I'm looking to move somewhere with a small temperature range.

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T9D

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Your best bet is Northern California. It's varies some but it still has some of the most beautiful weather around most the year. Very mild. You'd be very happy there. Or southern Oregon. Like Medford. Porltand is vey mild too compared to most states also.
 
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superHARD

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I am with you TK109. Now the question is "how to buy a nice house in this perfect area for under 200K"
 
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Kalvin00

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Originally posted by: tk109
Your best bet is Northern California. It's varies some but it still has some of the most beautiful weather around most the year. Very mild. You'd be very happy there.
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On the coast, yes. Inland however, winter mornings are often below freezing, rains all the time, and it gets to be 105+ routinely during the summer.
 
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HeroOfPellinor

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Here's a geography lesson. Water takes longer to heat and cool than land does. Therefore, to live somewhere wilth less temperature variance you need to be adjacent to water which means a coastline or island........both of which are premium locations. Also, the further from the ecuator you are, the more variance you'll have. So you need to start with islands on the equator and work in a concentric circle outwards until you find a place you can afford and where the tap water is safe to drink.
 
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HeroOfPellinor

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Originally posted by: superHARD
Inland, meaing still Northern Cali, just 200 miles away from coast?
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Well, if you're 200 miles inland then you're in Nevada. If you're 100 miles inland, you're in the San Juaquin valley were it can go from 55° in Winter to 110° in Summer.
 
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n19htmare

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Also in San Diego. I'd say 80-85% of the time, its quiet nice. Last winter i didn't even wear a jacket, didn't need to. Used AC couple times in the summer, there were times where it got warm during the day...but being next to the coast, it cools down fast.

Remember, everything comes at a price. In this case, quiet a hefty price.

$200K for a house in nice neighborhood is a DREAM... median price is $550K in san diego. http://www.sdhc.net/giaboutus2.shtml
The fixer upper that we bought in 2001 for 220K... yes a fixer upper built in 1967 is now appraised at over 500K

San diego gas prices are one of the highest in the nation. This place is just getting flooded with people. Traffic is a mess and not having a car sucks especially since our public transportation really lacks. to go 30 miles across city.... you're looking at 2.5hours.

just a heads up :).... but what can i say.. i love this place. the weather and just the place in general. else i wouldn't be here.
 
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Mill

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
bogota colombia
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They have pretty great weather. Maybe a tad too much drizzle, but you can't beat the temps if you are a bit hot natured.
 
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thomsbrain

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you want to live in coastal northern California. sorry, houses start at $600,000 here. that's in the ghetto. i'm not joking.
 
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San Diego. Perhaps the most perfect weather in the USA, but as has been mentioned, you won't get a dog house for $200K...Usually warmer than San Francisco, but almost NEVER HOT. (coastal areas, NOT inland areas)
The Hawaiian islands run from the low 70's to about 90, but humid almost all the time, and you're not gonna get much there for $200K either.
 
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anxi80

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Originally posted by: BoomerD
San Diego. Perhaps the most perfect weather in the USA, but as has been mentioned, you won't get a dog house for $200K....
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if he wants to pay me $200k ill build him a dog house in my backyard and he can live in it if he wants! hell ill even be so nice as to let him use the water hose back there for dishes/cleaning up and such! :D
 
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Brookings, Oregon. On the Pacific coast in the extreme southwest of the state.

Seriously. It has a unique climate created by the local geography that moderates temperatures in the 60-70 F range throughout the entire year. Except for the fact that it also rains more than 100 inches a year, it is quite possibly the most moderate climate on earth.

edit: it is also part of the most sparsely populated coastline in the US, in the middle of the area from Coos Bay, OR to Eureka, CA.
 
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superHARD

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Originally posted by: Vic
Brookings, Oregon. On the Pacific coast in the extreme southwest of the state.

Seriously. It has a unique climate created by the local geography that moderates temperatures in the 60-70 F range throughout the entire year. Except for the fact that it also rains more than 100 inches a year, it is quite possibly the most moderate climate on earth.

edit: it is also part of the most sparsely populated coastline in the US, in the middle of the area from Coos Bay, OR to Eureka, CA.
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So 200K can buy a house?
 
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Vic

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Originally posted by: superHARD
Originally posted by: Vic
Brookings, Oregon. On the Pacific coast in the extreme southwest of the state.

Seriously. It has a unique climate created by the local geography that moderates temperatures in the 60-70 F range throughout the entire year. Except for the fact that it also rains more than 100 inches a year, it is quite possibly the most moderate climate on earth.

edit: it is also part of the most sparsely populated coastline in the US, in the middle of the area from Coos Bay, OR to Eureka, CA.
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So 200K can buy a house?
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That's the low end of the market there, but yes.
 
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rockyct

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I'm currently living in the Central Coast of CA and I would say the weather is as good as San Diego. I actually lived in Kansas for 5 years, and San Diego for 17.

San Diego is incredibly expensive right now. I'd say if you can see the ocean, or if you can smell the sea air, the house costs at least a million. Five to ten miles inland is still pretty nice, but then, you're still taking $700,000. Any farther inland and you're talking desert like weather and still $400,000.

The Central Coast of CA is cheaper than San Diego, but still over $200,000. Also, there really isn't much industry here. I plan on moving back to San Diego when I'm done with college and get an apartment because it would be hard to find an engineering job here.
 
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Zach

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I live in Salem OR and it's not too bad. If you can find work Brookings would be nice.
 
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Kalvin00

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Originally posted by: superHARD
Inland, meaing still Northern Cali, just 200 miles away from coast?
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Inland meaning 30 or more miles inland.

The change in temperature in just a few miles is drastic here.
 
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PrinceofWands

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A lot of the pacific northwest is close to that. The last few years have been crazy, but over time we stay between 45 and 75. If you stay away from cities you can find great places to live for 90-200k. Less if you don't mind an older place in a small coastal community north end of the OP.
 
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