We ARE MOVING.....ALABAMA.. UPDATE pg.14

[KristyHall]

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why is that?

 

[easttxchick]

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Cool-we're OK with that.

You just think we're rednecks down here in the Deep South, ever met a cowboy or a roughneck from Oklahoma? They're AWESOME!

HarlansHollow, Alabama is really nice and green and fairly temperate, climate wise.
Oklahoma is gorgeous, but the winds in the winter will blow the hair off a hare and I think the cold and wind chill is part of what you are trying to get away from. Summers can be dry and dusty there as well.
I love both, but I think, coming from where you are, I'd go with Alabama.

 

[gritsar]

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That's okay. Just leaves more room for those of us smart enough to live here.

Okay, oh the states proposed - I've lived in several of those states, NC, SC, TN, GA and Florida. (Wouldn't live above the mason-dixon line for all the money in the world

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NC - Love the mountains, grew up there. They do get an actual winter there, seems to get colder every year. Hate the east coast of NC. Summers are hot, but not as humid as some other places I could think of (ut hum, SC, AR). If I absolutely had to live in eastern NC again, I would have to be rich so I could afford to live on the outer banks or Manteo. The Piedmont is beautiful without being too cold.

SC - The upstate and the midlands are okay, just "okay" but there's a reason the marines train at Parris Island. It was the closest place to **** on earth that the military could find; makes for tough marines. So humid you can't breathe and bugs that have every intention of eating you alive. Despite that, I do have a fondness in my heart for Beaufort.

TN - Love the extreme east area of TN. The area around Nashville and Memphis? Not so much. When traveling, I avoid Knoxville like the plague (and not just cuz my sister lives there

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I like GA okay, 'cept for along the coast. That humidity thing again.

Florida - Awwwwww Florida.

Was just thinking this morning how I would love to be able to set this farm down in northern Florida. Somewhere just east of Pensacola. Anyone that thinks Florida has humid summers needs to come spend an August in Arkanas, or coastal SC for that matter.

I've only visited OK. Haven't been impressed.

Tornados - Wiki describes tornado alley as "The core of Tornado Alley consists of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, and the Colorado Eastern Plains.[5] However, Tornado Alley can be also be defined as an area stretching from central Texas to the Canadian prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Pennsylvania."

Then there's Dixie Alley - areas in the southeastern U.S. — notably the lower Mississippi Valley and the upper Tennessee Valley. This region is particularly vulnerable to violent, long tracked tornadoes.

And Hoosier Alley - southern Michigan to southern Indiana, and from eastern Illinois to western Ohio.

Tornados happen

Just MHO of course.

 

[ranchhand]

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Now folks, I'm sure Rozzie didn't mean that to sound as narrow minded and biased as it appears.

Are you simply unable to deal with the heat and humidity in the summer? It does take a pretty strong person to live in the southern climate, which does include OK. Last I checked, OK was still pretty far south. It certainly isn't KS!

 

[georgialee]

Whenever I see a thread like this I have to put in a word for East Tennessee.

I grew up in Buffalo, NY, lived just north of Minneapolis for a couple of years and then moved down to Knoxville. I LOVE it here. It's gorgeous.

Knoxville's average high during the summer is 86.9 -- and even lower if you live closer to the mountains.

The average high in January (coldest month of the year) is 46.3. Average high in February is 51.1.

We get 4 seasons but the winters are only 2 months long. 4 months where the high is in the low 80's... so that means 6 months in the 50's, 60's and 70's. How can you beat that?


Average humidity is 86% am, 59% pm which is pretty average for the country unless you're in desert regions.

 

[gritsar]

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You forgot the best part - GATLINBURG. Gawd, I love Gatlinburg.

(You can keep Knoxville though, sorry. Too dang close to my sister.

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[georgialee]

Yeah, Gatlinburg is pretty awesome!

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

I am leaning more toward AL myself, I have been there and it is lovely, I just wonder about the heat and humidity

AL is only a 4-5 hour drive from the GKids...that is a big plus!

I lived in Bowling green KY for 11 years, KY and TN are both very pretty states...

 

[Katy]

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My daughter in law and sister in law were both raised in Oklahoma. I live about 2 -2 1/2 hours north of the KS-Ok line.

Yes, Oklahoma has lots of tornadoes.

 

[Katy]

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With that attitude I'm sure everyone who lives there hopes you don't move there!