I'm a relatively new software engineer who grew up in the Silicon Valley. I moved out the day I graduated high school and am never planning on coming back (I'm

I'm a relatively new software engineer who grew up in the Silicon Valley. I moved out the day I graduated high school and am never planning on coming back (I'm 21 now). I haven't used any of my contacts from high school in order to land myself a job. I feel like my general quality of life has improved since I left. The bay area is a really boring and expensive place to live. It is also very homogenous (not race-wise but ideology and career wise), which could be a pro or a con depending on what kind of person you are. Also there are a lot of stuck up assholes that live in the valley (I thought this was just how people were until I left - huge relief). The dating scene is almost nonexistent compared to other places. And there's a huge filter bubble there. I found it very suffocating.