Warm places to live during Winter Season in US

kalki · Post by **kalki** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:53 am

Dallas / San Antonio / Miami would come close.

sriradh · Post by **sriradh** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:08 am

Old-Spice2;351993Boring - it gets very hot during summers and stays hot for 5 months. It is a desert city with lot of cactus plants and little greenery. Desert topography will make you depressed after few months if you are used to the green surroundings of South India or NJ. There are not many IT jobs in AZ and the salary is lower.

I think Dallas, Houston and Austin are the only few cities with warm weather, low cost of living and decent amount of jobs.

Yeah, for sure Phoenix summer is boring but OP was ok for hot weather. Being my first summer after spending 4 winters in mid-west, I feel PHX summer is lot better than the mid-west winter in terms of how mobile we are and what activities we can do..

RRS - for Bay Area - not sure if SFO is considered Bay Area but had come last May for 2 weeks to SFO and downtown was terribly windy and very very cold and my CA friends told that CA climate has gone down a lot in recent years..

kkr · Post by **kkr** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:15 am

Old-Spice2;351993Boring - it gets very hot during summers and stays hot for 5 months. It is a desert city with lot of cactus plants and little greenery. Desert topography will make you depressed after few months if you are used to the green surroundings of South India or NJ. There are not many IT jobs in AZ and the salary is lower.

I think Dallas, Houston and Austin are the only few cities with warm weather, low cost of living and decent amount of jobs.

Remember, it's "dry" heat in Phoenix. I would take that any day than muggy and humid places like Houston, San Antonio or places in Florida.

PeterGriffin · Post by **PeterGriffin** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:49 pm

moneyIsNot_funny;352012If I were to ever move back and kinda start all over, I guess these cities would be on my short list:
1. Atlanta
2. Austin
3. Raleigh/Charlotte

While not perfect, they have a good combination of lot of factors.

Very similar to mine. Mine would be:
1. Raleigh
2. Austin
3. Atlanta

tish · Post by **tish** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:23 pm

moneyIsNot_funny;352012If I were to ever move back and kinda start all over, I guess these cities would be on my short list:
1. Atlanta
2. Austin
3. Raleigh/Charlotte

While not perfect, they have a good combination of lot of factors.

I am in North Carolina currently and I recently relocated here and I wont say it has warm winters as I am not able to go out freely without jacket/overcoat and shoes for last 1 week or so... I am worried it is going to get worse only for next 3 months.

Whereas I rarely used jackets/overcoat in Los Angeles, CA (even during winters) when I lived there for four years.

Thanks!

moneyIsNot_funny · Post by **moneyIsNot_funny** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:58 pm

tish;352068I am in North Carolina currently and I recently relocated here and I wont say it has warm winters as I am not able to go out freely without jacket/overcoat and shoes for last 1 week or so... I am worried it is going to get worse only for next 3 months.

Whereas I rarely used jackets/overcoat in Los Angeles, CA (even during winters) when I lived there for four years.

Thanks!

Yes, its too much to expect perfect weather amongst all other factors, especially in the US. Like I said, among the various combination of factors....

boca · Post by **boca** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:52 pm

tish;352068Whereas I rarely used jackets/overcoat in Los Angeles, CA (even during winters) when I lived there for four years.[/quote]
There you go! You got a recommendation for yourself. :) This time, try San Diego. It may be a degree better than LA. :)

stup123 · Post by **stup123** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:46 am

tish;367816After I withstood comparitively harsh winter and to my surprise, looks like current job would have me relocate to Jacksonville, FL.

I am pondering on the possibility to relocate/settle down there for good.

Please suggest how is Jacksonville, FL in regards to weather, traffic, cost of living (Home prices etc.,) , quality of living (crime, security, safety etc.,), children education (schools) and senior level IT job opportunities and Indian Population

It appears as per weather.com, weather is comparitively pleasant (though not as great as Southern California) in Winter in addition to no state taxes makes it attractive... Any idea how the summer heat + humidity be compared to South Florida, Texas, Phoenix, LA.

city-data.com might be right place to start
The city has a decent Desi population and IT jobs
Though it looks like (by population) the largest city in FL..its kind of inorganice..3 counties joined to form the Jacksonville metropolis

For each his own,but I wouldnt worry to move there..schools are far better than what they are here(S FL)

tish · Post by **tish** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:21 am

Humidity data and extreme temperatures makes CA better compared to FL... Attached spreadsheet has the analysis including humidity, extreme temperature and cloudiness obtained from city-rating.com

ioimparo · Post by **ioimparo** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:58 pm

Tish,

Have you moved to JAX already? If so how are you finding it in context of all those factors you had mentioned in your previous post?

I am from North-east and contemplating to move down there (currently in interviewing process)?

Could you please share your experiences?

Thanks