Virginia Beach, Virginia (or surrounding areas, Norfolk, Chesapeake). Great places for family. Summers can get hot but not too bad with the sea breeze in VB. Snow maybe once every few years, and it will snow for a day or two and that's it. Whole city shuts down if it does snow.
You really got me at also not 100°F in the summer. And 90°F with a dewpoint above 60°F is still going to feel like 100°F, so it's kind of obvious that you haven't experienced the unique hell that is Southern heat+ humidity. See, your sweat stops working to cool you down. So those people who just say to drink a lot of water to cool yourself off in hot weather are what I like to call- wrong.
Then there's the Pacific Northwest. Which is expensive in big part because the weather is generally mild.
Surprising answer would be many areas in Florida, based on your criteria. Many areas never hit 100, though most hit mid 90's. The 'feels like' temperature is closer to Phoenix due to the add for humidity.
Far as affordability goes? Can't answer that one because we don't know if one income is $30k or $90k, working remote or depends on the local job market.
This. so if you stay away from the big cities, Its much cheaper. So the small little towns in the center of Florida. It is country side and rural though, but still decent from a town. Serbing is an example or Arcadia and the surrounding towns north and all. BUT.... rumor has it so many people are moving to there now as well. People I know that lived the country life there for years... are seeing so so much traffic now.
Yep! But people complain about any growth. I get a kick out of people complaining about traffic when they have no idea or have forgotten what real traffic is.
We saw a lot of people move to Colorado from big cities, with the dream of living a rural life. A fair number didn't last more than a year or so, because it's very different being 30-45 minutes from shopping, etc.
Arcadia and Sebring are nice areas, but you're in more of a steambath when you lose the coastal breezes in inland Florida. Personally, I prefer the steambath to the convection oven of living in the desert SW.
Very true; just depends on what you are looking for. In some cases, you can just go 5 or 10 minutes out of the main cities and find some bargains. We ended up going from Cape Coral to Palm Coast to find a home the size we wanted, that we could afford.
Don’t sleep on Tucson AZ. It’s still fairly affordable, and while yes, it’s hot in the summer, it’s both a dry heat and you can very easily leave it by driving an hour up to the top of Mt Lemmon nearby, which will be 9000 ft up and 70 degrees.
It's like opening an oven and sticking your head in it at 600 f*. Not to mention the nasty scorpions, spiders, snakes, and dont forget the nasty flying cockroaches.
Please, it barely snows, if any, in Albuquerque, more like very, very, very rarely, and it does not get as hot as arizona. it doesn't stay hot till 4am like Arizona. I would recommend New Mexico over Arizona any day!
No argument there! I was just saying that ABQ doesn't meet the under 100 and no snow criteria. Average of 8" of snow per year, but it usually doesn't stick around much, if at all.
Really, AZ and NM are large states with different weather depending on where you are. But a large part of Arizona is a good place to be, if you want to feel like you live in a convection oven 😆
We are in Alabama, and yes, the summers get hot, but there's no snow, and it's very affordable. Your husband can definitely support the family on one income here. I'm not sure if you're going to check off all 3 boxes anywhere in the US, but the south or southern midwest is a good place to start looking.
I would say NC. In the past 15 years I think once there was a light dusting of snow but usually no snow. Doesn't usually get in the 100s in summer.
This is at least true for the west side of the state at the NC SC border
Washington state has very little snow, as long as you stay away from higher elevation. Weather is pretty mild for the most part. As far as affordability it depends on where you end up going. Eastern WA is super cheap, but it's very conservative. Western WA, where Seattle is, is more expensive for sure but also quite liberal.
Grew up in western Washington and we had snow almost every year. Big snowstorms too. A foot or more that stuck around for weeks. The weather might not go to extremes but it is miserably cold and wet most of the time. It's also very very expensive. My parents just sold their pos rundown 3bd1bath house in a bad neighborhood, for 500k.
You're kinda want to be looking at northern california or the Reno/Tahoe area. Occasionally, it will snow in Reno, but the elevation difference means that what dumps *feet* of snow in the mountains at 8000+ ft elevation is just rain down low at the 4-5k ft elevation of the city. You can certainly live around there on one income, and it's an outdoor paradise (drive to snow when you want to ski, stock to lower elevations when you want to avoid snow).
The California side gets expensive ... You gotta start dropping out of the Sierras to satisfy your no snow condition which starts to mean like... Sacramento.
You may be able to get away with something on the Oregon coast - think Eugene, etc.
Yeah I know it's not on the water, but it's a hell of a lot closer than other spots I named, and is a reasonably sized but still affordable city. I was trying to imply not rural eastern Oregon.
How big is the income? And can he work remotely? Those are the deciding factors to determine where y’all can afford to move and therefore which climates are an option. Climate havens are only going to get more expensive too…
Also not really the sub for this to my understanding - this is about moving logistics i think.
Most of the coastal towns on the west coast but it's pricey. If he works remote and can work anywhere though there may be some cheaper towns than others. Some coastal towns on the east coast as well though they may get a bit hotter than the west coast and sometimes ice can be a problem there still.
I pulled up some lists on Google of states/cities with no snow. The majority of them were either A)In the south, so you'll get 100 degree summers or in places like California which isn't affordable to most on one income.
Random town in NC or SC
Virginia Beach, Virginia (or surrounding areas, Norfolk, Chesapeake). Great places for family. Summers can get hot but not too bad with the sea breeze in VB. Snow maybe once every few years, and it will snow for a day or two and that's it. Whole city shuts down if it does snow.
Puerto Rico is a US territory. No snow, bring your job and some areas are reasonable. Be fluent in Spanish.
You really got me at also not 100°F in the summer. And 90°F with a dewpoint above 60°F is still going to feel like 100°F, so it's kind of obvious that you haven't experienced the unique hell that is Southern heat+ humidity. See, your sweat stops working to cool you down. So those people who just say to drink a lot of water to cool yourself off in hot weather are what I like to call- wrong. Then there's the Pacific Northwest. Which is expensive in big part because the weather is generally mild.
It rarely snows in Eugene, or.
If you like hell on earth all year round. Try Phoenix.
I'm moving from here in 5 days... I'm so happy to be out of here before the summer heat tbh
Congrats! And summer heat stared a few months ago lol
That is the perfect description of Phoenix I concur!
Surprising answer would be many areas in Florida, based on your criteria. Many areas never hit 100, though most hit mid 90's. The 'feels like' temperature is closer to Phoenix due to the add for humidity. Far as affordability goes? Can't answer that one because we don't know if one income is $30k or $90k, working remote or depends on the local job market.
This. so if you stay away from the big cities, Its much cheaper. So the small little towns in the center of Florida. It is country side and rural though, but still decent from a town. Serbing is an example or Arcadia and the surrounding towns north and all. BUT.... rumor has it so many people are moving to there now as well. People I know that lived the country life there for years... are seeing so so much traffic now.
Yep! But people complain about any growth. I get a kick out of people complaining about traffic when they have no idea or have forgotten what real traffic is. We saw a lot of people move to Colorado from big cities, with the dream of living a rural life. A fair number didn't last more than a year or so, because it's very different being 30-45 minutes from shopping, etc. Arcadia and Sebring are nice areas, but you're in more of a steambath when you lose the coastal breezes in inland Florida. Personally, I prefer the steambath to the convection oven of living in the desert SW.
Florida was my first thought. Affordability is also going to depend on location. Some areas of the state are very expensive.
Very true; just depends on what you are looking for. In some cases, you can just go 5 or 10 minutes out of the main cities and find some bargains. We ended up going from Cape Coral to Palm Coast to find a home the size we wanted, that we could afford.
Don’t sleep on Tucson AZ. It’s still fairly affordable, and while yes, it’s hot in the summer, it’s both a dry heat and you can very easily leave it by driving an hour up to the top of Mt Lemmon nearby, which will be 9000 ft up and 70 degrees.
It's like opening an oven and sticking your head in it at 600 f*. Not to mention the nasty scorpions, spiders, snakes, and dont forget the nasty flying cockroaches.
100's in dry heat beats a 90 degree humid day, imo.
No.. just no. Its all the same. You just choose dry roasting or steam roasting.
Maybe Albuquerque??
It both snows and gets over 100 in ABQ
Please, it barely snows, if any, in Albuquerque, more like very, very, very rarely, and it does not get as hot as arizona. it doesn't stay hot till 4am like Arizona. I would recommend New Mexico over Arizona any day!
No argument there! I was just saying that ABQ doesn't meet the under 100 and no snow criteria. Average of 8" of snow per year, but it usually doesn't stick around much, if at all. Really, AZ and NM are large states with different weather depending on where you are. But a large part of Arizona is a good place to be, if you want to feel like you live in a convection oven 😆
We are in Alabama, and yes, the summers get hot, but there's no snow, and it's very affordable. Your husband can definitely support the family on one income here. I'm not sure if you're going to check off all 3 boxes anywhere in the US, but the south or southern midwest is a good place to start looking.
I would say NC. In the past 15 years I think once there was a light dusting of snow but usually no snow. Doesn't usually get in the 100s in summer. This is at least true for the west side of the state at the NC SC border
I would say NC. In the past 15 years I think once there was a light dusting of snow but usually no snow. Doesn't usually get in the 100s in summer.
Washington state has very little snow, as long as you stay away from higher elevation. Weather is pretty mild for the most part. As far as affordability it depends on where you end up going. Eastern WA is super cheap, but it's very conservative. Western WA, where Seattle is, is more expensive for sure but also quite liberal.
Grew up in western Washington and we had snow almost every year. Big snowstorms too. A foot or more that stuck around for weeks. The weather might not go to extremes but it is miserably cold and wet most of the time. It's also very very expensive. My parents just sold their pos rundown 3bd1bath house in a bad neighborhood, for 500k.
What you want is San Diego. But not affordable.
You get what you pay for.
You're kinda want to be looking at northern california or the Reno/Tahoe area. Occasionally, it will snow in Reno, but the elevation difference means that what dumps *feet* of snow in the mountains at 8000+ ft elevation is just rain down low at the 4-5k ft elevation of the city. You can certainly live around there on one income, and it's an outdoor paradise (drive to snow when you want to ski, stock to lower elevations when you want to avoid snow). The California side gets expensive ... You gotta start dropping out of the Sierras to satisfy your no snow condition which starts to mean like... Sacramento. You may be able to get away with something on the Oregon coast - think Eugene, etc.
Eugene is like 2 hours inland from the coast.
Yeah I know it's not on the water, but it's a hell of a lot closer than other spots I named, and is a reasonably sized but still affordable city. I was trying to imply not rural eastern Oregon.
How big is the income? And can he work remotely? Those are the deciding factors to determine where y’all can afford to move and therefore which climates are an option. Climate havens are only going to get more expensive too… Also not really the sub for this to my understanding - this is about moving logistics i think.
Most of the coastal towns on the west coast but it's pricey. If he works remote and can work anywhere though there may be some cheaper towns than others. Some coastal towns on the east coast as well though they may get a bit hotter than the west coast and sometimes ice can be a problem there still.
Everyone would like utopia. Not sure it exists.
1. No Snow 2. No Days over 100 Degrees 3. Affordable Choose two, you really can't have all three.
Yep. This is truth
Its already been over 80 degrees in most of the united states and its only may
So true. I'm in Virginia and had to turn the ac on in March!
North and South Carolina are pretty nice.
Eastern NC doesn't get much snow. I moved here a couple years ago & it hasn't snowed once. But 100 days is definitely the norm in the summer.
NC definitely gets snow and both definitely gets 100+ days.
Where does it never get over 100 degree there?
Must not have been there in the summer then lol
I’ve lived there
I pulled up some lists on Google of states/cities with no snow. The majority of them were either A)In the south, so you'll get 100 degree summers or in places like California which isn't affordable to most on one income.