best places to live.. - Cerebral Palsy Message Board

basal1999 · 07-22-2006, 06:25 PM

looking to relocate in the near future, have a 5yo son
with cp using a walker, i'm in NJ and do not want him
to deal with winter as he gets older.

any suggestions, lists anywhere?

thanks,
kris

JellyRJFan · 07-23-2006, 04:38 AM

Well, I'm in California and the weather is definitely great here (except it was 114 today!). The only thing is you have to deal with mountainous terrain, but I guess that depends on where you live. I also live in Texas, and, while I love it there, I would not recommend it to someone with CP because the humidity is a killer.

Midget · 07-24-2006, 11:42 AM

What effects does the humidity have on people with CP? I've never heard that...and would be interested to know. I live in Portland, Oregon...it's a cool town, and medical care would be very close for your son to get to.

route66 · 07-24-2006, 03:13 PM

I've lived in Albuquerque (hometown), Tulsa (college) and Denver (now). Tulsa is the most humid of the three, and it is just harder to breathe and move around during summer without sweating like crazy (eventually I acclimated). I don't know that humidity is actually bad for persons with CP (nice for skin - no lotion needed). I visited Tampa one Labor Day weekend and was amazed how people could live there because I was sweating fresh out of the shower! Phoenix is very hot, but it is dry, so 110 there is not as bad as 90 in Tampa, in my opinion. My wife and I have toyed with moving to Florida since we have family there and none here, but the summers would just make life miserable. Winter there is fantastic!

~66~

JellyRJFan · 07-25-2006, 01:17 AM

The humidity just makes my spasticity increase, makes me ache more and just generally makes it harder to move. My doc confirmed this is fairly common. and I have a "mild" case of quad CP.