Replying to Best City to Live in Now that I'm an Adult

I'm going to finally graduate college in December with an environmental engineering degree and I imagine my best job prospects are going to be in a city instead of a resort town. I figure while its summer and I'm only working part time I ought to start looking for jobs now. Let's here some suggestions. Salt Lake City, Denver, Vancouver, Reno? I'm in the Denver metro area right now and it's sick when I can ski on a week day, but I-70 weekend traffic is killer. I skied snowbird for the first time this winter and was surprised by how minimal the traffic was by comparison, but I've heard horror stories about the Mormon population. I imagine the ski community in Salt Lake is rad, but I'm worried about company politics that might hold me back if I don't fit into their idea of a professional.

Also where can I find a good place to go night skiing? Boreal is sick, you can make laps on their park until 9 pm. And my home resort was rad as well some of the best power I had growing up was on a Thursday night when the resort was empty.

Anyways, help is appreciated! Thanks!