Bay Area native here. Born basically at 17 and 85, aside from some months living in Europe, I've lived in the Bay Area my whole life. With my current role, I

Bay Area native here. Born basically at 17 and 85, aside from some months living in Europe, I've lived in the Bay Area my whole life. With my current role, I work at home full time unless traveling -- I do go up to SF now and then to hang out with other team mates who do go into the office. I like the flexibility, the lack of time spent in a car, etc. That said, we will likely relocated for a period of time later this year/early next north of Seattle for a bit of a change (ties there). That may dictate the overall plans we have. Honestly, while having strong ties here (and owning a house) I'm not wedded to this area. Cost for the quality of life (I live in Santa Cruz) is ridiculous -- crime, drugs, etc. -- surfing and biking are great though. I suspect the balance we will end up finding is part time in CA, part time in WA, and part time in Europe -- we both currently have location independent jobs.