Originally Posted by
hhnngg1
In the US - it's really hard to be where I live, "South bay" near san francisco. It's Silicon valley, which means the towns around Stanford/Palo Alto.
Pros:
- TRUE year-round riding. It never really snows here, and stays sunny year round. Rains just enough in the spring (only) to have good tree cover, unlike LA/San Diego, which are mostly bereft of tree cover. You can't really compare Boulder or or other lovely areas as many other places have inclement weather (snow or heat) that shut down cycling for several months of the year.
Sure you can since the inclement weather in Boulder usually only shuts down cycling for part of a day (snow is often gone by the afternoon).
The climate isn't as temperate as the Bay Area (average highs in December and January are 45 not 60 degrees, lows are 20 not 40) and you probably don't want to do much riding in real mountains where the snow does stick around.
( I lived in Boulder, CO for 15 years and have been hanging around Silicon Valley for 5)
- There is only one con, but it's a big one. It's hella expensive to buy/rent real estate here. Not NYC bad, but pretty much more expensive than any other suburb-type place in the US.
Another way of looking at it is that you get less for the same money. You can buy a nice 1200 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom double-wide mobile home and rent the slot it sits on for $1500/month with a $20,000 down payment including earthquake and flood insurance although nearby 2-bedroom apartments in the area run $2000-$3000/month.