Considering moving within US, What city/area would you suggest?

[archibella]

I'll make another vote for Texas-- San Antonio.

-Jobs: some big employers in the area are Toyota, USAA, and SBC. Pay scale may not be as high as other larger cities, but cost of living isn't either...
-You're within 2.5 hrs of the beach, close enough for a day trip but far enough to be out of hurricane range.
-Other weather: Ok... so it gets really really hot and kinda humid in the summer. But winters are wonderful if you don't like cold. Occasionally we have air alerts, but not like Houston and some of the west coast.
-this is the city I started riding in. On the south side you have long flat stretches of farm country; On the north side you have rolling hills to hills; In the city there are tons of streets to explore (although not as bike friendly as Austin, SA is getting there). Also several big parks for mountain biking.
-LBS-- there are several, most of which are good.
-Cost of living is pretty decent, as well as housing costs. You can find just about everything.
-There are several other major cities close-by: Houston and Austin for things you can't find here as well as alternate airports.
-People; the people here are really friendly! I relocated here 3 years ago, and am really enjoying it.
-Entertainment... There are lots of fun restaurants; there's the riverwalk! There isn't as much theatre and classical music as there could be, but we still do ok (have a symphony and a broadway series).

I guess in short, san antonio is like a big small town (of 1.2 million)

good luck on your relocation search!!

[Crankin]

Luv 'in Austin, that brown cloud DOES do damage to your body. Just this summer, I had a "funny looking" chest xray. My internist sent me for a CT scan and then to a pulmonary dr. to look at it. It showed an area of calcification in one lung that probably is scarring from repeated infections like bronchitis. As soon as the pulmonary doc saw that i had lived in Arizona, he said, "Do you know what Cocci is?" I certainly do know what it is, and although I never thought I had "Valley Fever," I guess I must have had it, when I though it was something else. I guess it just took 15 years to show up.