[pascalxus]

Austin is just as good 9 months out of the year, I hear.

Albuquerque NM, is every bit as good (i'm told) as the bay area, with 8 times cheaper housing. there are many more examples you can find in the US that have nearly as good weather.

[dreamcompiler]

Albuquerque has awesome weather,* no significant earthquakes, gorgeous scenery (tons of movies are shot around here), fantastic cultural diversity, a decent university, great food, plenty of housing and land to build on, and low taxes and CoL.

*Albuquerque is a mile high, so its climate is much more like Denver than like Phoenix.

What's not so great are a somewhat dysfunctional and corrupt state government, second-class health care and public schools, and a high-tech community that revolves almost entirely around defense work that requires a security clearance. Many of these would be remedied if Albuquerque somehow got a significant influx of startups.

[house9-2]

It is not just 'good weather', the actual climate is way better due to proximity to the pacific ocean.

[headsupftw]

Well, you heard wrong. Both places are much hotter in the summer than the bay area.

[dreamcompiler]

I find Austin uncomfortable in summer because of its humidity. Albuquerque is about the same temperature as Austin but because it's dry it's not uncomfortable.

[IWeldMelons]

Austin is not that humid. Compared to say Chicago or NYC.

[dreamcompiler]

Or Houston. But it's much wetter than Albuquerque.