I’m from Los Angeles, and I had minor asthma there, I moved to Seattle and began serious sinus problems, I’m now in Portland, Oregon and I have life threatening asthma as well as very frequent and painful sinus problems. My doc agreed Portland is the worst place for my allergies esp. to grasses. I’m considering Denver, Co I heard there are no dust mite allergies is this true? My doc also recommended Hawaii, any advice on Hawaii for pollen and allergies? Or any other best cities in the US? — Rebecca, California

My hayfever (pollen allergy & asthma): The worst area: England, Cornwall, Devon, Central Europe. The best area: German Baltic coast, Florida — Mirek, Europe

I live in Bakersfield, Ca. The Doc did a allergy test on me and concluded that I had severe reaction to the following: outdoor mold; house dust mite; alfalfa, sage, pig weed, lamb quater; ceder tree,elm tree, privet tree; grasses like bermuda, rye, fescue, kentucky blue. If I was to relocate, what’s the best place? — DG, California

My Dream turned into my worst nightmare. Moved from Suburban Melbourne Australia to a 10 ac farm let in the foothills of the Dandenongs on the outskirts of Melbourne. Very high rainfall 40inches, may or may not have a summer so grasses never die back. Not much sun during winter. Seasonal creek (or stream) creates wet swampy area to rear of house.

Of course I am allergic to Mould, grasses and dust mites. I had basic grass allergies as a child, but these has gotten far worse over the last few years and now I am sensitive to a range of other things. Doctors want me to keep using nasal cortisone, but this provides no relief.

The house is a low allergy design house, floorboards no ducted heating etc. Because of the environmental factors my life has become very miserable with constant headaches and sinus problems. Interestingly holidays in Queensland (Australia) brings much relief with its warmth and different flora.

I have been trying to convince my family to move somewhere dry and warm so they I can regain some quality if life. I am only 35. — SKN, Australia

I have lived in the desert of AZ most of my life, 25 out of 30 years. My parents were asked to move me out here as an infant with severe asthma, saying it would be better for me. It was better for me in the beginning, even though I still had very bad asthma, my attacks were fewer in number.

In the last 8-10 years however, I have had some of the worst asthma and allergy related illnesses of my life. Last fall I was sick for an entire month, on heavy doses of steroids for over two months. The air here is awful due to heavy construction and more pollution. The population and growth is out of control, so there is more smog, and lots more dust due to construction. There is typially a brown/gray cloud over the metro and even outskirts of the phoenix and outlying areas.

I am now moving back to the midwest suburbs to get into less dry air, and much less polluted air. Good luck if you come to the Phoenix area is all I have to say. — Kristen

People sometimes think desert areas are a great place for allergy sufferers. But our readers who have lived in the desert often say this is not so.

For example, just this week, we have received new comments from Brad, Tracey, and Jeff about allergies in the desert climate of Arizona.

For more on desert climates, see individual locations such as Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, etc. (We invite readers in the arid regions of Asia and other international areas to share their experiences as well.) You can also search for “desert”.

Be sure to read the comments under a post you find interesting. Just click the #comments link at the bottom, for example “3 comments.” If there are no comments the link will offer you an opportunity to be the first to comment.

To make it easier for you to keep up with recent comments and most popular posts, I’ve added links to these in the sidebar as well.