I grew up in suburban, then rural New Mexico. I spent a decent chunk of my adult life in Central Florida. I even lived in tiny, beautiful Bend, OR. There's not

I grew up in suburban, then rural New Mexico. I spent a decent chunk of my adult life in Central Florida. I even lived in tiny, beautiful Bend, OR. There's not a single one of these places that can hold a candle to the SF Bay Area in terms of opportunity, smart people and great employers. As a tech hub, it's an optimal destination for someone with technical skills. "Bigger cities have more opportunities" isn't self-righteous. It's just common sense. So, yeah, you can make it happen for yourself anywhere. But why would you struggle to extract juice from the oil shale that is nowhere, USA when enormous wells of real opportunity have bullseyes painted right on the map? Why make it needlessly hard?