Southern Utah is a beautiful place to live. The red dirt, the rolling landscapes, the wide open spaces and the warm (compared to the other 95% of Utah) winter months are just a few of the reasons why it is the best part of Utah. Despite the hot desert summers, the clean air is definitely worth it if you have environmental allergies and/or asthma. I want to give two examples of two different groups of people that best illustrate why Southern Utah is the best environment for asthma and allergy symptoms.
There is a group of elderly people who regularly migrate to Southern Utah from Central and Northern Utah for the winter months called ‘snowbirds’. They move away from the extreme winter conditions found in Central/Northern Utah to an average winter where you won’t ever need to shovel the snow out of your driveway but compared to California, you actually get to wear a winter coat for a few months. Snowbirds have the best of both worlds – a mild summer that rarely gets above 100 degrees and a mild winter that rarely gets below 30 degrees. The relatively warm air in the winter is great for their respiratory systems as well as the fact that Southern Utah air is not stuck in a valley where it can’t be recycled.
I knew a family whose young son had very bad asthma. He was born in Central Utah but because of the terrible air pollution in the valleys and extreme winters, they had to move somewhere significantly warmer and with better air quality. The solution: Southern Utah. He thrived living here which was a great relief for his parents, who saw much fewer hospital visits and thus a better quality of life where the emergency room wasn’t commonplace. Can you imagine living a life where your child is accustomed to being in the hospital? Especially for a condition that is widely known, studied, and successfully treated, it seems inconceivable that being hospitalized should even be a result of having asthma.
As you can see, Southern Utah is a common destination for both young and old who suffer from respiratory problems. Although it may have once been considered “small town” with nothing to its name, the community is growing rapidly and has most of the amenities of living in the big city – including great hospitals and a wide variety of medical specialists. And if you suffer from environmental allergies or asthma, you get to live in Utah and enjoy the high quality/low cost of living while still being able to keep your symptoms at bay.
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