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> I'm sorry that most places you don't need to worry about stepping over needles and human excrement in the streets. SF isn't the Bay Area. Traditionally SF wa
by jjav 3y ago
> I'm sorry that most places you don't need to worry about stepping over needles and human excrement in the streets.
SF isn't the Bay Area. Traditionally SF wasn't considered part of Silicon Valley at all (these days depends who you talk to and when and where they got immersed here).
> I've lived in a number of different places in the country and the Bay Area is hands down the worst
I somewhat don't actually like the Bay Area TBH. Every few years I look into leaving. I go through all possible options and their pros and cons and, depressingly, every time I find that Silicon Valley is still the best place in the US.
It's not any one thing, but I have not found any place that is either ok or reasonably good about everything without having any terrible deal-breakers.
- igetspam 3y agoI'm a Bay Area native. Grew up in San Jose and took my first paid tech job in 1999. I left CA after 30 years and with the exception of Tahoe and a few people, I can't find anything to miss. Care to share what you consider "deal-breakers" because I've found parity for less money, pretty much everywhere I looked.
- jjav 3y ago> Care to share what you consider "deal-breakers" because I've found parity for less money, pretty much everywhere I looked. Well that's going to be very personal preference so not sure if my criteria is useful to anyone else. But for me I must be within ~2hr drive of the ocean, which limits me to coastal areas. And I won't tolerate any below freezing weather nor days above 100F. And I need the area to have sufficient concentration of tech work that changing jobs (for both me & partner) without having to move houses is pretty easy.