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Nancy,
San Diego one of the cloudiest cities in the U.S.? Compared to WHAT?!! LOL
Dh lived in San Diego for three years, sun, sun, sun! I think it's a lot like
Pensacola actually, the clouds move off and it's fairly sunny most days.
If you like cloudy, try anywhere from Seattle,WA to Corvallis, OR. Stay
closer to the coast in the NW and you'll be fine. Eastern sides of those
states are very sunny and snow in the winter.
If you like winter weather, Fairbanks, AK can't be beat!! haha
And talk about an eclectic, interesting mix of people.
Anchorage is more rainy in the summer, milder winters...but still snow. And
you've got the MOST incredible array of mountains surrounding you.
If I liked rain and winter weather, Anchorage, AK would be the place.
The scenery is unreal, and the people well traveled and interesting....lots
of outdoor enthusiasts.
It's more expensive to live, but the wages are awesome too. And you get
permanent fund money every year for every person in your family. Last year it
was $1800 per person, my sister's family collected for five people!!! Can you
imagine just being handed that amount for living in a state?
PLUS, hardly any taxes. Only property tax. No sales tax, no income
tax....it's pretty awesome that way.
And Fairbanks has the most incredible children's room in their library.

Ren, who could never, ever live in AK again!!!

Nancy Wooton

on 3/15/02 7:25 AM, starsuncloud@... at starsuncloud@... wrote:

> Nancy,
> San Diego one of the cloudiest cities in the U.S.? Compared to WHAT?!! LOL
> Dh lived in San Diego for three years, sun, sun, sun! I think it's a lot like
> Pensacola actually, the clouds move off and it's fairly sunny most days.

That's what I said, I think... onshore flow makes it cloudy every day, but
it burns off. The "Places Rated Catalog" rate it as one of the cloudiest (I
can't remember the exact ranking), but it's using the city of San Diego
proper as it's source, and the city is right on the ocean. La Jolla stays
cloudier than any other stretch of beach, because of the shape of its
coastline; we'll go there at 1 p.m. in August and it will still be cloudy,
while up and down the coast is already clear. If you're not on the coast,
say, 6 miles or so inland, you've got sun anytime from dawn to10 a.m. til
sundown nearly every day of the year :-)))

> If you like cloudy, try anywhere from Seattle,WA to Corvallis, OR. Stay
> closer to the coast in the NW and you'll be fine. Eastern sides of those
> states are very sunny and snow in the winter.
> If you like winter weather, Fairbanks, AK can't be beat!! haha
> And talk about an eclectic, interesting mix of people.
> Anchorage is more rainy in the summer, milder winters...but still snow. And
> you've got the MOST incredible array of mountains surrounding you.
> If I liked rain and winter weather, Anchorage, AK would be the place.
> The scenery is unreal, and the people well traveled and interesting....lots
> of outdoor enthusiasts.
> It's more expensive to live, but the wages are awesome too. And you get
> permanent fund money every year for every person in your family. Last year it
> was $1800 per person, my sister's family collected for five people!!! Can you
> imagine just being handed that amount for living in a state?
> PLUS, hardly any taxes. Only property tax. No sales tax, no income
> tax....it's pretty awesome that way.
> And Fairbanks has the most incredible children's room in their library.
>
> Ren, who could never, ever live in AK again!!!

You didn't mention the mosquitos.

Nancy, who's never been to Alaska but has heard reports...