Kathryn brought this to my attention. It’s a list, from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, of the top 100 cities that are “the most challenging places to live with allergies this fall in the United States.”
As she noted, “We are up there, but better than Charleston or Augusta!” Columbia came in 33rd on the list; Charleston was 26th, and Augusta was 27th.
But then I looked at the list, and discovered something more startling — I have lived in three of the top 11 cities, including No. 1 Wichita. (The other two were No. 5 Memphis and No. 11 New Orleans.) I also lived in Charleston as a kid.
Lower down on the list, I’ve lived in Philadelphia, No. 42; and Washington, No. 83. OK, technically I lived in Woodbury, N.J., and Kensington, Md., but each was close.
So, given that I’m a hyperallergic kind of guy, I can really pick ’em, can’t I?
At least I made a relatively smart move coming here from Wichita…
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but the spring allergies here have to be worse than those in Wichita, no?
In late spring in Kansas there’s the wheat harvest; the sky turns tan with dust.
Hot and humid, who’d think there’d be a problem with allergies? If I had them I’d move to some place like Colorado.