Is Wyoming for us? (Auburn: school, safe, eat)

[sunsprit]

Originally Posted by septocaine_queen

Actually I never had allergies in San Diego. Only when I went inland from the beach. I did have allergies at our place in Vegas. I got allergies from the wildfires and air pollution when I lived out near Riverside/ San Bernardino ( which has the worst air in the country) for grad school. My eyes actually burned the first few months I lived out there.

Living in town, the wind is not really bad at all, less than Vegas, but I suspect it is due to living in the city not outside the city limits.

SoCal ... San Diego, Riverside/SanBerdoo ... not uncommon for average humidity year 'round to be in the low 80% and "dry" air in the late afternoon to still be in the mid 70% range. A much higher amount of continuous moisture than here in Wyoming, which is why SoCal has so many insects that don't survive here. For example, fleas ... prevalent everywhere in SoCal, even in all the "dryland" xeriscape landscaping (including rock/gravel/brick/cinderblock areas), but they don't survive in Wyoming. There's a much higher prevalence of other insects in/around all buildings/homes/structures, ranging from termites (virtually non-existent in Wyoming) to centipedes/millipedes, and all manner of crawling non-see-ums (as well as roaches and other larger insects) in ductwork, walls, foundation/crawl spaces. The result is a much higher load of insect fecal matter in the living environment everywhere there's a closed structure. Then there's stuff like snails/slugs .... Environmental control companies do a huge business in the region, while it's a minor nuisance issue in Wyoming ....

In my experience, there's a lot of ongoing low-grade allergic reactions to those conditions. I'm not a medical professional, but I sure have a lot of anecdotal experience with friends visiting from SoCal who remark upon the dryness at our altitude (skin sensitivity) but also observe relief from a lot of sinus irritation that they take for "normal" back home, or the eye "burning" sensation. They typically notice the eye burning upon their return to SoCal and realize they didn't have it in Wyoming.

I certainly notice my eye burning and sinus problems when heading to SanDiego or SoCal ... and am especially sensitive to the symptoms because I don't have the problems back home in Wyoming. Even the refinery "smell" in Cheyenne on a calm wind day doesn't trigger problems for me like I get in SoCal. The only relief I get in SanDiego is to get out on the water and away from the land.

[BennyPhoenix]

I didn't understand you.
Are there a lot of millipedes/centipedes in Wyoming or not a lot?

[sunsprit]

Originally Posted by BennyPhoenix

I didn't understand you.
Are there a lot of millipedes/centipedes in Wyoming or not a lot?

No, there aren't a lot of those crawlers in Wyoming ....

[RamblinRoseRanch]

Brian....little windy, affordable and the other, doesn't really matter.

Sunsprit- natural pollution blowing through the air doesn't bother me and i've FINALLY gotten my husband to give up the ghost on having a clean vehicle- dust is a way of life out here in the desert. We'd never move without a job or house, had both (and still have the ones we came here with) before leaving TN- things are too danged shaky as it is to go leaping like that. Thanks for the info.

Dinowy-Thanks for weighing in. I can't say I like the idea of the possibility of snow all year long and I know for a fact my husband would object.

Kristynwy- Thanks for the link. I liked to garden in TN before I became too ill and i've tried it here in NM, but it's all container and seems to take forever to get going, even with irrigation. If I had my druthers, i'd travel the whole west lookin' for our utopia. :0)

Septocaine_queen- Thanks for weighing in as a fellow asthmatic. The concept that sooo many difficult medical mysteries can be unraveled and cures found and docs can't figure a way to make our lungs work better is a bit of a pisser, huh?

GeorgiainMT- I understand what your friend is saying-we'd been here two weeks and i'd been perfect, just like before I became ill. Went back to TN for a few days (Docs discovered that my mother had a brain tumor and I flew back immediately) and it was back in the same respiraory purgatory i'd left.

[Dinowy]

Originally Posted by RamblinRoseRanch

Dinowy-Thanks for weighing in. I can't say I like the idea of the possibility of snow all year long and I know for a fact my husband would object.

Just so it isn't miss understood when I mean snow every month of the year I don't mean the entire state or every year. The areas of the state that do have chances of snow year round are mostly limited to the higher elevations. And again, that isn't every month of every year. However, depending on your definition of cold it might last more than 6 months out of the year. For a lot of us locals we don't consider it "cold" until there is a negative sign in front of those numbers. Living here though you better like snow because its pretty likely you'll see more of it than green grass on your front lawn.

[jody_wy]

23 the last too mornings

[10aCRider]

RamblinRose,

I will be watching your topic and hope you post any areas that you explore. We are in TN and hoping to move west. We have visited the front range area from Cheyenne down to Colorado Springs over the past 3 years, and just based on "feel" we have liked Cheyenne the best.

We also have horses and just want to be able to ride without having to trailer an hour to a trailhead.

Keep us updated if you have time!

[inthemiddle]

Some areas of the state are less windy than others. Supposedly the Big Horn Basin is one of the least windy areas of the state. Supposedly. We tend to have warmer summers as well. Still have plenty cold winters, but I've not had an issue with the rope to the barn thing for more than an hour or two at a time. Usually our big storms hit the worst at night. I've never had to skip chores because I couldn't make it out to the barn. Had to put them off a while, but that's all. And those have generally been the spring storms in March/April/May, so it's not as cold then.

Not too sure about jobs in the area. Depends on what you do I guess. People have issues with allergies here, but if you're ok down in NM with the dust and all, you might do ok here.

I gotta agree with coming up and looking. That's always the best.

[sunbelt]

Just watch out for the flesh-eating zombies.

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by Brian_M

There's precious few spots in WY that would *not* meet your criteria. The main deciding points are mountains or plains, Really windy or only a little windy, insainly costly or very affordable.

FWIW, ditto on the areas of MT I know (the middle band from about Missoula to billings, southern to northern border).

Where would one look for a little wind and mild temperatures? And, what part of the state is insanely costly??