Reno.
Small town which, because of the casinos, is open 24/7 for trouble. Perfect climate for an easterner cuz you got all four seasons but none of em too severe (you can visit 14 ft of snow in literally 15 minutes while getting less than a foot total each year in town). Job market so-so, but cheap living. And it is the best town in America to get out of. Burning man desert stuff, Pyramid Lake (a tiny leftover sea with its own monster), top-notch flyfishing in the E Walker River and other runoff cricks, Tahoe (Emerald Bay, nude beaches, Shakespeare on the Lake, night life, great closer for dates that begin in Reno), Yosemite and tremendous
find your own slices o' heaven an hour away in the Sierras, 4 hrs over the hump to San Francisco, and $40 Vegas flights running day & night.