Wow, thanks! I am reading the replies to my fellow bikers. Trying to convince our best friends to go with us.

We are looking for general thoughts and then we will look in depth at the cities we think might work. I don't want to exhaust you!

Husband is in IT

We have two dogs so I suppose we'll have to be out of the city a bit but I'd rather be in a condo with my bike hanging on the wall. Would love to bike to work or take a train. Hate the thought of a chicago commute from a suburb.

WI cost of housing is may be much less than many of the cities we are looking at but I am not looking at that yet. If there's a will there a way etc

We would take a cooler winter over a hot, humid summer.

Barbara, we'd get along great. We could use you in WI too.