A couple days for a conference. From what I've read in this topic and elsewhere, the cost of living is very high. I'd rather not live in a city with as much o

A couple days for a conference. From what I've read in this topic and elsewhere, the cost of living is very high. I'd rather not live in a city with as much of a chance of an earthquake as SF has. Living in a known disaster area just seems kinda off... Then there's just personal preference. I live in a city of less that 200K, and I find it to be larger than I like. The other day I hit stop and go traffic in a larger city, and found myself wondering why anyone would subject themselves to that on a regular basis. Or subject themselves to crowded mass transit systems, those crowds are a big part of why I use my car instead in my city. And so on...