Best location for biking/working.
I know you asked about biking/working in the US, but I'm a Canadian who moved his family to Switzerland 3 years ago. I used to think Canada was the place to be, but man this is it! Haven't looked back or been homesick since the day I got here. I ride 15 km to work each way, over a mountain and through a forrest. The Swiss cycling scene has reached a maturity far beyond that in North America. Tensions between bikers, dogs, cars & hikers are do not exist here like they do back home.
I went back to Ottawa last summer and brought my bike. Well didn't I get chased by dogs, cut off by cars and smacked on the ass by rednecks in a half-ton. Couldn't wait to get back to Switzerland, where cyclists enjoy respect and a certain admiration by the general populace.