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I've lived in SF for going on 30 years now, and can tell you that this(moving to SF in your 20's) was true even before the first dotcom boom. Lots of folks move
by butterfi 13y ago
I've lived in SF for going on 30 years now, and can tell you that this(moving to SF in your 20's) was true even before the first dotcom boom. Lots of folks moved here to live out "their wild years" before returning back to where ever they came from. I got really lucky in that I bought a house before the first boom, and the equity has made it possible to stay here, but there's no way I'd be able to do the same thing today. I really worry about where my kids will live when they get older.
- lolwutf 13y agoSo even you, 30 year SF resident, have some slight natural incentive to not stay in the area, once Having Kids Time rolls around. To think that the bold 20-somethings flooding into SF these days have a path charted for long-term residency here seems all but impossible...
- butterfi 13y agoYup, thats true. Not a year goes by where I don't wonder if I should move, but as others have pointed out, the Bay Area is pretty fantastic. I don't even know where I would go...
- lolwutf 13y agoDitto. That's the hard part. Also, try being from the Southeast and missing Southern culture (well, the good parts of it, at least). There's very sparse tech hubs in the Southeast. Effectively none if you want to live in a coastal city.