If I lived in another state, I'd want it to be NM or AZ.

[raccoon]

Why? Because you don't sweat there. Well, ok, you do but it dries off so you don't realize it.

In the hot, humid climate, such as in the southeastern US, you sweat and it NEVER dries off....

[hobbit709]

1. You may not realize how much water you've lost.

In that dry desert heat you need to drink about a quart an hour if you spend any time outside.

[GoCubsGo]

2. Me, too.

I love August in Phoenix. But, I live in the Southeast, too. So I know all about being perpetually sweaty. Yuk.

[Kali]

10. August in Phx is about as humid as it gets

now late May and early June out in the desert away from the fake lakes and golf courses is what you call dry heat.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Yeah, but...

Compared to where I am at, it's still bone dry. There, it's 20-25% in the afternoon. Here...55-60%.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Humidity keeps things green.

I'll gladly take a humid Florida summer over a dry Arizona or Southern California summer any day. News reports of fires in SoCal every 4-5 months only confirm this for me.

And I'll take either a humid Florida summer or a dry Arizona/SoCal summer over a frigid northern winter (or even a cool northern summer). They may say hell is hot, but I know better.

[raccoon]

4. Would you say that if you didn't have air conditioning?

I grew up without it, and take it from me, it sucks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I grew up without air conditioning as well, and I think that's why I don't mind it.

Granted it was in Maryland and not Florida, but believe me, Maryland summers get every bit as hot and humid as Florida summers. My dad, for whatever reason, didn't believe in air conditioning, so it was all fans, windows and a nightime exhaust fan for us. That and the local swimming pool. And I think I adapted quite well to it.

True, I do use air conditioning myself, but I think one of the reasons why heat and humidity didn't bother me all that much is because I was used to that environment.

But living without heat in a cold climate? Forget that.

[Iggo]

5. I agree. The desert is best. (n/t)

[quakerboy]

7. Alaska

is also fairly arid from what i understand. Cold draws the moist right out of the air.

[donheld]

35. You really just want to see Russia from your house too

:hide:

[quakerboy]

36. Actually, I want to see Canada from my house

The Russians may have an unnerving amount of mob muscle, but them Canadians are wiley. Someones gotta keep an eye on them buggers.

[fizzgig]

8. i can't handle humidity

of course, that might have a lot to do with having lived my entire life in a semi-arid climate. i want to move, but my aversion to extreme heat, humidity and weather/natural disasters (tornadoes, hurricanes, ice storms, earthquakes, etc) makes the list of places i want to live quite short.

[Arugula Latte]

9. My grandparents lived in eastern NM (near the Texas border) and it was humid there, as I recall

Then again, I spent most of my childhood in the Mediterranean dry climate of California, so I was extremely sensitive to "stickiness."

That area (Hobbs)is a shithole. Northern New Mexico is absolutely beautiful, but that flat southeastern N.M. scrubland with nothing on it but oil wells and crappy little redneck roughneck towns is scary and depressing. Sometimes we had to fly into Midland/Odessa, Texas -- horrible, horrible place.

[brendan120678]

11. Sounds good to me...

I've always preferred dry heat to humid heat. I've got all sorts of back and hip pain issues, and dry air makes it feel much better than humid air. I got a membership at our local YMCA just because they had a dry sauna there. After swimming or working out, I enjoy spending a very long time in there.

[BarbaRosa]

13. Our crappy time of the year is comming up, SW_NM

The March winds. Every year about now we start to look forward to getting outside, then the wind starts up and doesn't let up until April.

I absolutely love the dry climate, dry crusty boogers and all.

[abq e streeter]

15. I love Silver City, although haven't been there in a few years-we get our wind a little later

in the spring, but yeah, once it starts, it doesn't stop for a couple of months. But I can't think of a state I'd rather live in... bass player, huh?...cool; Horn guy and singer here; I've played the Hanover Outpost and the Buffalo Dance Hall ( don't even know if either are still happening).:hi:

[hobbit709]

22. I know some people in Pinos Altos, right up the road from Silver City

[abq e streeter]

23. Beautiful country around there. Have you been there, or just know people there?

[mix]

20. The winds in NM in the spring can be a drag.

I used to live in Galisteo, in a basin south of Santa Fe...and the spring winds would slowly d r i v e you i n s a n e.

[abq e streeter]

26. I remember seeing an interview with Joe Ely where he talked about the constant West Texas winds

( did I already have this conversation with you? I just can't remember anymore) But he was talking about why there was that nervous energy that came out of so many W. Texas musicians, from Buddy Holly onward. He talked about how there was always static electricity from it and constant nerve-wracking sounds of screen doors slamming and metal trashcans banging against houses or curbs etc. Sort of the same spring wind we get here...Just seems to literally not ever let up for a solid couple of months in the spring.

[mix]

27. In Galisteo the wind poured across that plain for days.

Or so it seemed. No, you never mentioned that, makes sense...being half Texan myself.

What do you know about Buddy Holly and NM?

[abq e streeter]

31. More than a lot of people; less than I should...I know about Norman Petty Studio

in Clovis. In fact used to have a girlfriend from Grady ( about 20 miles from there) that was family friends with the Pettys. Norman was gone by then but she was always promising to introduce me to Vi, his widow. Lisa went back to her husband before it could ever be arranged though-(kind of a seedy little episode in my life; not proud of it, but it happened). She was also not particularly hip musically and had no idea that Norman Petty was world famous ( among certain aficionados anyway), and was surprised when I knew about Norman and Vi. And I guess there are still guys from the Roses, his back up singers on his records that are still around in eastern NM. The Fireballs ( Sugar Shack, Bottle of Wine), by the way, are from Raton, and recorded at the 7th Street studio in Clovis too. One of em died not too long ago, but George Tomsco and the surviving Fireballs still gig some. Trying to think of what else there is about Buddy Holly's connection to NM besides being from right across the border in Lubbock. Anything else that you know, I'd love to hear, either here or a PM ( I have a habit of sometimes inadvertently hijacking others' threads with these side conversations)

[mix]

33. very cool, thank you nt

[abq e streeter]

34. More stuff I just found

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Buddy Holly helped lay the tile in the room where they ended up recording Peggy Sue!

Bands that have recorded there include
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
The Fireballs
The String-A-Longs
Buddy Knox... forgot that he recorded there too.
Sonny West
The Roses
Charlie Phillips
The Picks
Teen Kings (Roy Orbison).....the bass player for the Teen Kings still lives here, and I think he's pretty much retired now, but I've jammed with him a few times ( excellent bass player BTW). Mainly did acting and voice- overs though. I don't know if they're still on the air, but have you ever heard the Bob Turner car dealership commercials on TV where the real deep voice says"No Bull"? That's Jack...
Jimmy Self
The Big Beats


Machine Head
White Zombie
Leanne Rimes

[AsahinaKimi]

14. I lived in Scottsdale AZ for a while

I just loved it there, but it needed only one thing.. An Ocean. If it had an Ocean, I would have stayed there. I loved all the scurrying little lizards, the amazing lightning storms with no rain, huge catcus, dust storms, dust devils, nights where you could go outside in a t shirt and shorts and not feel cold, even at midnight. Camelback mountain! It was an amazing place.. even though it was still very conservative. Not many Asians there either..

I think moving back to California was the right move for me.

[mix]

29. I miss the ocean too.

:hi:

[av8rdave]

16. I loved living in Arizona

[seabeyond]

17. i dont know where paranoia is, but.... i started in az and then lived all over calif and nv

now living in a part of texas with little humidity.

i love the west. the feel of it.

we spent time in Louisiana a couple years ago and i about suffocated. by the trees, all the rain i felt sky trapping me in and the humidity. drove to cape cod this summer and though beautiful and really enjoyed it, i need the open of the west and the dry heat.

[DemoTex]

18. Well, I dislike the upstate of SC too .. for the assholes and Bojos and the politics.

I love the upper upstate .. the mountains. SC has some brutal trails (Jones Gap to Caesar's Head) and some great forests. But the politics of SC totally turns me off (and there is nothing we can do about that situation).

But I do love my Oregon (new son there that I am!). I'll be back there for about five months this summer. Protecting the national forests and public lands from wildfires. Yes, Oregon for me.

[azmouse]

19. HA!

:rofl:

I sweat buckets in July and August when the monsoon is here.... but the tequila makes it all better!! :)

[begin_within]

21. Parts of AZ can get really hot. Parts of NM can get really cold.

But overall I do like the dry climate, it feels a lot more comfortable to me than heat/humidity. I spent 3 years in Phoenix in college, and now I don't know how I did it, except that when you're young the heat doesn't bother you so much. Now I don't think I can live there. Much of New Mexico is over 6,000 feet in altitude and it can get chilly there. At the moment I am typing this, it is 28 in Gallup and in Santa Fe, NM, 60 in Phoenix and 59 here in San Diego. Of course it's 16 in Minneapolis but 28 is still not exactly a tropical pool party. Every place has its advantages and disadvantages, but I have to agree with you, the dry air of the Southwest is comfortable.

[abq e streeter]

24. You're right about how cold many parts of NM can get, and how much snow too

for that matter, Flagstaff AZ. gets mind boggling amounts of snow...but yeah, I still like the climate here for the most part, although I do get to missing rain sometimes when we're in a real dry spell. I used to play in Grants NM one week out of every month and I remember a January night that was 18 below. Luckily, we stayed( and were fed) at the same hotel we played so didn't have to go outside for days. Also played in Scottsdale about a year and a half ago, in July, and we were sitting by the pool at midnight and it was 96 degrees.

[begin_within]

28. I've been to Grants, in fact I liked it there.

I even thought of moving there for a while.

[Coventina]

39. Parts of AZ can get really cold. n/t

[struggle4progress]

25. Worst summer week I ever experienced was Pennsylvania, 80F, 100% humidity

Do anything, get drenched in non-evaporating sweat, overheat, sit down to cool off, try again

California desert fields at 120F were much easier to take

[mix]

30. Chicago humidity is BRUTAL. For me it's worse than the winters. nt

[kentauros]

32. Sweating has never bothered me because I love both heat and humidity!

Yes, I'm a native of the Gulf Coast and I love it! :P

Now as far as choosing another state, I'd have to go with Hawaii. Similar climate, only no cold weather (comparatively) and it's just such a cool place overall :D

[raccoon]

38. You're the only person I've ever heard of who loves heat and humidity! nt

[kentauros]

41. Yeah, I'm a sweathouse kinda guy

:P

Such as, on a nice hot summer day, when I've been indoors in the walk-in cubicle-freezer (standard office a/c conditions) I'll sit in my baked car, doors closed, windows up, and do a little baking myself. Ahhhhhhhh :D

[WinkyDink]

37. I'll keep Eastern PA (if not Maine)!

[raptor_rider]

40. The Four Corners Area of NM has been pretty wet

this winter. I live in the rural area and I am just now able to drive down my road with not being in 4 wheel drive. We are getting the wind right now. Best time of year is Fall. Not too hot and not too cold. Just right 70's temps.