I doubt that any of you noticed that Conde Nast picked San Miguel de Allende as the #1 destination in the WORLD.jhwalker wrote:Tetge wrote:You never asked Tetge about the climate before you committed to moving to your new location. But, it should be obvious that it was not the same as even the AV high desert. Although there is a rain shadow between the Pacific Ocean, and the AV, the ocean water mass is still nearby as the crow flies and it still has some influence on the harshness of the weather. As well, and perhaps more importantly, the cold fronts that come down the interior of the western continent from the Arctic, hit Montana and Utah with significant force. So, there is real hard, very cold, northern, winter weather, that tapers off the further south one goes. By the time such fronts get to Mexico, they are not generally an issue, and, they never get to where Walker lives. All that said, real estate prices, and population density, also reflect, to some degree, the climatic conditions of an area, so, as an example, Malibu has better weather than Page, Arizona, in terms of days under freezing or over 100*. And, real estate prices certainly support this fact. Thus, there are always trade offs when it comes to affordable "rent", since people tend to crowd around the spots with the best living conditions, which drives the rent up. But, with crowds and growth, come both opportunities combined with sundry social ills and issues related to crowding and dense population. In some ways, you pick your poison, since harsh weather can be quite difficult itself to deal with, especially when one gets old and banged up.
I don't agree, but it is an interesting choice. The local community went ape-caca and started pointing out every flaw in this little town. And godnose it has a bunch. 
But what I was getting around to saying is that the weather is GREAT here. It will probably get down to 50 tonight, and it is about 78 right now. Very typical, very average. At 7000 ft if we are too cool we step into the sun, too warm, step out of the sun.
My high tech NASA calibrated $15 indoor outdoor thermometer records annual highs and lows. After last night, the low dropped to 16. The high, from last August remains at 117.
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