Ozarks are very pretty, we had family there we visited when I was a kid. I researched there, but if I recall it gets hot in summer and more humid. And if my daughter moved where I did there’s not much there work wise. Are you close to the Smokeys? Ashville NC is pretty too.
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico have beautiful mountain areas. My number one priority is cooler summers than here, and doctors not hundreds of miles away.
Ruidoso, NM... Lakeside, AZ. (LG lives in the area)...Flagstaff, AZ...and I forget the area where pax lives but there is still some affordable land in Denver suburbs but it’s going fast.
Yes, all those places are beautiful! I actually grew up not too far from Cloudcroft, which is not too far from Ruidoso. And I do love the Arizona mountains, it’s always fun to go there when going to the Grand Canyon.
We are not too far from the Smokies, but we actually live in the Appalachians and can see where the trail is - , at least the ridge for the trail - from my house. So the mountains here really aren’t much different, multiple pics and similar vegetation. We went there once and then decided it wasn’t worth going through the traffic to see something that is exactly like where we live lol! I have no interest in Dollywood are all those touristy things.
I haven’t been to the Ozarks so maybe that’s worth a trip to go see. I think it ends in Oklahoma doesn’t it? And is in Missouri also?
I hear you on the cooler summers. The summers in Corpus Christi were the worst I ever had. And that included the high desert in California. The combination of humidity and heat, and nights that don’t call down, was too much. We moved after a year and a half. I forget where you are? But I imagine much of Texas is similar, or I should say East Texas is similar