Where should I move?

[Starfish]

Do you LOVE where you live (or have lived before)?

I have the opportunity to move in the next year or so, and I would love to hear why your area (in the U.S.) is cycling nirvana and a great place to live & work!

I love a dry climate, lots of sunshine, snow OK in winter, mountains, and at least one big body of water (large river, lake, etc). Prefer small/medium town with access (maybe 1-2 hour drive) to larger town/city. And, I want a GREAT place to be a roadie (and maybe a place to learn X-country biking, too). I'm more of a western U.S. kind of girl, but who knows?

I would love to hear from the wonderful TE women!

[KnottedYet]

Eugene, Oregon.

[pooks]

Estes Park, Colorado would be my choice.

[Starfish]

Pooks...details, details!!

[Starfish]

Knot...Eugene does not have a dry climate...does it? Or, is that an incorrect stereotype I have?

[Trek420]

Don't tell anyone about what I think is the most beautiful part of CA; Sonoma County.

Small towns I'm thinking Sebastapol, Healdsburgh, Pt. Reyes, Fairfax whoops, that's in Marin county let's go back to Sonoma ... Petaluma, Calistoga ... you might like Santa Cruz to the south of the Bay ....lots of small towns to choose from.

Snow aka the Sierras and Tahoe not too far away, got everything else you need.

[pooks]

Well, Rocky Mountain National Park is my favorite place to camp, and I'd love to live in Estes Park (right there at the national park entrance) which is about an hour from Boulder, which is another way cool place, and not much farther to Denver.

It's dry in the mountains. The only thing not so available is the large body of water, though there are mountain lakes and streams all over.

Chasm Falls:



And cyclists riding up Fall River Road in the park:

[KnottedYet]

Knot...Eugene does not have a dry climate...does it? Or, is that an incorrect stereotype I have?

Well, drier than around here!

www.eugene-or.gov

[Starfish]

Pooks, thanks!

Trek420, I LOVED the visits I have done to Sonoma. Are there mountains visible from there? It has been awhile since I've been...

[Starfish]

Well, drier than around here!

Is there anywhere that isn't? Hey, I lived in Seattle for 10 years!

[KnottedYet]

Pt. Reyes, Fairfax whoops, that's in Marin county let's go back to Sonoma

you threw those in for my benefit, didn'tcha? sneaky, sneaky.

[SadieKate]

Does X-country biking mean mountain bikiing or touring on a road bike?

If XC mtbiking plus all your other criteria, Bend, Oregonia.

The dry side of the Cascades with mountains on one side and flat on the other. Fabulous mtbiking, road biking, skiing, water sports, etc. ,etc., etc. Distilleries, breweries, Washington pinots within reach. What's not to like?

That's where I'm headed.

[SadieKate]

Trek420, I LOVED the visits I have done to Sonoma. Are there mountains visible from there? It has been awhile since I've been...

Oh yeah, those mountains we were all recently arguing about whether you need a triple to ride.

[KnottedYet]

Is there anywhere that isn't? Hey, I lived in Seattle for 10 years!

I grew up here, and actually like the rain. But my nearest-and-dearest isn't a rainy kind of critter. So I've a feeling I'll be living somewhere drier someday. but I'll manage.

[LBTC]

Vernon, BC

Okay, I know, that's not in the US, but it *is* gorgeous, pretty small, long dry summer, snow in winter, nestled between 3 lakes, large cycling community of every kind, world class x-c skiing, plus downhill skiing, and a great road climb in the summer to get up to the hill, easy access to high altitude training, nice flowers, nice people, and, holy cow, in the spring the city sends a chipper around to chip the branches you've pruned in your yard....and they even rake the grass!

It's a great place to live!

What do you do for work?

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~