Think large pond - small pond. In the bay area you have the quintessential large pond. Thus lots of fish and lots of fishers - who have found that a bait of 140

Think large pond - small pond. In the bay area you have the quintessential large pond. Thus lots of fish and lots of fishers - who have found that a bait of 140K attracts a steady stream of nibbles. These fishers assess the nibbles and make offers - back/forth. The big fishers, lets call them sharks, Google, FB also get nibbles and they assess them with a lot more experiential depth, as well as $$, and when they see a fit they make a crushing offer. In Lincoln Nebraska, small pond, few fish, fewer offers - but a very nice place to work with lower cost of housing, less traffic, but remote enough to need extra offer $$ for the isolation (which I call a hidden bonus)