I'm currently in the bay area, and I've always thought that in a scenario you describe, moving to Sacramento makes a lot of sense. (curious to see the thoughts

I'm currently in the bay area, and I've always thought that in a scenario you describe, moving to Sacramento makes a lot of sense. (curious to see the thoughts of HN on this topic) You're still close enough away from the bay that you can visit fairly often (couple times a month) to keep in touch with friends there, but housing is significantly cheaper. Lifestyle is not incredibly different than what you would be used to in the bay (Sac and east bay are relatively similar) -- it's not like you'd be shoveling snow in the winter. For you, coming from LA, I'm not sure if it makes a ton of sense, but I would probably look at smaller cities around southern california in a similar way.