The Bay area is often a losing proposition, financially, for engineering talent. Taxes, housing, general expenses are all outrageous and do not often come with

The Bay area is often a losing proposition, financially, for engineering talent. Taxes, housing, general expenses are all outrageous and do not often come with commensurate salary increases. I personally will not move anywhere in CA due to a few of the things you've listed (NIMBYs, PC, CA political climate in general.) Venture capital is about the only thing SF has that can't be found elsewhere.