where can you live that has all this?

victoria bc has perfect weather

shorts t-shirt year round very little rain

no parking

housing expensive

I'd say Boise or Fort Collins, CO.

Bend, OR is great, but a little on the pricier side lately.

Try to find somewhere in Washington or Northern California.

I live in Salt Lake and it definitely fits your criteria. But please stay away. The trails are too crowded as it is.

So many of the criteria are too subjective.

Boise, SLC, Fort Collins, Spokane, Boulder would fit my interpretation of your criteria.

Albuquerque!

Affordable knocks out some of the areas mentioned.

I would vote Boise region Reno Region maybe Flagstaff? All are a bit chilly.

2nd vote for Bellingham WA

Fort Collins, CO matches all of these descriptions except skiing, unless you are into back country, then there are plenty of close by options without traffic. Resort skiing from FOCO means leaving at 5 am and still fighting traffic on I-70.

If you like beer or being in a real bar you realistically can't live in Utah...

Colorado Springs.

Much cheaper than Denver, closer to the mountains, large running community, great trails, can run outdoors year around. Don't have to take I-70 to get to a major ski resort. Close enough to Denver to take advantage of entertainment options there like concerts, sports, festivals.

Sacramento. Affordable and has everything you could possibly imagine within 2 hours

Missoula. Jobs aren't there like a big city but everything else makes up for it. Running equivalent to Boulder in my opinion.

Pocatello, ID

Close to skiing, hiking and the city even maintains two very long rock walls that are 10m high for top roping in Ross park (over 100 different routes). Targhee National Forest borders the city, and Teton and Yellowstone are a both within a few hours.

Trails are pretty good.

Less than 100k in population. Very affordable.

I grew up in Boise and I preferred living in Pocatello.

In outdoor recreation terms Pocatello has everything Boise has but a much lower cost of living and no traffic.

Boise (and almost all the other places listed) have Pocatello beat if you look at restaurants, museums, and night life...but those things seem less important to you.

Only other draw back is Mormons dominate eastern Idaho; but Pokey has a lot more diversity than Idaho Falls. My job moved me away from Pocatello a few years back, but it has been my favorite place to live (and I've lived in Colorado Springs/Boise/Seattle/Spokane).

Slcman wrote:

I live in Salt Lake and it definitely fits your criteria. But please stay away. The trails are too crowded as it is.

Also live in slc and it fits everything you asked for. However, if the trails are too crowded, you should probably venture off the BST and hit some of the real trails where you'll see hardly anyone. I can show you hundreds of miles of easily accessible trails where you'll seldom see another soul.

But in terms of more people living here, no. Stay out, we're full.

Answer is on page 1. Easy peasy.

Colorado Springs is growing quick. You can get to Monarch pretty easily for snowboarding; cost of living is pretty damn cheap (in comparison to Denver). If the Hyperloop becomes a real thing then you can travel fromt he Springs to Denver in 9 minutes.

I lived there for four years and loved every second of it. Some areas are trashy, but that happens anywhere. It's definitely on my list of cities to settle down in one day.

Traffic is spiraling out of control here in Sac. No new roads, lots of new people.

West coast living wrote:

Sacramento. Affordable and has everything you could possibly imagine within 2 hours

Ski the East! If you can't handle the ice you can't ski! You sound like such a prissy wimp.

Sounds like Salt Lake. Some pretty nice areas on the east and south east.