In article . com,
"Ben Hallert" wrote:

Southern California. Weather has a huge effect on how often you can
fly. I trained at SMO Santa Monica and was able to fly almost every
day. Now I live in Oregon, and there are nowhere near as many
opportunities.

SoCal all the way. Plus, you get to learn in a busy airspace that'll
prepare you to fly almost anywhere. It's a great learning environment.


Or somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley or lower Sierra foothills, like
Fresno, Sacramento, Stockton, or further north or south of those.

Maybe not quite as good weather, but pretty darn good. Probably
significantly lower cost. Increasingly good job opportunities these
days.

And easy access to both San Francisco and SoCal area attractions (via
either wings or wheels) when you want them -- plus Yosemite, Tahoe,
Carmel, the Delta, the Sierra, Shasta, etc.

Or Reno area: more remote from some of these attractions, but surely
cheaper, and steadily becoming a more interesting place.

But I have no idea where the best flight training options (instructors,
FBOs) would be found in any of those regions.