Welcome to the forum from New Zealand.

 

Ha! I knew there had to be another californian here!

 

Not just a Californian, a Native Californian!

 

Welcome from Canada!

 

same here. born and raised, my friend. i've tried OR and NV. came back. but.. with all our ridiculous laws, etc.. a move to AZ in in the near future. as soon as my son is old enough to travel on his own.

 

Be careful, we did AZ back in 1981. We were in the Verde Valley (south of Sedona in a little backwater place called Camp Verde). We moved back to CA in 1984. Both of my daughters and my wife had problems with allergies that cropped up after we were there about 7 months. My older daughter missed about 55 days of school in K, 1 & 2. After we moved back to CA, she only missed 5 days due to illness. We were north of Phoenix about 90 miles. I understand the Phoenix area is worse than where we were living.

 

eh. i'm in the central valley. everyone here has asthma anyway and allergies run rampant. LOL.

 

You might be OK. The number one thing my daughter was allergic to was Russian Thistle, aka Tumbleweed.
My wife has family in Bakersfield and I had family in Visalia and Madera. Know the area well.

 

yup. madera/b-field, visalia, fresno, etc. all the same