Giant Escape City and the KHS Urban-X are within your budget. On paper, I give the nod to the KHS- the choice of components may not be the best, but they work. The Reynolds 520 and 700x40 tires will absorb a bunch of the chatter from the crappy roads, the disc brakes enhance stopping power in the wet, and that 11-34 cassette should get you up just about any hill.