Yep, agree with this 100%. I'm from New Zealand, but live in San Francisco. Went back a few weeks ago for a wedding, and was struck by how I had changed compare

Yep, agree with this 100%. I'm from New Zealand, but live in San Francisco. Went back a few weeks ago for a wedding, and was struck by how I had changed compared to the environment. I don't see how I could live back there in the next ten years (I'm only a few years out of college) without it having a significantly detrimental effect on my career. Simply put, my friends in San Francisco are smarter, harder working and more ambitious than my friends back home. I think a big part of this is that they've also all chosen to live here.