Not knocking your decision to live outside of SV, believe me I understand it, but on the purely economic front one thing to recognize that while housing and oth

Not knocking your decision to live outside of SV, believe me I understand it, but on the purely economic front one thing to recognize that while housing and other expenses may eat a lot of the salary, you are contributing (or rather, can) to 401K and regular savings at a higher percentage level than you would be with a lower priced job. Your standard of living might not be any better while living in SV, but you can invest in your future more in absolute dollars. The flip side of that is that this place is just endless bubbles. Get on the wrong side of that and you'll never recover.