Best place for bike commuting?
06-25-12 | 04:16 PM
#26
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San Francisco: good network of bike lanes that is rapidly improving, excellent bicycle culture, excellent year-round snow-free weather, lots of high paying jobs (and more companies trying to move here all the time). And of course San Francisco is the most beautiful city in the USA.
06-25-12 | 05:43 PM
#27
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From: NW Texas
Don't care for CA for several reasons although I know the weather is generally great.
I have considered the PNW. I have some family members in both the Portland and Seattle areas.
Also long considered CO. Have family in Col Springs.
My son has suggested Minnesota. He apparently has researched the job market and says it's doing well there. Don't know if I or my wife would want to deal with the winters there though.
DC is out, sorry, even though a number of my wife's family members live nearby in VA and MD.
Also looked somewhat at AZ and NM.
Hearing y'all talk about cities, remember I came from Houston, 4th largest city in the USA with over 6 million in the greater metro area. So anything considerably smaller would be a welcome change. I also grew up with the heat and humidity. I also want to get off the coast and away from constant street flooding and hurricanes. We have to deal with typhoons here as well.
Thanks for all the input so far. Keep 'em coming. I am reading and considering each location.
I have considered the PNW. I have some family members in both the Portland and Seattle areas.
Also long considered CO. Have family in Col Springs.
My son has suggested Minnesota. He apparently has researched the job market and says it's doing well there. Don't know if I or my wife would want to deal with the winters there though.
DC is out, sorry, even though a number of my wife's family members live nearby in VA and MD.
Also looked somewhat at AZ and NM.
Hearing y'all talk about cities, remember I came from Houston, 4th largest city in the USA with over 6 million in the greater metro area. So anything considerably smaller would be a welcome change. I also grew up with the heat and humidity. I also want to get off the coast and away from constant street flooding and hurricanes. We have to deal with typhoons here as well.
Thanks for all the input so far. Keep 'em coming. I am reading and considering each location.
06-25-12 | 05:57 PM
#28
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From: Brooklyn NY
Bikes: Kuota Kredo/Chorus, Trek 7000 commuter, Trek 8000 MTB and a few others
Come on, everybody knows its New York City. Really. Beats Seattle hands down for cycling. I have a 10 mile commute from Brooklyn to 42nd Street in Manhattan and I'm NOT on bike lanes for maybe a mile of it, mostly in my quiet neighborhood. Job market is still OK here, as is the housing market.
06-25-12 | 06:03 PM
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I second Austin 
If you live downtown you can go completely car free, but even if you're out in the burbs, we have bike Mecca's like Parmer that can get you to just about any side road to commute back and forth safely.
I just wish trails like Brushy Creek path also head a bit south so you could get to shopping areas a bit safer
If you live downtown you can go completely car free, but even if you're out in the burbs, we have bike Mecca's like Parmer that can get you to just about any side road to commute back and forth safely. I just wish trails like Brushy Creek path also head a bit south so you could get to shopping areas a bit safer
