Move to Texas, especially W or N of Houston, less low clouds slow to burn off and the 850-700 mb flow is more directly off the Mexican plateau. Watching cu bubbling up from a clear sky, actually seeing the clouds grow, anvil crawler lightning, 6 inch hail stones. I spent my youth in Massapequa, I saw hail once. Storms approaching NYC from NJ would break up on Frank Fields old black and white radar just before reaching the Hudson. Like clockwork. The first thunderstorm with constant strobe light lightning and hail in DFW, that was an eye opener.