Ex Pat

My daughter and son in law just settled in Redding, CA after looking
all over western US.
Wx
9 months of modest temp summer.
3 months of mild winter with rain and everything turns green
Population about 75K with most/all you need for comfortable living.
4+ hours from Sacremento & San Fran if want anything from big City.
Local airport has a training school teaching Foreign pilots for
Foreign Airlines. Lots of "student" type activity.
No idea if any glider activity but mountains not to far distant to
east. I'd guess it self launched not to distant from mountain soaring?
I'll ask my SIL if any soaring but may take a few days for answer.

You may get some comments on Redding and lots of other locations
from group.

Welcome back to the big PX even with Washington spending ur money like
a drunken sailor.

Big John.

************************************************** **********************


On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:22:49 +0000, tienshanman
wrote:


I would appreciates some suggestions…..I am looking for the ideal place
to live in the US – for soaring (I have not told my wife how massively
weighted this particular criterion is!). I am overseas now and more
than likely we will return to the US this summer. I have spent hours on
the net researching places to live which have the best combination of
access to good flying, good schools (3 elem school age kids), a
critical mass of interesting people and culture and good weather. One
thing I do not want to do is drive anything more that about 15 – 20 min
to a glider field and I intend to buy a self launching glider if some
sort so I could presumably fly from a small, welcoming GA airport. I am
open to virtually any region. I’ve been gone for 14 yrs so I’m dealing
with a blank slate. What places should I consider? Why?