alt Hacker News>"Okay but what if they are outdoorsy and like to spend weekend in places like the Sierras, snowboard/ski, and proximity to national parks?"
Whiteface and Killington are about the same drive as Tahoe from SF, with vertical on par (3k+). Catskills even closer. There's no Yosemite obviously, but upstate NY/Vermont is as good as it gets east of the Rockies.
Okay so a handful of small and medium resorts by Tahoe and mammoth standards exist and there’s forested areas... “As good as it gets east of the Rockies” that’s exactly my point. It’s not NYC’s fault, it’s just not comparable. NYC is definitely a bigger city, and will be fine for some.
glancing at a light pollution map of the USA is really revealing as well.