Re: Safest place in US to live

[Guest guest]

I would think it would be were there's the least amount of moisture the desert

possibly southern Arizona, southern California, southern New Mexico? If your

feeling better out of your house perhaps it's something in the house that's

bothering you.

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> Where do you think the safest (least amount of mold toxins etc) is in the US

to live? I live in Florida. We went on a cruise and my stmptoms decreased a

lot. I am thinking the enviroment had a lot to do with it. Not much out on the

water.

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[Guest guest]

Industrial and agricultural areas definitely are environmental hazards, but

still I think it is the houses themselves that have the most problems. I would

think that the rural areas are best (if it is real houses, not mobiles) that are

away from agriculture and industry. A town where I lived in the San Joaquin

valley in CA has a lot of agriculture and when I first moved there long before I

got MCS I would get sick every april when they sprayed paraquat on the cotton to

defoliate them. It is also a very smoggy town with poor air quality. Many no

burn days in the winter. But just an hour away up in the mountains the air is

fresh and clean. Still, I have learned that they spray up here too to seed the

clouds for rain.

anita

[Guest guest]

Dr. Rea recommends Arizona or New Mexico for mold injured folks. He told me to

" stay away from Florida! " ...no offense intended. I personally love the ocean. D

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> Where do you think the safest (least amount of mold toxins etc) is in the US

to live? I live in Florida. We went on a cruise and my stmptoms decreased a

lot. I am thinking the enviroment had a lot to do with it. Not much out on the

water.

>

[Guest guest]

I've dreamed about this alot and I think the safest place to live is somewhere

that is dry (desert, southwest) and somewhere you can control your immediate

environment (your house). That being said if you have the means to control your

living space alot of places are livable. I dream of San Diego myself, because if

I don't need to use the A/C alot and can get a house with no basement I could be

happy! Jerusalem also-very dry, excellent construction in general.

Keep in mind that anywhere with bad construction and leaky roofs or A/C's, even

the desert, is going to be unsafe so I think that your question kind of needed

the 2 part answer.

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> Where do you think the safest (least amount of mold toxins etc) is in the US

to live? I live in Florida. We went on a cruise and my stmptoms decreased a

lot. I am thinking the enviroment had a lot to do with it. Not much out on the

water.

>

[Guest guest]

When we saw Dr. Rea he didn't get that specific, said that it just all

depends on the person...

I found the desert air great until the wind started blowing and then it

was dusty and yucky, a lot of people get valley fever which is from some

kind of fungal thing in the dust, and a naturopath we saw in the phoenix

area says it's a myth that teh desert is better, that there is a lot of

mold when it rains in arizona.... who knows, i like the fresh sea air

myself, or mountain air, that said santa fe air felt really clean, until

our last day there when the wind was blowing, if i were to move to

desert climate i would try santa fe area. i know a number of folks who

moved to tuscan area who are not doing well there...

my 2 cents. sue v.

>Dr. Rea recommends Arizona or New Mexico for mold injured folks. He told

>me to " stay away from Florida! " ...no offense intended. I personally love

>the ocean. D

>

>--- In , " deb3857wick " <deborahkharper@...>

>wrote:

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>> Where do you think the safest (least amount of mold toxins etc) is in

>the US to live? I live in Florida. We went on a cruise and my stmptoms

>decreased a lot. I am thinking the enviroment had a lot to do with it.

>Not much out on the water.

>>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When I was a kid we used to visit relatives in Alamogordo NM and I absolutely

loved it there. Now with this new mold Dr in Roswell and me not having any ties

in Denver southern New Mexico might just be the place to go. It's obviously not

going to happen tomorrow but I've been known to do things at the spur of the

moment. Thanks for the heads up on Tuscan Sue, I would have never guessed.

>

> When we saw Dr. Rea he didn't get that specific, said that it just all

> depends on the person...

>

> I found the desert air great until the wind started blowing and then it

> was dusty and yucky, a lot of people get valley fever which is from some

> kind of fungal thing in the dust, and a naturopath we saw in the phoenix

> area says it's a myth that teh desert is better, that there is a lot of

> mold when it rains in arizona.... who knows, i like the fresh sea air

> myself, or mountain air, that said santa fe air felt really clean, until

> our last day there when the wind was blowing, if i were to move to

> desert climate i would try santa fe area. i know a number of folks who

> moved to tuscan area who are not doing well there...

>

> my 2 cents. sue v.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have to agree about Florida and probably some other states as well. I

believe you have to be careful ANTWHERE you live but I personally would never

choose to live in a very hot, humid and damp climate!!! I'm in land

which can get hot and humid during some of the summer but it certainly isn't

as intense and prolonged.

Dr. Rea recommends Arizona or New Mexico for mold injured folks. He told

me to " stay away from Florida! " ...no offense intended. I personally love the

ocean. D

[Guest guest]

For some of us there are other considerations in relocating. I am in my 60s,

arthritis bad from the neck down. I lived in a number of cities-- in Tampa and

San (5 yrs--even my elbows hurt) my joints hurt bad, was in my 40s at

the time. In Sacramento, St Utah and here (Phoenix) I do so much better.

Dr. said that most people with arthrits do better in a warm moist climate, but

others (me) do better in a warm dry climate.

Due to my heart condition I cannot go to higher elevations such as cities

mentioned in New Mexico, northern AZ. People with lung problems, I believe,

need to be cautious when it comes to change of climate, and elderly also.

....Corky

> From: ssr3351@... <ssr3351@...>

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> I have to agree about Florida and probably some other

> states as well. I

>

> believe you have to be careful ANTWHERE you live but I

> personally would never

>

> choose to live in a very hot, humid and damp climate!!!

> I'm in land

>

> which can get hot and humid during some of the summer but

> it certainly isn't

>

> as intense and prolonged.

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>