Good point. Everyone seems to want to have the same kind of life everywhere. You probably can't own a huge McMansion in SF Bay (well not anywhere convenient), b

Good point. Everyone seems to want to have the same kind of life everywhere. You probably can't own a huge McMansion in SF Bay (well not anywhere convenient), but the city (and region) provides other benefits (great culture, food, weather, density of tech jobs etc) which are hard to factor in financial calculation.