summer is great, winter blows. You get more than 1 day of snow...and you'll get more than 1 inch on those days, too.
You like Pittsburgh? The weather isn't too bad but the traffic is an absolute killer relative to the population. I go there all the time and between 7-10 am, you can forget going from one side of town to another.
I went there for about a week. Absolutely beautiful area. The weather situation for me was a bit unusual because for the time I was there it rained every day (in conjunction with the constant talk about the drought they were having on the news, this was pretty funny). I don't think I got a good representative sample of the weather, but the people and the scenery were outstanding.
Albuquerque, NM No humidity, very little precipitation but you do get a few snows a year. In the summer it's hot but not as hot as say Phoenix at 120F. A dry heat isn't bad but it's true in Albuqueruqe not in Phoenix where it's like standing next to a camp fire 24/7. Also when the sun goes down so does the temperature. Albuqueruqe summer nights are great. Albuquerque gives you all four seasons without the humidity but also without the bone dryness and extreme heat. It's also one of the few places with great weather that is incredibly affordable.
I thought about mentioning Albuquerque. The mountains in New Mexico are really high on my list of favorite places.
For me it is Seattle as well. For my money the summers in Seattle are the best weather in the world--the winters are pretty dark and more of a constant, drizzling rain--that part doesn't appeal to most people, but to me there's nothing better. I'm definitely partial to the Northwest, though--I could see myself in Portland or Vancouver as well.
I don't know. I lived in Seattle and I definitely agree that summer was fantastic, but winter was just miserable. I loved the weather up in Salt Lake City, but I'm content living in Austin right now. If weather were the only consideration, though, I think you have to go with California.
Flagstaff is a really pretty town. I didn't like Phoenix that much (geography and climate-wise), so was all that more impressed with Flagstaff when I visited.
Anywhere in Cali beats anywhere in Texas for me. I'd live in any of the big Cali cities. Atlanta over Houston cuz they have 4 seasons, which I like. Very subjective. Best weather for some is 70 degrees everyday (boring, but I'll deal with it), for others 4 seasons. I'd say Colorado would have to be mentioned. Milder summers, still get snow for Xmas, etc.
Oh my, the traffic is absolutely awful. That's easily the biggest drawback to living here. No matter what time of the day it is you're going to hit traffic if you try to go downtown (dahntahn). I mean afterall, it is Pennsylvania so endless construction is already expected, but the narrow roads and two lane traffic to/from the city only makes things worse. I went to school down there and had to live on campus all four years simply because I couldn't deal with the traffic and parking nightmares on a daily basis. Better just to roll out of bed and stumble to class rather than punch my steering wheel in traffic jams. There hasn't been a real blizzard here since the big one we had in '93. As for floods, it's obviously only going to be a problem if you live near water.
10 day Forecast for SW Oregon: Highs 84-90, Sunny Lows 53-55, Clear No precip. Ahhhh. Good open windows sleeping weather.
San Diego is the best place I have visited beats LA and San Fran. But man the medium home is 500K and the medium income for a fmily of 4 is 63K. Unless I win the lotto, I wouldn't be able to live there. How does all these family afford to live there on such low income relative to the housing price?
