Originally Posted by
turkey9186
I grew up "south of Salem and north of Eugene," and still have family in the area. After living in the SF bay area for the last twenty years I could never go back to the cold and wet.
In the last few years I have spent time in the Carson City- Minden area. Close to Tahoe, four hour drive to the ocean, Reno airport is close. The winters can get cold, but usually not for long, and the white stuff does not stick around. If the summer temps get too hot, Tahoe is a half hour drive.
That's a great area...as scenic as parts of the UT basin without the "do you belong?" question. Great road riding and great MTB. Pretty much great outdoor stuff all the way around. Two weeks or so of hot in the summer, otherwise really pleasant. And right now it's bargain basement real estate. It won't stay that way...what drove the initial run up was people retiring out of CA with 401k/Options that they didn't want to pay 11% tax on; NV has zero state income tax.
Originally Posted by
cyclinfool
I have been there in various seasons. I worry about forest fires there, could loose everything.
Fires can happen anywhere in the west; there's virtually nowhere on earth where you can avoid natural disasters of some type.