Reno, NV. Less than an hour from the #1 recreation destination in the US, Lake Tahoe. Little over an hour to American and Feather Rivers. Numerous lakes in and out of wilderness areas, bp in the Sierra, what else is there to life? You have the whole east side of the Sierra to explore outside your window. Downside, NV has one of the highest if not the highest unemployment in the US right now. Truckee River flows right thru Reno. Not sure of the class ranking of the water in the rivers.