Does anyone regret moving to bay area or SF due to travel or any personal opinion specially working parents?
I moved out of the bay a few months back. Can’t believe I spent many years there in retrospect. amazing weather and a Great place for career progression if you work at a top company. Just be prepared to live in SF and suffer brutal commutes (to Apple, Facebook, Netflix or Google), or live in South Bay and face a soulless, devoid culture filled with $1.5m homes from 1950 intermixed with brand new corporate offices and apartment housing. Child care is insanely expensive, and parks are not well maintained. schools are largely poorly performing unless you live in very expensive areas.
I don't regret it, but I still plan to eventually leave.
I regret nothing.
If you make bank then no worries. Personally I'm here for the weather.
You actually enjoy the weather up there?
I don't regret my time there, but am so happy to be elsewhere now. Think of it as a stepping stone, not a place to dwell and get sucked into the tc-chasing vortex. Especially if you're family-oriented
This is how I feel. I don't regret my time there but I'll never move back. I got just enough experience and connections that I can make a decent living doing highly technical work and living wherever I want.
I moved to sunnyvale from San Diego and of course I miss SD but there are things to do here too. I have been mountain biking and hiking all over the mountains surrounding the bay and love it
I think i am well qualified as i moved in and out of bay area 3 times in the past 8 years. if you are single and share rooms bay area is great for career progression, if you have a family and only one working partner, it becomes very difficult to save. So moved out the first time due to this. Got a good offer and a chance to initiate GC so moved to SF company and after staying around 2.5 years and having our first kid started to feel the pinch again as the BARt struggle was too much and salary was not growing. Moved out again. After a year or so got a great offer in the south bay moved back in, everything was great but still was missing the charm of living in a smaller city. So again moved out with 200K TC which is less that what i used to make around 260K in bay area but after expenses i am saving more. Living in a awesome townhome and the view is priceless.
Where is this?
Salt Lake City? Denver? Wherever it is looks like a lot more bang for the buck than the Bay Area.
Kinda hijack the threads here. Just moved from SF to NYC. I missed Bay Area so much. People in New York are rude. The quality of service in Bay Area is much better.
Working parent who left. 👋 From the heart of the Mission back to the East Coast. I miss the craziness and great produce...and everywhere else seems a bit dull in comparison. But absolutely no regrets. Quality of life is so much better. I have a parking spot 😮, more space, and no more constant petty crime and garbage all over.
The Mission rocks. Brooklyn offers a similar lifestyle in certain neighborhoods, with equivalent homes that cost half as much
I do. Moved from Seattle. What a boring place. Sucks soul out of you.
Compares to Seattle!? You sure you move to sf?
Nah, bay area.