Where should we move so we can bike more???

[ilima]

Maybe our daughters will follow if they like where we go.

It could happen! When I was in grad school (Athens, GA which is a super cool place and close to a big city), I was roommates with a woman from upstate NY. She moved back and it was cold and miserable. Met and got married to fellow upstater. When his family's business closed, she persuaded him to move down south and they moved to Raleigh, North Carolina.

They are absolutely loving it, and since they moved about 4 years ago her sister's family has moved from Buffalo and her parents retired and moved down to NC, too.

Although there's no 'big' city, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area is big enough to offer a lot of job opportunities.

I'm now living in Hawaii, but if I had the chance I'd move back to Athens, GA in a heartbeat.

[DebTX]

If I had the chance I'd move back to Athens, GA in a heartbeat.

Funny, a few years ago I was looking to leave NYC and like you had my pick of locales. It was while on a biz trip to Athens, GA (one of the great little spots in America!) that I decided to move to Austin. Athens reminded me of everything I had loved about Austin.

I learned to cycle here so I have no basis for comparison - I'll leave that advice to all those far more experienced with cycling across the country. But it was because of the plethora of lycra here that I said, "Wow, what a beautiful sport - I have to learn to do that!"

I'm a complete non-athlete, but was captivated by the beauty of a body moving on a bicycle. One of these days (years), people will look at me grunting my way up a hill and say, "Man, I wanna learn to do what she's doing!"

[tulip]

Asheville, North Carolina. Oh, but there are hills. Great music, food, weather (not muggy in the summer), etc.

I live in Richmond and I love it. Riding all year round, rolling hills, close to the Chesapeake Bay, great river right downtown for kayaking and such--very outdoorsy. The cost of living is extremely reasonable, and you can easily get to Washington DC and NYC/Boston on the train.

What do you do professionally? That would seem to be a big deciding factor.