My son and I suffer from hayfever and my four year old son has asthma. We live in North Dakota and my hayfever just about kills me in the fall. I’m assuming its the mold and ragweed. We are looking at moving to the Black Hills area of South Dakota (Rapid City). Would that be better climate for seasonal allergies and asthma? — Gary, North Dakota
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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