I live in SC, and I can’t stand the humidity we have sometimes. However, I’ve visited some drier

[raccoon]

states—KS, NM, AZ. I like the dry air in those states—but to me some plants look (to me) starved for water and I notice the dearth of trees. I guess it’s just what you’re used to.

Well, you (and I) can’t have it both ways—dry air AND lush greenness and plenty of trees.

Not unless you live on or next to a golf course, that is.

[liberal N proud]

1. I would rather have the heat and humidity you have in South Carolina as to what we have in Cleveland

It is humid but never above 80. So you are sweating at 75 degrees. Moss and mold love this climate, it grows on everything.

[femmocrat]

2. Pittsburgh is very similar, although we get well into the 80s.

I once read that our humidity is the same or worse than Atlanta's. Ugh.

It can be muggy here from March to November.

[Aristus]

3. I live in a very humid state, but unlike SC, in Washington, our humidity falls to the ground.

It doesn't hang around in mid-air making everybody sweaty and miserable.

[RebelOne]

4. I grew up in South Florida

and the humidity there is almost unbearable. I now live in North Georgia and people here complain about the humidity in the summer. I guess none of them ever visited South Florida in the summer or they would know what real high humidity is like.

[fizzgig]

5. i've lived my whole life in a semi-arid climate

and i cannot deal with high heat and humidity. i try to visit my mom in illinois every summer and feel like i can barely breathe because the air is so thick. but the greenness is nice.

[GoCubsGo]

6. I'd rather have the dry all the time.

Not mostly humid with just for a few dry days here and there like it is in the Southeast. When it gets hot and humid, I swell up like a balloon. I also hate sweating, and sweat profusely. When it's humid, sweating doesn't work the way it's supposed to. It just sits on your skin and traps the heat. It sucks having to change your clothes two or three times a day because they get soaked in sweat. When I'm out in the desert, I don't notice the sweat so much, and I also don't feel as hot and uncomfortable--even when it's 115 degrees. It's so dry, the sweat evaporates right off you, and it takes your body heat right along with it. No multiple changes of clothing needed, either.

I'll take AZ or NM over SC any day. Besides, I think desert plants are cool. And, it's nice to be able to see the horizon, without trees getting in the way. Besides, there are plenty of trees up the mountains there.

[raccoon]

7. Tell me something I don't know. "When it's humid, sweating doesn't work the way it's supposed to."

Have to say, this summer hasn't been as hot and humid as they usually are.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Yeah, we had some really hot days.

But, nothing like we had earlier in this decade. 2012 was especially brutal. I was doing fieldwork that summer. My clothes were always saturated by the end of the day.

[Callmecrazy]

8. I lived in Las Vegas for 30 years...

And now I live in South Florida.
For me, I'll take the humidity over having my brain broiled in that desert heat. I was hesitant to move here because of the humidity and I remember how it affected me when I lived in South Jersey. I hated the hazy, hot, and humid summers there. I find that Florida summers are more tolerable. And I work outdoors.
For as long as there have been records kept for temperatures in Miami, it has never reached 100 degrees here.

[Skittles]

9. in Texas it is humid as f*** and not so lush

just sayin'

[logosoco]

10. I live outside of St Louis

and it gets pretty muggy here.

We went to New Mexico this summer and I was amazed! No achy joints. The temperature one day was 91 and it felt pleasant!

But yeah, I think I would miss the green.