Will moving to the southern US make you more tan?

Question

I live in Illinois, but I want to move to a state with a warmer climate because I don't like the winters very much. I'm thinking about moving to the South in the future, but I'm thinking that it will make my skin tanner than I want it to be. Does living in a southern state darken your skin significantly? Which US state would you recommend?

I've found that using sunblock or sunscreen helps.

States I'm considering include Arizona, California, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.

Answer 1

I live in North Carolina and I'm tan.. but that's just because I was born with darker than pale skin. Living in a southern state doesn't darken your skin. Being OUTSIDE darkens your skin. If you spend a ton of time outside anywhere without covering your skin up with clothes or sunscreen you're going to get tanner... you can even get a tan being outside when it's cloudy, it's true.

So moving down to one of these states won't make you tanner unless you stay outside more here than you do where you live now.

If you don't like winters though southern North Carolina is a good place, speaking from personal experience. We haven't had more than enough snow just to barely dust the ground for half a day in about two or three years now sadly. I love the cold, let's trade states. :)

Answer 2

Well I live in upstate New York and I get so tan in the summer and spring even that I have been asked by several people on several different occasions if I am latina (never know why somebody would even ask that out of the blue) I've also managed to convince somebody that I was hawaiian before. I am actually some combination of irish german and english, hehehe. So I don't really think it matters how far south you live, it's how often you go out in the sun and how tan you can naturally become.  oh and I would most like to live in North Carolina, I've been there before it's quite nice.

Answer 3

lol it depends on how much time you spend outside

ive got some friends who are really really really really white P:

so it depends on your skin too

Answer 4

Depends if you wear sunblock or not.  Maybe at first you will be red then turn to tan.  Of course its warmer and more sunny in the southern states.

Answer 5

no it just depends on how long you stayout in the sun...i live in alabama and im very white compared to when i lived in rhode island

Answer 6

Texas will definitely make you darker if you're outside at all. I'm assuming it'd probably be the same for Arizona and Florida.

North Carolina probably wouldn't be as bad, and I have no idea about California.

Answer 7

california for sure!!

Answer 8

It will give you skin cancer and diarrhea.

Answer 9

it depends...if u move to california u can get tanned everytime u go out during the summer, but those are not extreme tans. but if u spend everyday outside like at the beach then yeah u will get tanned.

Answer 10

I wouldn't move just to get a better tan, come on! really? Just go to a tanning salon, that will do it, I promise.