Imagine this: Fantastic weather. Ski on Saturday, bike on Sunday, go to the beach on Monday, if you feel like it. Regional parks, state park, national park a

Imagine this: Fantastic weather. Ski on Saturday, bike on Sunday, go to the beach on Monday, if you feel like it. Regional parks, state park, national park all within 15min to a few hours distance. Lots of cultural events due to closeness of San Francisco. Huge variety of restaurants. 2 nearby international airports that will get me anywhere quickly. The high chance of finding a new, interesting job if the need ever arises. And, yes, incredibly interesting and well paying job that has set me up for retirement long before I hit 65 now matter where I'll end up (not that I'd want to retire soon because... interesting job.) When you're part of the group who got lucky, living in the Bay Area is really not so bad.