I'd lived here pretty much for a decade in 2010.
Riding stuff never changed, the people haven't really either. It is great for mountain biking, four wheel driving, trailriding, surfing, hiking...any of those things. So long as you have a job secure and well paid enough to afford you the time to do them.
What I said then was weighing the same compromises...but also what I said then was when real estate/rent was just over 50% of the price it is now, pay was roughly the same, yada yada the economics are the sole change and entirely for the negative, which has significantly tipped the balance. Back then I could afford to go riding a few times a week; now most of that time is taken up with work to cover overheads.
I'd come here for a riding holiday, I wouldn't move here again, in hindsight.