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Originally Posted by senior citizen

We were just chatting with relatives who have felt relief from their serious joint stiffness after vacationing and then relocating to the Tucson vicinity of Arizona (up in the mountains).......

They claim that they arrived from the airport in a wheelchair (for transport from the plane, etc.) and felt the dry air literally sucking all of the swelling from their inflammed joints, knees, etc..........leaving at the end of their vacation virtually pain free and walking onto the plane......without asisstance.

Went home and immediately put their home on the market for sale.

Enjoying the dryness of Arizona........although the summer heat is extremely high, as we all know. Love Arizona now.

I, myself, have never been fond of the brown aridness of the west.....but do understand the dryness as being soothing to anyone with arthritis.......

My question.....can anyone who has lived in Arizona and also lived in Florida compare the lack of humidity vs. the high prolonged humidity ?

Our minds have been made up for quite some time re THE VILLAGES, however, recently we've had prolonged periods of very heavy rains, thunderstorms and soupy, swampy, oppressive humidity that is as thick and unrelenting as Fla. humidity..........and painful re body stiffness.

This too shall pass "in Vermont" when the cold front comes in soon.....but we can't even take three days of this oppressive humidity.......actually, they are now predicting several inches of SNOW up in the spine of our Green Mountains.......which everyone has to cross if they want to get from the western side of the state to the eastern side of the state.....

I've had the airconditioning on up here, even though it is only 62 degrees; to take out the 90% humidity.

Crazy weather for sure. We've had flash flooding and roads washed out, schools closed, etc..........even made Good Morning America's news this a.m. It wasn't that long ago tha Hurricane Irene devastated Vermont with its flooding.........

So, DRY HEAT .........as opposed to HUMID HEAT??? Thank you in advance....for personal experience in Arizona, etc.

I haven't read any of the other responses but we lived in Tucson for 8 years in the late 70's and mid 80's....and if it were not for my Grandkids living in CT and NJ, we would be back in Tucson in a New York Minute living up in the Catalina Foothills just above Skyline Belair and enjoying every moment of it. The Villages is wonderful but Arizona is better for us. We loved it there...Tucson is a cosmoploitan city with a University, Symphony, and all the cultural amenities. Dry Heat v. Wet Heat..I will take dry any time. No hurricanes, no tornadic activity, no sinkholes, etc....August out there is nasty but the rest of the year is a dream come true. We had a wonderful time there and hated to leave when IBM shipped me back to HQ. Our kids had the best elementary experience that there could have been. It was all good for us and we continue to have long term friends there.
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