@ 40spokeOD-

If you're too far from what you're commuting to, then it's kinda bad. austinallie is an example- Wells Branch to South Lamar is pretty much completely from full north to full south, completely through the city. That's a monster commute even in a car, with the traffic. So if you work south, probably best to live south. I work north and live north.

Drivers are no worse than anywhere else, maybe a bit better since they encounter bikes more often than a town with fewer cyclists. There's the occasional a$$, but it's rare and ignorable. The town is generally set up so there are reasonable routes- the urban areas have low-traveled through streets designated as bike routes, suburbs have bike lanes, in the transition regions the shoulders are nice and wide, and in rural areas there's not much traffic. There are a few roads that it's wise to just stay off, but there's usually an alternate route.