So I grew up in Arizona as well as Bay Area, CA (my parents were divorced). Moved to Austin, Texas in 2000 and NM a couple years ago. I’ve never lived in the Northeast, never even been further than NYC in that direction, though I loved Brooklyn.
I’ve been thinking lately, partly because I’ve always hated the heat and partly because I’m sure global warming won’t be kind to the area, that I’d like to check out the Northeast, maybe upstate NY or around there. Maybe Maine. Maybe even Canada if things get particularly a way here. In any case, besides taking time to actually visit the area which I plan to do next fall for about a month, hopefully, I’d love to get any opinions about living in that region. Likes? Dislikes? Favorite areas to consider? Suggestions? Anyone make the kind of geographic change I’ve described? Thanks!
At the moment, if you account for humidity — done via use of a heat index — it’s more-comfortable in Arizona than in the Northeast:
https://www.weathercentral.com/weather/us/maps/heat-index
EDIT: For the Europeans, Celsius:
EDIT2: Oooh, here’s an interactive world map with a heat index:
https://zoom.earth/maps/temperature-feel/
EDIT3: Oh, wait…nah, those are apparently live temperature maps, not daily high maps. Still toasty in the Northeast, but some of that was just time-of-day.
Imagine living somewhere where you can effectively use a swamp cooler? Of course when the data centers suck out all the water there they’ll be expensive to operate as well.