I work at Facebook in Menlo Park and have been living in South Bay for 2 years.
I'm in my mid 20s now and I'm finding South Bay quite boring -- not much to do after getting back from work and most of my friends from college live in the city (in SF/Seattle). South Bay is also worse in terms of dating.
I'm debating moving to SF vs moving to Seattle. My team is also based in Seattle so they would fine with me moving to Seattle.
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SF Pros:
+ Close to other tech companies. I'd eventually want to move companies after a few more years so in the long term this would be good.
SF Cons:
- Commute would be terrible. I'll probably have to spend ~3hrs per day commuting and that would leave me with free time only on weekends.
- Rent is going to be expensive.
Seattle Pros:
+ I would be able to afford an apartment close to work.
+ Save more money because of no state income tax.
Seattle Cons:
- I like warm/sunny weather so Seattle weather would take a lot of getting used to.
- Not many other tech companies to eventually move to. I'll probably have to move back to Bay area after a few years.
Please comment if you can think of any other pros/cons!
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