> As of May 2017, the average market value for homes was $380,000 within the Austin city limits and $310,000 in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, reporte

> As of May 2017, the average market value for homes was $380,000 within the Austin city limits and $310,000 in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, reported Austin HomeSearch. https://www.tripsavvy.com/austins-cost-of-living-255111 https://www.tripsavvy.com/austins-cost-of-living-255111 Now let's do SF!: > As usual, the result is grim for San Francisco, since, according to CAR, a house in San Francisco now runs over $1.5 million on average. https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/15/17016992/affordable-homes-median-price-san-francisco-afford https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/15/17016992/affordable-homes-me... That's almost x4 times more. Austin has some headroom still. Moreover, don't forget taxes! California state tax for an engineer will be about 10% of gross. 0% in Austin. Quite a difference.