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I’ve tried to deal with humidity in many ways with little success until I realized it’s more than the humid air. It’s the barometric pressure and other mysterious factors that play along.
You mentioned OKC and I remember driving from Denver to OKC and feeling good, then passing OKC about 50 miles max and starting to feel something. Like it was cloudy without being cloudy. And no, it’s not mental. This year I was in OKC and it was raining and all gray but with a low dew point and I was perfectly fine. They say summers are brutal there, so I wouldn’t just trust my 2 little experiences. On the other hand, there is a line between east and west that I could actually feel
I wander if anyone whether sensitive moved to OKC from more eastern places and noticed an improvement or not.
You can have a grass fire, tornado and earth quake in one day. The last couple of days winds were around 40 mph. We jokingly call those days our being blown to Texas days. Black ice storms, blizzards, heat warnings. You can pull official weather data on line. Channel 9's weather team is awesome.
Flagstaff would’ve been that exception I am trying to find in the middle of a certain climate, but the freezing nights for so many months…I wander if anyone living there could tell me more about it.
I think a better suggestion would be Prescott, AZ. The winters aren't as long or harsh.
Seems the Bay Area checks all your boxes. In general, temps are 45-80, little to no snow, low humidity, green, good air quality, and of course easy access to San Francisco and its major airport. The city itself might work, as well as suburbs like Berkeley, Oakland, Piedmont, most of MarÃn County (on the other side of the Golden Gate), and of course a bit further south, San Jose, though I think SJ might get a bit warmer than you’d like.
Lots of suggestions here, but as you said, money is no object so you have the luxury of being fussy. Nice problem to have!
Don't know if you're retired, independently wealthy, or working remote, but if it were me and weather were my supreme priority... (my kids are grown) I'd buy a nice RV and chase the weather around the country. Pacific Northwest in summer, Arizona in summer, the mid east coast in spring when the cherry trees are blossoming, the upper Midwest, especially the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the fall. That sort of thing.
Of course, there are a lot of people who snow bird.
Other than that, I'd say the central coast areas/Bay area, but a little more inland so you don't get fogged out all the time might be the best place for you.
Lots of suggestions here, but as you said, money is no object so you have the luxury of being fussy. Nice problem to have!
Don't know if you're retired, independently wealthy, or working remote, but if it were me and weather were my supreme priority... (my kids are grown) I'd buy a nice RV and chase the weather around the country. Pacific Northwest in summer, Arizona in summer, the mid east coast in spring when the cherry trees are blossoming, the upper Midwest, especially the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the fall. That sort of thing.
Of course, there are a lot of people who snow bird.
Other than that, I'd say the central coast areas/Bay area, but a little more inland so you don't get fogged out all the time might be the best place for you.
Correction on brain fart: Arizona in WINTER.
No you definitely don't want to be there in summer. Lol!
Do you have a picture of the landscape you like? It's hard to grow trees without rain
You basically want:
- a cold semi-arid climate (e.g. Reno) without cold winters and not too arid
- a cool-summer Mediterranean climate (e.g. San Luis Obispo) without rainy/cloudy winters
- an oceanic climate (e.g. Sequim) without rain and clouds
All of which seem like contradictions.
Doesn't Rapid City get extremely long winters though? I heard the seasons are winter and summer. Is this true?
A couple of years ago we seriously considered Rapid City when my husband went remote.
We got a little spooked by the hail storm stories, but in the end it was a coin toss between Rapid City and Vancouver Washington. (Having also visited Spokane, Missoula, Reno, Provo and Idaho Falls)
Anyway, Vancouver won and maybe a good thing because we ended up having to run down to Redding, Ca. quite a few times to deal with an older relative who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, then we ended up moving to Redding to look after him.
It's not too bad here... we're outside the city near a lake, but dang does it ever get hot in summer! Above 100 degrees is pretty normal and the fires can get scary. After this situation ends, we're back looking at Rapid. Love the area, so close to wildlife viewing.
Doesn't Rapid City get extremely long winters though? I heard the seasons are winter and summer. Is this true?
"Extremely long winters" is in the eye of the beholder. With respect to the original question, the post I quoted said to take temperatures out of the equation.
"Extremely long winters" is in the eye of the beholder. With respect to the original question, the post I quoted said to take temperatures out of the equation.
Oh that's not as bad as I thought. And it looks like the summer nights cool down to a reasonable temp.
Have you even been in Las Vegas in summer? Walking around at midnight when it's 100 degrees outside sure is weird!
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Nice problem to have! 
Pacific Northwest in summer, Arizona in summer, the mid east coast in spring when the cherry trees are blossoming, the upper Midwest, especially the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the fall. That sort of thing. 
