Austria is crazy regulated. Maybe not as bad as Bavaria ( or at least my moms new bavarian husband claims so) but still bad. They have some nice spots but I think the Frenchies do it better. Never been in Andora though. Maribor is nice but it's a single city and as someone mentioned - they have one of the best mountains for building trails on the planet.You're right, especially in the region where I live. But the problem is still the same. If Italy goes bancrupt our region will also go down the drain. Hopefully we will get a new president soon. Silvio wants to step back. The hope is that we get some things sorted. Otherwise our future will look like that in Greece.
Also people here don't really like mountain biking (south tyrol, german part of Italy) but its getting better.
Personally I think Austria would be the better place to ride and live. Awesome and motivated people, nice mountains, good snow in the winter and the girls are definitely friendlier
If you were going to move somewhere just for the biking, where would it be?
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Burlington VT/ surrounding area has tons of xc within 30 min drive. Bromont, Whiteface, Sugarbush, Killington and Burke all within 2 hours. Mt Snow Attitash Sunday River about 3 hours away or so. Plattekill is 4 or so but always worth the drive from hell. Dirt Jumps in Johnson and Stowe about an hour from BVT. The winter isn't bad either 1.5 away from Jay Peak 40 mins to Smuggs Crotch. Plus the New England race race scene. Efta for XC and GES / ESC / Diablo Series for DH. MTB is what all these two plankers do here in the summer.
Vancouver BC. Ski Whistler all winter, ride Whistler all summer.
British Columbia...but I'm not sure they'd let me through customs once they opened the Ryder truck and peeked inside my gun safe. "Them's all huntin' implements there, occifer!"
Best place to live for riding? In an RV, on friends couches, tent, etc.
The legal Johnny Appleseed, but with a lot more guns?
And probably fatter.
Someplace with good road riding.
This has actually become a possibility since I posted this. A small possibility right now, but, the possibility is there. Posting closes in 4 days, hopefully an interview will follow.........
What's it for?
With the airline I currently work for. Not really based in Bend per se, but if I get the job, when I'm not traveling I would be "working out of the home" with the possibility of "home" being where ever I damn well please. Should I get said job, I would say the possibility of a return to Oregon is in the 90th Percentile. Bend or back to P-town. I will definitely be PM'ing you if this looks like it could happen.
Squammish.
well good luck!
good luck to you and a sunnier disposition.....no more SS death marches?
Oh, I figure any move is going to be >1 year out to prep the house, settle into the new job, watch the housing market continue to implode, etc. Plenty of time for that sadist to take another swipe at killing me.
Next spring. Moab. Death.Oh, I figure any move is going to be >1 year out to prep the house, settle into the new job, watch the housing market continue to implode, etc. Plenty of time for that sadist to take another swipe at killing me.
Hey, we're hitting Moab end of March/beginning of April...
What you say intrigues me and I would like to subscribe to your news letter.Next spring. Moab. Death.
Chances are someone else will get the job, but I'll still be up for another lung buster.
As it happens there is likely to be *WAY* more drinking of rum than doing death-march rides... but it's still a chance of death, no?
Utar is a nice place if you're mostly an XC rider. I live up north and there's a ton of xc riding around here. Gooseberry is about 5 hours away, Moab is 4 hours away, Fruita is 5, not to mention all of the xc riding in SLC and Park City. There's a ton of XC riding to be done out here. Not nearly as much DH riding as I wish there was, but there are still some alright spotss here and there if you know where to look.
Maybe more.......
So much for Mother Oregon and a "sunnier disposition". Got a phone call from the dept. manager who wanted to talk pay first, before we even talked about setting up an interview. I actually LOL'D when he gave the pay range. 20-25k pay cut. I don't want out of here that bad. Guess that gives SS a more open time line to give me a lung aneurysm.
Got a phone call from the dept. manager who wanted to talk pay first, before we even talked about setting up an interview. I actually LOL'D when he gave the pay range. 20-25k pay cut. I don't want out of here that bad. Guess that gives SS a more open time line to give me a lung aneurysm.
Yes, you don't move here for more money, you move here for better outdoor options, less aholes, and less traffic.
Sure. But I need to eat too.
Lies.
i have looked at Bend 3 times, but never hard enough to move there. It's close enough to visit, though.
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That was about what I ended up taking to move to Medford. That move was NOT worth it, hense my return to p-town.Pesqueeb said:
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That's it? I took a 40k pay cut. I found stuff to be cheaper here though. No guts no glory. I have never regretted moving here.
What's the property/rent price situation like in Bend? If I wanted let's say a 3br, 2ba, 2 car garage house with a fence, what would I owe every month in rent? What's the asking price like on something like that in a decent neighborhood?
I miss Bend. Spent a lot of time there when I was going to U of O.
I miss Bend. Spent a lot of time there when I was going to U of O.
Based on what I saw, you could probably buy cheaper than rent. The number of foreclosures was shocking.