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I have had several friends pack up the Los Angeles area for Portland OR. They love it.
- Safe
- Good for raising family
- we don’t need a huge metro city but prefer not to be way out in the country either. We still want restaurants, stores, some life... balance is good.
- a place that’s maybe more bipartisan would be nice. We are both tired of feeling like the only individuals in our perspective offices who aren’t far left leaning.
- we wouldn’t necessarily need to stay in CA, but somewhere within an hour or two flight of the Bay Area would be preferred due to family.
- I’m in tech so having some job prospects would be great. My wife is in a field where she could work pretty much anywhere.
- I’m not a huge fan of scorching weather so Arizona would probably not be a good option.
My only issue with a lot of OR would be the cloudy days.
We’ve had a couple friends move to Nevada (Gardnerville) recently who say they are pretty happy.
I like Eureka, CAI dig Eureka, too. I like the history and the semi-seediness of the town. Humboldt county. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park where they filmed the Ewoks. Arcata. Beautiful country if you can swing it.
Some cashed out his house in Sunnyvale and bought a 2,200sf SFH in Oceanside for $600k all cash in Socal and is loving it there.
insanely great food scene
You can't charge $200 a couple in Chicago and not have good food. You'd be out of business very quickly. In CA you can get away with that shit.
The downside of summer is not heat, rather rain in the late afternoon.
My wife and I are in a bit of a cross road. We sold a condo here in the Bay Area in 2017 and are temporarily renting on the Peninsula.
We both work in the Silicon Valley and have one young child.
We are split 50/50 between buying a 7-fig house in the Southbay over the next 12-24months vs packing up and leaving the Bay Area once and for all. We are both tired of the congestion, insane cost of living, and long commutes. The problem is that we don’t have much of an idea of where we’d go if we left.
I’m hoping you guys could share some ideas covering good options outside of the Bay Area? Here is the criteria we’d be looking for:
- Safe
- Good for raising family
- we don’t need a huge metro city but prefer not to be way out in the country either. We still want restaurants, stores, some life... balance is good.
- a place that’s maybe more bipartisan would be nice. We are both tired of feeling like the only individuals in our perspective offices who aren’t far left leaning.
- we wouldn’t necessarily need to stay in CA, but somewhere within an hour or two flight of the Bay Area would be preferred due to family.
- I’m in tech so having some job prospects would be great. My wife is in a field where she could work pretty much anywhere.
- I’m not a huge fan of scorching weather so Arizona would probably not be a good option.
We do love the weather in the Bay Area, job prospects, and opportunities for our child. But the sacrifices seem like they are catching up to the benefits lately.
We’ve looked at Folsom, Santa Rosa, San Diego to name a few. We’ve had a couple friends move to Nevada (Gardnerville) recently who say they are pretty happy. I do understand that there are no guarantees that the grass is any greener outside of the Bay Area of course.
If you guys were in our predicament, would you stay or go. And if the latter where would you go and why?
Thanks for all the ideas