibromyalgia (Houston, El Paso: school district, living)

[kayajane99]

I have seasonal affective disorder and get very depressed in the winter where there is no sunlight. I also have Fibromyalgia and one of my main triggers is the cold, damp weather. I currently live in sunless, cold Missouri and would like to move to a small Texas town.
I am very involved in farming and agriculture. Although this is not my full time career, it is very important to me. I love a strong school district and a town with Christian morals. I am looking at a town of under 4500.

[C24L]

Originally Posted by kayajane99

I have seasonal affective disorder and get very depressed in the winter where there is no sunlight. I also have Fibromyalgia and one of my main triggers is the cold, damp weather. I currently live in sunless, cold Missouri and would like to move to a small Texas town.
I am very involved in farming and agriculture. Although this is not my full time career, it is very important to me. I love a strong school district and a town with Christian morals. I am looking at a town of under 4500.

Well there is a whole of sunshine in all of Texas for the most part.I would avoid the Panhandle if your are looking to stay away from cold weather.A lot of the state can be damp at times because of humidity.Maybe Wall could work.I am sure there are lots of other towns that could work for you but I am not all that familiar with them.Texas is in the Bible Belt so a lot of the areas still have Christian morals.Maybe you could find a small town near Abilene or Waco.Waco can get cold and damp during the winter.Nowhere in Texas has a true gloomy climate.What would you do for a living?What is your budget?Best of luck and welcome to the great state of Texas.

[Kthnry]

Offhand, east Texas has a more obvious Christian influence and better soil for farming but more humidity. West Texas is more desert-like with low humidity but poor soil, and the people are more western and less bible belt. The farther south you go, the warmer it stays in winter (and the hotter in summer), but that part of the state isn't know for its outstanding schools.

Here's a rainfall map, which should give you an indication of the amount of sun.

This frost map will give you an idea of how cold the different regions get.

Locations of the best farmland in the state. You would be looking at the green areas (low development).

Another map of agricultural regions.

A map of predominant religion by county.

Okay, that's enough. But I do love maps.

[DTXman34]

Originally Posted by kayajane99

I have seasonal affective disorder and get very depressed in the winter where there is no sunlight. I also have Fibromyalgia and one of my main triggers is the cold, damp weather. I currently live in sunless, cold Missouri and would like to move to a small Texas town.
I am very involved in farming and agriculture. Although this is not my full time career, it is very important to me. I love a strong school district and a town with Christian morals. I am looking at a town of under 4500.

Generally speaking, the further SOUTH and EAST you go in Texas, the cloudier, rainier, and more humid it gets. The further NORTH and WEST you go in Texas, the sunnier and drier (precip & humidity wise) it gets. I think El Paso avgs. around 80% annual sunshine (think Arizona sun) while Houston is about 60%. Houston & coastal TX will have the warmest winter weather, but the most humid and damp. Still a reasonably sunny climate, so SAD shouldn't be an issue there.

[War Beagle]

Even the cloudiest and rainiest parts of Texas aren't gloomy for weeks on end like northern winters.