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I travel between Sunnyvale (company HQ) and Austin (home) fairly often. It all depends on your priorities of course - but the quality of life in the Bay Area do
by mud_dauber 10y ago
I travel between Sunnyvale (company HQ) and Austin (home) fairly often. It all depends on your priorities of course - but the quality of life in the Bay Area doesn't hold a candle to Austin.
- b3b0p 10y agoAre you saying the quality of life is better in Austin? (I'm in Austin and am / was considering moving to Palo Alto or San Francisco.)
- baccheion 10y agoFor that, just divide yearly_salary by monthly_rent (for the same type/size of housing). You can also check crime data and other such things on http://www.city-data.com http://www.city-data.com . Many move from the Bay Area to Austin, Seattle, North Carolina, etc, especially when they're ready to buy a house. Unless something special is waiting for you, I'd say San Francisco will be a step down. I'd definitely recommend visiting first. If you're moving for career reasons, then you should first see if the Bay Area company will allow remote working.
- b3b0p 10y agoI've been there a number of times, but not for extended periods. I'm not moving, but the idea of moving has crossed my mind. I have no kids or family and I currently live downtown Austin in a studio (no car and bike everywhere without problems). I have a job at a local start up right now, but things change.