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Move away from the Bay Area ('back home', or elsewhere) I work remotely for an SF-based company from Dallas, and I actually observe this happening. Every mont
by hkarthik 13y ago
Move away from the Bay Area ('back home', or elsewhere)
I work remotely for an SF-based company from Dallas, and I actually observe this happening.
Every month or so, we get an email about some departure from one of the Bay Area folks who is moving "back home." Any digging usually reveals the person had their first child.
- Periodic 13y agoI've been surprised to see this as well. The advent of a first-child seems to drastically change a family's priorities and I'm seeing many of my friends move closer to their parents to get the additional support for raising their child. I actually observed one couple do the opposite. They subsidized one of their mothers expenses so that she could move to this area, work part time, and act as their primary daycare provider for their new child. They ran the math and found that it was cheaper than daycare and with healthcare reforms the mother was no longer tied to her old job and could so afford to quit and move. However, this parent was renting to begin with, and I don't expect most parents to leave their hard-earned homes and communities to come support their children rather than the other way around.