One big advantage is if you fall on your face you can get a job at Google or Twitter or some other smaller startup. I've found in other places if all goes wrong

One big advantage is if you fall on your face you can get a job at Google or Twitter or some other smaller startup. I've found in other places if all goes wrong you're stuck trying to get a job as an IT administrator. I really liked the weather in the Bay Area but most people I know from LA do not. I enjoyed going to Marin and Santa Cruz, and biking and skateboarding in San Francisco. That said, I left. It's hard to explain exactly why I left. Although I loved SF, I always had a feeling of impending doom. The social dynamics were also weird to me.