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I don't think I could define what "the best weather" means. I like a sunny day as much as anyone, but I like snow too, and a huge thunderstorm, and even a bit of rain, and mist, and everything else. I'd miss a lot of that if I lived somewhere that had the "best" weather.

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I thought the same for 30 years. Then I moved to Southern California. I don't miss the any of those things. My allergies are gone. My exercise routine is consistent and my outdoor hobbies increased. Beach, mountains, flatland, desert, gardens, etc are all within 1 or 2 hours from me.

Basically you want seasons instead of monotony.

This is touched on, and you can get a lot of those things by living in an area with different climes in close proximity, for example a coastal region that rises into mountains not too far away.

So the question is, if you want snow some times, do you want to live in the snow, or have access to the snow, and how close is close enough? The bay area has Tahoe, which you can reach in about 4 hours, for access to snow. If you want to actually live in the snow for at least part of the year, the SF Bay Area won't cut it then.

For me personally I like for it to snow but not hang around more than a day or two. Southeast is kind of ideal for this. Couple snow storms a year in the peak of winter and during those the low is normally around the 20s. It can snow on a Monday and be back hitting 70 by Thursday.

Though it can lead to ice and things like the Atlanta snowpacalypse.

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