Grew up just South of Omaha and had horrible allergy problems since the age of 8. Not so bad in the winter. A change of diet that avoided additives, preseratives, corn syrup, and others… helped A LOT.

A move to Hunstville, Alabama when I was 30 didn’t change much for the allergy problems, but definately a little.

A move to coastal San Diego County, California was the best! I had to watch out for mold in an apartment I had that was just a block off of ocean cliffs, but that was nothing to worry about, just keep it clean.

I now live in southern Maryland and have virtually no problems, but there is a little bit a tightness in the chest that only goes away in southern California.
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I grew up on the southwest end of Nebraska where I suffered from seasonal allergies. This is a dry high altitude area. The we relocated to southest Nebraska which is a low altiute wet area where my allergies became worse and I had to take full time meds and use a inhaler. We lived in this area 10 years and there was much more humidity here. Then we relocated to Northwest Arkansas and I have been sick ever since we got here and just keep getting sicker. The mold counts are always high and there is A LOT of pollen and chicken dander. We are planning to move back to Nebraska in the spring and I think I may feel some better there. — Amy, Northwest Arkansas