Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy

Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by opportune on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:37PM (#25339882)

The thing is, the SFBA while everything is closed down/restricted is not the same as during a regular economic downturn when you can still go out to eat and socialize.

For all the faults I take issue with, the SFBA is probably the single place I most fit in culturally in the world. It’s where I want to be. But I can’t justify paying the absurd rents to live there when my job doesn’t require me to be there AND socialization/networking/most leisure activities are on pause. After March there was nothing for me to do except enjoy nature activities/exercise outside, and my social life was in shambles.

I can’t wait for everything to go back to normal and move back to the Bay Area, but for now I am very happy I moved back in with my parents.

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Re:Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley... by bcrosby95 on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:35PM (#25340490)

I grew up in the SFBA and the absurd housing prices make me sad. I would have loved to stay but it just made no sense. I left about 5 years ago to move to SoCal where I can actually afford a house in a school district that doesn't completely suck. I paid 600k which is still a lot - but if I wanted an equivalent up north it would have been over 1 mil.

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