Austria is crazy regulated. Maybe not as bad as Bavaria ( or at least my moms new bavarian husband claims so) but still bad. They have some nice spots but I think the Frenchies do it better. Never been in Andora though. Maribor is nice but it's a single city and as someone mentioned - they have one of the best mountains for building trails on the planet.You're right, especially in the region where I live. But the problem is still the same. If Italy goes bancrupt our region will also go down the drain. Hopefully we will get a new president soon. Silvio wants to step back. The hope is that we get some things sorted. Otherwise our future will look like that in Greece.
Also people here don't really like mountain biking (south tyrol, german part of Italy) but its getting better.
Personally I think Austria would be the better place to ride and live. Awesome and motivated people, nice mountains, good snow in the winter and the girls are definitely friendlier