I grew up in San Jose, went to UC Davis, worked at Stanford (near Palo Alto), and then periodically-commuted between Mountain View and the Chico area. I left be

I grew up in San Jose, went to UC Davis, worked at Stanford (near Palo Alto), and then periodically-commuted between Mountain View and the Chico area. I left because of the fires/smoke, risks of earthquakes and megafloods, costs, worsening attitudes of people, and it just generally sucked. In Austin now, and much happier so far. Will see if it's New Relationship Energy and whether I need to move to Portland. I never understood why anyone would want to live in unsustainable SF, no matter how "good" or "cool" it is or was, when the vast majority of people don't make anywhere near enough (>50% income to housing) to build a long-term future there.