Originally Posted by
Hugo Stiglitz
Thanks for the input guys. What about OAK? I know its expensive in the Bay Area, but I like road biking and running, and the moderate temps there would be advantageous to that year round. Plus it's a 3 or
4 hour drive to Tahoe for some good skiing.
OAK is awesome. (I've lived here since 1997 and I hangar my airplane at OAK.) While the Bay Area isn't cheap, parts of the East and South Bays are pretty affordable. Especially the Concord, Pittsburg, Livermore, and Fremont areas. Not so much for houses, but for condos/ apartments the rents are almost decent in the outlying areas
Weather is fantastic year round, except Jan-Feb where it can rain for a while. Snow? Unheard of. Temps never drop below 40dF, and almost never go above 90dF. You've got great hiking, biking, surfing (OK it's pretty cold to surf, but people do), plus the wine country, the California coast and beaches, fantastic restaurants, and a laid-back lifestyle. As a New York native, I can tell you I'm never, ever moving back East.
Now if only I could get a couple thousand hours of turbine time and a 73 type, I'd be the happiest SWA FO ever...