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My dh has an opportunity to transfer to Raleigh/Durham, NC. We currently live in Seattle and have lived here for just over a year. Before that we lived in Los Angeles (in the Valley... holy heck did it get hot!). Previously I lived near NYC and we both grew up in the Northwest.
That being said, I am not the biggest fan of the Northwest (although you really can't beat the summers here) and we really can't afford to live in the awesome weather places of So. Cal.
We have friends in Raleigh/Durham who love it. It's family friendly, but very humid.
Well, probably doesn't help you any, but we chose to buy retirement property in SE Arizona - specifically because we wanted a warm (but not blazing hot) sunny climate. Places like Sierra Vista and Benson have summer averages that top out in the low 90's and upper 80's and winter highs in January bottom out near 60. There is some level of humidity in July-August during the summer "monsoon" season (when afternoon thunderstorms are common) but certainly nothing like that found on the east coast or the deep south. The rest of the year, humidity is very low indeed and there is lots of sun (as you would expect in the SW).
In my opinion, outside of the coastal areas of Southern California, SE Arizona has the nicest weather in the continental US - not too hot, but plenty warm in the summer, mild in the winter, and a bit more rain than much of the rest of the SW so it's not a completely barren desert but still sunny the vast majority of the time.
Flagstaff, Arizona. Lots of snow, sunshine, dry air, mild temps in the summer and cool temps in the winter, cools off at night no matter time of year. I was there in August and loved it.
Raleigh, Charlotte, or Atlanta. All cities are nice.
All cities have average high temps in the winter that don't dip below 50, so even if it might get very cold once in awhile, it tends to stick around for a very short time. One secret about the South is that springlike weather lasts for a VERY long time. Even in January, temperatures usually make it up into the 60s with some regularity. All cities receive little, if any, snow. The cities usually don't see very extreme heat (last year was an exception). The humidity is the one tradeoff and, of course, the heavy rain and thunderstorms, which will both probably be unlike anything you've ever experienced before.
Well since I LOVE North Carolina it's pretty obvious which one I would choose
I would be a lot closer to the mountains of N.C. there than where I am now.
San Diego-- that's a no brainer! And then for my second home, based on weather, I'd choose Santa Fe, NM.
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