Where is it worse to train: midwest or gulf coast?

I’m going on year 9 in the Midwest with nary a visit to the gulf coast (not sure Orlando, FL qualifies) but I think that the Midwest ain’t so bad.

We just had a pretty rough winter (Wisconsin, formerly Illinois), yet even the East coast got shellacked. The winter involved more slogs than I can ever remember. Usually there are some respites where you can test speed a bit more, but this year seemed devoid.

And yet, with that, temperatures in the upper 50s/low 60s today allowed me to really rip one without going to the well. I was surprised.

I think that’s where OP’s reference to hills is credible as those have always been secret speed for me. 2/3 of my runs probably start with an uphill mile and while it seems a struggle every time, the benefits seem to be there. With that, we’ll see what the summer has in store. Whatever the humidity I can’t imagine it’s worse than Gulf Coast, though perhaps some of them are moderated by bodies of water and air currents?

Did I tire of the winter this year? Absolutely. Was I finally considering that device called a treadmill? Yes (primarily so I won’t fall and break my a$$ on the often suspect footing). But if you can survive it, you can thrive in it.

Gulf coast is good for deepwater fishing. And if you call the swamps in Louisiana the coast, then they even play a bit of football, but it's a terrible place to be running around, too many snakes. Midwest is always overrated in football, so probably not a bad place to run if that's all you're good at.

Houston has good whiskey

Texas mostly a dump tho