Forty percent of the Bay Area wants to leave, says new poll

Re:Forty percent of the Bay Area wants to leave, says new poll by salesguy222 on Friday March 31, 2017 @06:14PM (#14008823)

Sure, cash is important. I would argue that some small percentage of people are required to be in the Bay Area for years before they receive a massively lucrative multi million dollar payout from their company stock or what have you.

But the majority of most other people working in the Bay can't fit that description, right? Surely their skills are transferable to online jobs or other more liveable cities?

The total NET earnings are probably identical (again excluding the massively wealthy income earners in the Bay).

And then when you factor in the lack of smog, stress, sedentary life that the Bay brings...?

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Re:Forty percent of the Bay Area wants to leave, says new poll by xyzzy_plugh on Friday March 31, 2017 @07:00PM (#14009162)

That first group (the soon-to-be-rich tech workers) require literally cities to support them. They have spouses and children and families too, who all play a role.

I'm not sure you've thought this through. Where does the money in the Bay Area come from?

During the gold rush, someone needed to sell the prospectors equipment, entertainment, etc.

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