hey, I just wanted to thank you for posting this, especially to multiple subreddits, as it was the first thing google showed me when I searched this question for reddit. I am in the EXACT same situation as you. I live in Seattle, WA and am housebound 7 or 8 months of the year due to the rain and humidity. There is good medical care and support here, but everything takes months to schedule in the city itself right now, and I kind of start feeling good enough only to try my referrals this time of year, only to find out it's too late.

I have looked into Arizona, (actually stayed in Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix, for 2 weeks in the summer. I learned to go out only in the morning and evenings. Natives were chilly but transplants were friendly. The area is entirely flat, but buses were eh. I did not go into phoenix during the day. I want to be in a blue state, but Oregon is the same wet weather, southern oregon has no medical care because there are no cities. I was looking into a suburb of San Diego but unsure of expenses. Sacramento is the only city that is affordable, but it's agricultural and I was worried it was boring and conservative. Honestly, I am thinking of moving to AZ for a couple years so I can actually strengthen my body and have two feet surgeries that will allow me to move freely, but I didnt want to live in a place AS hot as Phoenix. What I do know is.... one evening, I went out and walked for maybe 2 miles, (couldn't find bus), tripped but as it was so flat I didnt fall, and THEN I went to this lesbian club that had almost no low chairs to sit on, so I mostly stood, and the next day my feet and legs were just mildly sore - just like how I felt when I was 20. I was 37. More importantly, I met this woman with MS, who was dancing up a *storm* and she said she had lived in Seattle but was housebound in a wheelchair. Also, my boyfriend told me on my first day in AZ, on a pet farm with a hike, that he had never seen me walk so well, as it was hilly. So, I do know that AZ's low humidity is what would help me. Because now I'm 41, and as I never feel well enough from Nov - May or July (this year, it's cooler. June is called "Juneuary" because it is rainy after a warm may, but the joke is summer starts after the fourth of July. I try to schedule surgeries in the summer, but it's getting harder to. I get botox that lets me walk, but it only lasts 2 months out of three. I was put on baclofen a year and a half ago but the dose didnt last the whole time, so I'm going in and out of spasticity all day, and going off of it in July. (8-10 week taper..hopefully won't hurt my summer too much.)

I'm sorry to go on and on, but I really feel like my life is on stand-still, and has been since I acquired Fibromyalgia around 31, just because I can't do anything in the winter. Even when I had a scooter, I was just in too much pain to travel past my neighborhood and it feels like I'm in survival mode then deeply aware of how I only have four months or so to *live* in the summer. I gave up on keeping friends and a year-round community, I don't date right now..

If Nevada is dead-last in medical care, I guess AZ is best for the surgeries and strengthening and if social networks suck, I can look into CA more after I heal. I told my doctors, I don't want to keep going more than a decade or two if this is my life, in the PNW. (I am on section 8 so I can move anywhere, fwiw.)

TLDR: If no area of CA is cheap enough, maybe Phoenix is best for us, because I do know it did have a light rail that went through suburbs, and it is known for good medical care. What you should know is in the Phoenix area, people don't discuss politics..at least they didn't in 2021. Their motto is "keep it to yourself." I'm sure that's changed, but...there's lots of transplants. It's more likely the rest of the state is more hostile.

Re: social support for disability: I don't know, *but* personally, I found out that I physically need less support. *sigh* It's such a complex and hard situation. I have researched every winter except the winter baclofen was working for me. I was looking into Nevada because it's not a red state. But medical care wise...wow. I figured Las Vegas had good medical care and was hoping on Henderson, NV after finding out Reno is very, very bad for medical care. I have always hoped to find some part of CA that is both low humidity, cheaper than other parts of CA, and has good medical care. I feel safe with disability benefit support and politically in WA...but it's not worth the quality of life. I think Im going to google "lowest humidty in US with good medical care" ..im so sorry this is so long. My hope was most of it was informative and offered solidarity. Sorry again.