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> "where would you live?" Do you absolutely need to be in the [EDIT] Bay Area? If the answer is no, then there are a lot of other cities with reasonable tech

> "where would you live?" Do you absolutely need to be in the [EDIT] Bay Area? If the answer is no, then there are a lot of other cities with reasonable tech scenes and much cheaper housing. Boston and Seattle are around $350k median home value. Denver, Atlanta, and Minneapolis-St. Paul are around $200k. Those places all count as "somewhere to live", and don't make life particularly difficult (unless your life revolves around something specific to SF/SV.)

timcederman 13y ago
All this assumes that people want/can leave where they currently live. Personally, with family, friends, fulfilling job, and a lot of fun stuff to do, I don't particularly want to relocate.
- lotharbot 13y ago
  "I don't want to relocate" is a far cry from "selling... makes your life very difficult". If you're particularly attached to and fulfilled by everything you have where you are, maybe you should stay, even if it costs a million dollars for a 2 bedroom house. Personally, I've got family, friends, fulfilling work, fun stuff to do, and a much bigger house that cost under $200k where I am. Life is not "very difficult" here; it's quite pleasant. EDIT: to phrase it slightly differently, you're criticizing others for assuming people can relocate or assuming people might prefer Denver for the extra money. Yet you yourself assume the Valley is the only place that makes sense to live. That assumption simply isn't valid for most people.
  - timcederman 13y ago
    Selling makes your life very difficult if you don't want to relocate. I am criticizing folks who say "wow, that's expensive, you should just sell!" without any critical thought as to what that actually means.
    - lotharbot 13y ago
      And I'm criticizing those folks who say "leaving is impossible" without any critical thought as to the potential benefits of cashing out, or potential alternate locations where a million dollars would go a loooooooong way to making a good life. It's possible we're both criticizing folks who don't actually exist.
      - timcederman 13y ago
        No, I'm criticizing real people in this thread.
dragonwriter 13y ago
> Do you absolutely need to be in the Valley? If you currently own a home in San Francisco, its pretty clear you don't need to live in the Valley, in the same way that if you currently own a home in New York City, its pretty clear you don't need to live in Trenton, NJ.

timcederman 13y ago

All this assumes that people want/can leave where they currently live. Personally, with family, friends, fulfilling job, and a lot of fun stuff to do, I don't particularly want to relocate.

lotharbot 13y ago
"I don't want to relocate" is a far cry from "selling... makes your life very difficult". If you're particularly attached to and fulfilled by everything you have where you are, maybe you should stay, even if it costs a million dollars for a 2 bedroom house. Personally, I've got family, friends, fulfilling work, fun stuff to do, and a much bigger house that cost under $200k where I am. Life is not "very difficult" here; it's quite pleasant. EDIT: to phrase it slightly differently, you're criticizing others for assuming people can relocate or assuming people might prefer Denver for the extra money. Yet you yourself assume the Valley is the only place that makes sense to live. That assumption simply isn't valid for most people.
- timcederman 13y ago
  Selling makes your life very difficult if you don't want to relocate. I am criticizing folks who say "wow, that's expensive, you should just sell!" without any critical thought as to what that actually means.
  - lotharbot 13y ago
    And I'm criticizing those folks who say "leaving is impossible" without any critical thought as to the potential benefits of cashing out, or potential alternate locations where a million dollars would go a loooooooong way to making a good life. It's possible we're both criticizing folks who don't actually exist.
    - timcederman 13y ago
      No, I'm criticizing real people in this thread.

dragonwriter 13y ago

> Do you absolutely need to be in the Valley? If you currently own a home in San Francisco, its pretty clear you don't need to live in the Valley, in the same way that if you currently own a home in New York City, its pretty clear you don't need to live in Trenton, NJ.