Haha, i am legitimately worried about the endless gray skies in the pac nw. that could play into it as well, outside of bike riding. i have heard strong warnings about the freeze, it does seem very real. though i can't say the bay area is a whole lot different in that aspect at least from the 5 years I've been here (local rbw riders withstanding that rule of course!)
austin is a viable city with tons of job opportunities for me, spent a bit of time there, but probably not going to happen, all my friends just moved away from there. DC or back to Tennessee is the other option if I were to move, those winters are pretty brutal but at least i know what i'm in for. DC can have more temperate summers, 'can' being the key word. but i remember getting pretty stir crazy in the winters. worst case i say screw it and trade in all my bikes for a pirogue and some fishing gear and move back to my home town of new orleans. On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ha. Austin is terrible too, now that you mention it. > Don't move here :D > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Ryan Ray <ryanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Don't listen to these people. Seattle is terrible. >> >> - Extremely high rent/housing prices. >> - Public transportation is woefully underfunded and though we are >> starting to get a little its far too late. >> - It rains all the time. Forever. And its cold, gross rain. Its been >> shown to effect people's mood. Why do you want mood altering rain on >> purpose? It's real bad. >> - Bike people here are awesome and you will easily have an instant group >> of people to hang out with and ride bikes. But the Seattle Freeze is real >> and people here (myself included) just are not very outgoing happy people. >> I blame the rain. You could live here for years and never make a true >> friend. >> >> This place is really bad and I can't think of a reason anyone would want >> to move here. Some people will chime in with their personal experiences >> being slightly different but statistically the rain, the freeze, and the >> housing costs are all facts. If you could look outside my window right now >> you would think its 9:30pm. It's 9:30 AM. >> >> Seattle is a great place if you like working on computers all day and >> playing video games inside all night. >> >> - Ryan >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 8:58:37 AM UTC-8, dstein wrote: >>> >>> Thanks All! My interest lies more in weekend riding, preferably without >>> rain. A sprinkle is fine. But I find a steady rain just isn't worth it to >>> me: poor visibility, slick roads, poor brake performance, etc. Commuting >>> aside, trying to gauge if there are long stretches (weeks, months) where >>> the rain is constant, or if it lets up here and there making it pretty easy >>> to find a dry spell, if even for a few hours. Sounds like the latter (and >>> thats what it seems like when I go there for work). It doesn't rain much in >>> the bay area, but when it does i find it its pretty steady with almost no >>> brake in the action, making it harder to get out. Tennessee was the same >>> way for months on end in the winter, just really poor riding conditions. >>> >>> The seattle summers sound pretty nice! I've been there and the sun going >>> down at 10PM and the great weather make it pretty appealing. >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:24 AM, 'Steve D.' via RBW Owners Bunch < >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I moved to Seattle from San Jose (Fresno North) in '03, and haven't >>>>> looked back. What's great about living in the Pacific Northwest is the >>>>> distinct change of seasons; you can feel the transitions from summer to >>>>> autumn, winter to spring. The riding up in Seattle and its outlying >>>>> suburbs/countryside is awesome. When I'm not working from home, I commute >>>>> by bike, rain or shine. When it snows, I work from home. >>>>> >>>> >>>> What you're missing out on in the Bay Area is when spring hits, the >>>> days get longer. During the summer months, the sun doesn't go down until >>>> 9pm/10pm; lots of late night dinners on the patio after a long commute >>>> home. >>>> >>>> Winter riding is about suiting up to stay dry on the rainy days, which >>>> are not as terrible as a lot of people think (ust don't tell any of your >>>> neighbors I told you that ;) ). Make sure you have good lighting if you're >>>> commuting to work in the winter months. As the days get longer in spring, >>>> lights won't matter as much unless you're riding at 5am. 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