[In awe of TV]

I'm FL all the way. The dry heat out West dries my skin beyond dry. Before I'm even off the plane, I can feel the moisture being sucked out of my skin. No way. Give me the hot and humid any day. I'd rather appear moist and dewy, than like a dried out prune.

But to each his own. The place to be is where you feel the most comfortable, without pain. I do not have arthritis, if I did, I may think otherwise but for right now it's FL baby!

[gatherer47]

A cabbie once said to me-Do you want to live in a furnace[AZ] or a sauna[FL]?-When i was in Palm Springs[CA] in the middle of the desert,it was very humid due to the watering of all the golf courses.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by In awe of TV

I'm FL all the way. The dry heat out West dries my skin beyond dry. Before I'm even off the plane, I can feel the moisture being sucked out of my skin. No way. Give me the hot and humid any day. I'd rather appear moist and dewy, than like a dried out prune.

But to each his own. The place to be is where you feel the most comfortable, without pain. I do not have arthritis, if I did, I may think otherwise but for right now it's FL baby!

dry! cracks my sinuses! spent a few weeks in Utah dancing...I bring a hot spot and hang out in the bathroom bathing my bleeding sinuses in steam.

[kittygilchrist]

saunas in my exp are dry. steam rooms are wet.

[Cantwaittoarrive]

I think it's like asking do you like chocolate or vanilla, its a matter of preference

[Barefoot]

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. 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.

I have a close friend with severe arthritis who has lived in both Florida and Arizona. He much prefers the dry heat of Arizona which immediately takes away his inflamation, and he is able to be pain free and active. Other than the arthritis issue, The Villages is definitely unbeatable.

[Yucatan2]

I was born and raised in Phoenix, and lived there until age 28. When my husband and I decided to leave the Valley of the Sun, it was because we were SO tired of being hot! We both worked in a hospital, which was overly air conditioned. When leaving it felt like stepping into a blast furnace. Then we would go to our locked up tight car and hope we could actually hold onto the steering wheel, it would be so hot. Maybe the car would start to cool down by the time we arrived home. We had a swimming pool which also warmed up in the AZ sun, so that in the evening if we went swimming it felt like being in a bathtub, not refreshing and cool.

Now we live here, but have only begun our adventure in Florida. I do not like humidity either...I hate to sweat when I'm not even doing anything but breathing. We have lived all over the country but mostly in cooler and less humid places than TV.

I would not move back to Phoenix, and will tolerate the humidity in exchange for all the wonderful things to do here in The Villages!

[HMLRHT1]

I lived in Chandler, Mesa and Glendale over my 33 years there. Worked as a Letter Carrier for 20 years of that. If you only want to go from a/c to a/c then there is no difference. But if you want be outside for any length of time I would vote for The Villages. Not FL because you deal with all the rest of the bugs. There is seldom any breeze in AZ versus almost always a breeze here. The pollution factor is very big in Phoenix, lots of pollution warnings. Tucson is not a problem as well as Flagstaff. I started to miss having some weather other than dust storms and the very infrequent rain shower. But I miss the sunsets and for the most part the cleanliness and newness of Phoenix. But you won't find anything that compares to The Villages in AZ. After spending 20 plus years in the heat I find it refreshing to have a milder heat with some humidity. I met a man once who told me not long after I moved there from CT. that there is only 2 seasons in Phoenix, heaven and hell.

[senior citizen]

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[Jimbo120]

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.

Moved my parents here last fall after a 24 year retirement in Mesa AZ. Their experience in AZ was that you spent 95% of your time in air conditioning in AZ and now do the same here so there is very little difference in either place day to day... that said, if your issue is inflamation go to AZ... but if you have any breathing issues come here as there is fine sand/grit in the air in AZ.

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[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The times I was in the Phoenix area, I was surprised at how cold it gets in the winter. And yes, 110 degrees in the summer is still hot no matter how dry it is.

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[jblum315]

This is a very interesting thread. My parents were advised to move from VA to AZ in the 1940s because of my asthma. Well, we didn't move and I got over the asthma and all my allergies, only to develop new allergies in NY and now more new allergies in FL and my osteo arthritis is worse. So what does it all mean? No single answer for everyone or every health problem