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Remember when looking to relocate you'd search out the community and schools. Well, I did that when we moved here upstate NY 3yrs ago and Now we all have LYME...
Husband can now retire after putting his 20yrs in with NYC. Is there ANYPLACE that is kinda safe to live with a lesser chance of Lyme transmssion??
I just like to find a place that while living a normal life, won't get LYMED walking to the mailbox or to the car!
Does anyplace exisit that is a lesser threat of LYME? I know where I am now in Orange County NY is one of the highest incidents of Lyme...and that's only the confirmed cases!!
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Texas .. stay out of the woods though. Go to San Antonio. More arid there.
Arizona?
New Mexico?
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I have yet to see a tick where I live in AZ. I have talked to hunters and they too have never had a tick on their dogs or seen a tick in this area.
Payson, AZ. Small town but great if you like the outdoors...lots of beautiful places to explore.
Mostly a retirement community. Real Estate has dropped a lot since I moved here.
One area use to be $200,000 for just the lot. There has been a home listed in that area for $200,000 lately...a newer home...guessing 3 bedroom 2 bath.
Real Estate in this area goes from prefabs on a lot to high end gated communities.
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I hear Antarctica has some prime real-estate.
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Actually, I feel the same as Jenn. Living in a rural area in New York, surrounded by mice and deer, I have to think about what I put on my feet every time I go out of the house.
Many days you will find me throwing frisbees for the dog outside on the grass while wearing high plastic boots.
But I suspect that this disease really exists in most places, but usually is not diagnosed as lyme. And the good thing about being in an endemic area is that there are LLMDs around. Expensive, but they are here.
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I know. I tell myself look at all the people who have not gotten sick.
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Having lived in Texas and in Missouri, I can tell you that there is little concern about being bitten each day unless you're mowing the lawn or hiking. Definitely more ticks in MO than in TX. (at least in the Ozarks!)
I was Lymed in the woods about 90 miles from Houston. I have NEVER seen a tick in Houston. Not saying they aren't there, however! Never saw one in San Antonio either. ( and mowing the lawn was something I did regularly )
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Were I live there are no deer ticks,and rarely any dog ticks.
Preble county Ohio,huge farms as far as the eye can see.More pigs than people probably.
The farmers spray so much insectiside that the ticks get killed allso.
I got lyme on vacation in kentucky at mamoth Cave national park.
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Yes, I live in Ohio, too. I've only ever seen ticks in the woods or long grass (like in a field). I've never seen one in a yard in the suburbs. I got Lyme in Ohio in a grassy field and again in Indiana in the woods.
Florida. I've never seen one on the beach or in the yards there.
Of course, either place, I'd stay away from the woods or more "natural" places that are unkept.
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i think i'll go to the moon!!!
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I know exactly what you mean! I've even had ticks in my house!
My friend/neighbor had them in hers too. I think the kids must have brought them in from bottom of shoes maybe since they are hard to crush dead!
Another friend/neighbor had them covering her swingset!
Sitting on sofa one day and there were 2 crawling on my arm! In my house!
Everyone here has Lyme too.
And we all can get it here just from walking to mailbox or playing outside with the dogs or kids.
It's right in our backyards! I even got my lawn sprayed this year.
And I was wondering the same thing you were. Where to move to where Lyme isn't rampant.
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- Stay out of Oregon. While there seems to be fewer ticks here than on the east coast, they do exist. But there is not one LLMD. The state has an active campaign against any doctor who even considers lyme beyond a few days' timeline - so for anyone with lyme (or other TBD), they are really at a huge disadvantage. Huge.
If you are seriously considering moving, find a state who has several good LLMDs and who are protected by state law so that they can actually treat.
Anywhere there are birds, mice and other rodents, there is a chance for lyme. I also think that in the next decade, the number of ticks could explode in Oregon. California has already noted important changes but Oregon's rule is to don blindfold and ear plugs and turn away from anyone who even whispers about lyme education.
"MS" rates are high here. "Fibromyalgia" and "MS" draw big bucks for research at the medical college, as long as lyme infection as a possible cause is never considered. It's one of the dirty secrets.
There is an excellent lyme patient support network and they work very hard - and there are a few good LL ND (naturopathic doctors). But the state medical board, itself, is causing horrific harm to its citizens. On purpose.
Oregon is beautiful and the population is generally "health-minded" with all sorts of focus on running races from the mountain to the coast, etc. We have lots of organic food options. People are out and about all year long on their bikes, even in the winter rains.
Perhaps, in part to that can-do athletic attitude - but mostly due to the sheer negative forces of the Oregon medical board - it's just not a safe state for anyone who has (or who could ever get) lyme or any other tick-borne infection. They are ostracized in all manners of speaking.
The media has tried a time or two to cover lyme but always rely on the IDSA stronghold of the state and that always makes lyme patients look like whacko wimps. The media is controlled by the IDSA in this state and that just fries all avenues of lyme education and prevention.
It's humiliating to go for any kind of medical or dental care (even if not lyme related) because the doctors just have no clue and it's very hard to explain why I am the way I am. It's just mortifying. -
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