Australia

Adelaide is smaller than Melbourne or Sydney, and thus a fair bit more relaxed. People are less busy, there's less hipsters and less rushing around. On the flip side there's also less high rise buildings, public transport, cultural stuff and the likes. It gets put down as a bit parochial but I love it here.

There is a great choice of food, some wonderful markets (Central market stands out), lots of local produce and great coffee to be had.

Then of course there's easy access to city beaches (1o mins drive or a tram ride), 5 wine regions in the state, and stuff I don't care about all that much like cricket and Aussie rules at the Adelaide Oval, Hindley Street (red light district) and the casino and whatnot.

If you want to venture further, there's access to Kangaroo Island, the Flinders ranges, the river land and all that.

(Mad) March is when ALL THE THINGS seam to really happen. There's the festival, the fringe, the WOMAD, the clipsal 500 for all petrol heads, and the town is overflowing with people of all shapes and sizes. The rest of the year the pace slows down somewhat, which I personally enjoy.

For cycling, I can really not imagine a much better place in terms of access to great rides, many solid climbs and flat beach loops, all within reach from the city , plus the weather is okay or great for most of the year unless it's rainy 5-8 degs winter or a stinking hot summer day of 40+ degs.

If you're into MTB riding there's a shitload of trails and a few MTB parks as well.
Just outside the city there's gravel galore, so 'adventure' riding is good.
Treadly is my bike shop of choice, but there's plenty of other shops.

Should you come to town, hit me up and we can ride together (I'm slow, mind) and have the obligatory BBQ of course.