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

[cobalt]

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.

[Aggie_Ama]

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.


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

Austin would be good for his job.

Living in city- HAHA!! Unless you are very well off you will be in suburbia but I don't know your situation. Condos in the city (where practically zero IT jobs are) will cost you a lot. I have to say my commute from past suburbia (I cannot stand the urban sprawl of closer burbs) is not bad. It is 20 miles and takes about 40 minutes plus I have the luxury of biking from my house and being in ranch land with little traffic in 3 miles. Austin motorists are impatient and obnoxious, I wouldn't bike in city without some stronger nerves. I personally do not think our public transportation is up to par but maybe I am just cynical.

Hot summer, don't think you want to come here. Last summer was exceptionally hot but 90's and humid are a norm. I was born here and never left, most summers don't phase me but even last summer was enough to have me whining. By noon on a summer day in Texas you are back in the AC. Another thing transplants don't get- AC is a way of life don't bring a car without AC. That one never ceases to amaze me, the number of northerners that bring cars down with no AC and then quickly realize they can't sell it here to get one with AC. My 90 year old grandma doesn't have it but I think she is the last person in Austin to refuse it.

Still many transplants find themselves in love with Austin. Honestly I love Texas, I am a native Texan through and through. I cannot stand cold, hate winter and don't mind sweating like a pig all summer. I learned a long time ago what a river or lake is for.

[Tuckervill]

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