I've never been further west than ... umm, Buffalo, NY (just checked the map).
I confess the idea of being absolutely land locked kind of freaks me out and I have no idea why.
And the whole "you don't like the weather, wait five minutes" eh, not so great for a person who is arthritic AND weather sensitive. As far as I'm concerned the less interesting the weather is the better.
Of course the argument could be made for a desert environment but the local fauna including scorpions, tarantulas and fire ants *shudder* ... newp, no, uh uh, not gonna happen.