Sacramento: Flat, yes. (Light) rail, yes. Affordability, maybe. Climate, out of the washing machine into the pressure cooker.

Las Vegas: Flat, yes. Rail (non tourist), no. Affordability, yes. Climate, hot and dry.

Los Angeles suburbs: Flat, available. Rail, in places. Affordability, maybe. Climate, nice.

South SF Bay area (as mentioned above by Knot): Flat, available. Rail, in places. Affordability, maybe not so. Climate, nice.


The desires for affordability and rail based transit are probably mutually exclusive.