Best places to live with MS

[Pablo_Morphy]

I am curious:  What would be the best places to live with MS, and why?  I guess weather is the first issue.  I am from a very hot town, and I currently reside in a place that gets very hot summers and there is a high risk of hurricanes.  Another issue would be healthcare.  Family and friends are an absolute priority as well.  What places would you consider?  

[Lulu54]

It sounds like the best place to live is with Quix!  

I don't mind being in the midwest - we get all 4 seasons, though summer heat can be oppressive. Spring and fall are wonderful.

We have easy access to major medical centers.  Cleveland clinic and Mayo are in the midwest.  Then you can throw in all the university medical centers (there are lots!) for variety.

The cost of living is relatively low and you can buy a very affordable house. with land.  But I'm a bit biased because I grew up here and most of my family is within an easy driving distance.  

And my grandchildren are here, so moving is out of the questions, even though Quix makes a rather appealing picture of the Pacific Northwest.

I have a spare bedroom and with the cost of  this MeSsy disease perhaps I will take in a boarder!  LOL

be well, Lulu

[Sailorsong]

Well let's see I have lived in just about every part of this country at one time or another. Now if I can remember those times I could probably give a pretty good assessment of them.

New England :

Hot and muggy in  the summer and cold a miserable in the winter. Spring and fall are nice especially the fall with the leaves. Winters would be very treacherous if you have balance or walking difficulty.  You would also have trouble with the language as they speak another one. For example a "milk shake" is call a frappe and a basically chocolate milk is called a "milk shake".  That took me forever to get use to.  I first developed symptoms while living there. Oh and driving, forget it you wouldn't stand a chance.

South:

HOT HOT HOT.  and don't forget to throw in a lot of HUMID as well. I lived in Florida for 13 years after I developed symptoms. Basically you live indoors year round there. There are some great medical facilities and universities there as well. Also on those cloudy days ( which a far and few between) there are lots of things you can do outside such as amusement parks and the like. Getting around is also fairly easy unless they happen to be working on a road you need to take. It will be at least 3 years before they finish and once they do the next year they will start working on the road again.

Midwest:

It has been a while since I lived in that area of the country. Then it was WI, ID, IL. As such I'll have to defer to Lulu on this area.

Pacific Northwest:

Here I have both newer and older time references to deal with. I lived in OR, and WA at one time or another. I only have spent any time at all in Southern OR, but it was not nice at all. Loved the fishing though on the rouge river. Also loved the water falls up by Portland the one time I came through there. When I first moved to southern OR it was mostly the pollution from all of the lumber mills that drove me crazy, the last time the altitude was the killer. Quix is right in that there is usually a cool breeze when it gets hot. But WA was a delight to live in. I lived near Seattle and loved every minute there. It was while living there that I fell in love with nature.

Southwest:

Here I have lived in CA all the way from Dan Diego up to Santa Rosa. It isn't so bad when it comes to weather in CA. The main problem is pollution especially in LA. How and how can I forget the traffic. YUCK!  But there are many great medical facilities there and probably many resources but with their economy that may be a thing of the past soon. Some parts of CA you really wouldn't want to live in because of the heat (Bakersfield for example), but other wise not too bad.

Dennis

[NZer1]

Have a look on the Atlas of MS it shows prevelance.
New Zealand is good to me

[meg321]

I live in No Calif in Lake County and its not too bad but even in the summer it will get into the 90' and 100's...but it has not been bad at all so far.  We don't have the humidity.

The central coast of Calif is the best place I have lived...on the beach..

meg

[Khiba]

I have lived in Houston, TX area for 30 years. It's just horrible in the summer time, starting about June 1- through the end of September. Humid as all git out with highs staying in the mid 90's and often getting over 100. Not a great place for MSers, although we have great medical in Houston.

Not recommended! Will move in a year or so I hope to a cooler climate and drier one.

[Pablo_Morphy]

Thank you so much for your comments.  Although it's mainly out of curiosity, I will be applying to long-term jobs over the course of the year, so I might need to move (I am currently in Louisiana and I love it here, but I think the weather might be nastier and affect me more over the course of years).  I have also heard places like Colorado and the Appalachians are really good (Tennessee/Western North Carolina/Virginia).  I wonder what our friends overseas (Canada, Australia, Britain, etc.) have to say about it!

[Eddurden02]

Eat Tennessee is good. Humidity is not that bad and there is only a couple weeks in the 90s. I used to live in middle GA and it was horrible. I could not function when heat and humidity were high. East TN is the best for me.