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I'm moving to the bay area from Baltimore for a lot of reasons. First, the salary increase means I'll be putting away more money every year, housing costs consi

I'm moving to the bay area from Baltimore for a lot of reasons. First, the salary increase means I'll be putting away more money every year, housing costs considered. Second, Baltimore is a mess. The roads are horrible and there is an insane amount of crime. Third, the weather is better and there are fewer bugs. Baltimore is cheap, but I want to live somewhere that I can ride my bike without the fear of getting killed for it.

paul7986 8y ago
Harford County.. Bel Air, Fallston .. Baltimore County like Hunt Valley and many other similar areas that are suburbs not city. Buying a house in PA on almost Silicon Valley (working remotely) salary you can buy two and other investments.
tjr225 8y ago
There's another great thing about the west coast that cheap houses can't get you- and it's a beautiful culture of outdoorsiness and insanely easy access to mountains, oceans, and desert within an hour or twos drive- this is true from Seattle to San Diego. You can seriously go on a little mini vacation every weekend for almost no money. I suppose if money were no object - why would you choose to live elsewhere?
- erikpukinskis 8y ago
  The mountains are more like a 4h drive from San Francisco though.
  - tjr225 8y ago
    Sure but you have incredible and unique protected beauty just north of the Golden Gate Bridge so SF gets a pass.
    - erikpukinskis 8y ago
      Beauty yes, not mountains.
- Apocryphon 8y ago
  That's why a lot of Californians have been moving to Denver or Boise.
- paul7986 8y ago
  Same goes for Baltimore with mountains(Shenadoah, VA or mountains in central PA), beaches (MD, DE or NJ) and amusement parks all within 2 to 3 hour drive. Friends and I last weekend went hiking in PA (loop trail with 25 mid to large size waterfalls - Ricketts Glen) and after went to amusement park in the woods (Knoebels) for a few hours. Cool you like the west .. it's just too expensive and socialistic for me. Independent voter here.

paul7986 8y ago

Harford County.. Bel Air, Fallston .. Baltimore County like Hunt Valley and many other similar areas that are suburbs not city. Buying a house in PA on almost Silicon Valley (working remotely) salary you can buy two and other investments.

tjr225 8y ago

There's another great thing about the west coast that cheap houses can't get you- and it's a beautiful culture of outdoorsiness and insanely easy access to mountains, oceans, and desert within an hour or twos drive- this is true from Seattle to San Diego. You can seriously go on a little mini vacation every weekend for almost no money. I suppose if money were no object - why would you choose to live elsewhere?

erikpukinskis 8y ago
The mountains are more like a 4h drive from San Francisco though.
- tjr225 8y ago
  Sure but you have incredible and unique protected beauty just north of the Golden Gate Bridge so SF gets a pass.
  - erikpukinskis 8y ago
    Beauty yes, not mountains.
Apocryphon 8y ago
That's why a lot of Californians have been moving to Denver or Boise.
paul7986 8y ago
Same goes for Baltimore with mountains(Shenadoah, VA or mountains in central PA), beaches (MD, DE or NJ) and amusement parks all within 2 to 3 hour drive. Friends and I last weekend went hiking in PA (loop trail with 25 mid to large size waterfalls - Ricketts Glen) and after went to amusement park in the woods (Knoebels) for a few hours. Cool you like the west .. it's just too expensive and socialistic for me. Independent voter here.