When we moved from CA to TX, we faced this
question. We wanted trails to ride. My husbands office was down in Dallas. The
best trails were about 65 miles from there. What we considered more than the
actual mileage was, what "kind" of commute. Traffic? Easy drive? Farm roads?
Freeway? And, the QUALITY of the home you went home to each night. This was very
important. We would have never driven over an hour to our little stucco
house in So. CA fighting freeway traffic. But, our house in the country,
in a small town (5000 population is small after living in So. CA) was well worth
the drive on highways and country roads with minimal traffic. We still have to
trailer over to the trail system, which is about a 35 min. haul on mostly
dirt/gravel roads. But once there, we have over 75 miles of permanently marked
trails, with more unimproved trails scattered between.
So, consider WHAT you are driving home to, and what
kind of commute. Consider weather changes, and if in the winter it will be snow
and ice.
