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Is Moving to California Justified?

Is Moving to California Justified?

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TheDev

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I looked on Salary.com and Payscale.com. In a similar position to what I am doing right now, if I moved to Silicon Valley, I'd be making $15,000 more per year, but my cost of living would increase by roughly $35,000. Those numbers don't work. I'm not sure why anyone would think that moving to California would be justified. Sure, that's where all the big, great IT companies are located, but I don't want to see my housing expenses triple.
 
There's more to life than just money. Weather, culture, diversity, food, etc... And with the number of companies located there, lots of opportunity.
 
Depends on if you would take advantage of the weather, geography, and other attractions to the area.

Also matters what you find important. Weather in the midwest blows ass. It's cold 1/3 the year. Too damn hot and muggy another 1/3 of the year. And then just unpredictable the other 1/3. We go from -20F or colder to upwards of 100 degrees hot muggy misery. But we have room to stretch out, traffic won't make me want to murder someone daily, I don't have to worry as much about a lot of theft and vandalism as in other parts of the country and the schools are very good here.

But I don't have mountains, beaches, and California girls in bikinis parading around me 12 months a year either.
 
If you're considering buying real estate in SV, there is barely any inventory left. Trashy homes are sold for near $1 million. Everyone is waiting for Facebook millionaires to splurge on housing in the next few months or so. Rents are higher too. So as state above, the biggest advantage would be opportunities/connections for much better jobs in the future.
 
the friendly state of california! lol

based on all the crabbies in this thread i think i might just boycott CA on my vacation :colbert:
 
TheDev said:
I looked on Salary.com and Payscale.com. In a similar position to what I am doing right now, if I moved to Silicon Valley, I'd be making $15,000 more per year, but my cost of living would increase by roughly $35,000. Those numbers don't work. I'm not sure why anyone would think that moving to California would be justified. Sure, that's where all the big, great IT companies are located, but I don't want to see my housing expenses triple.
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Horseshit.
 
I heard a guy got a ticket yesterday for doing an unsafe speed on a Los Angeles freeway during rush hour. He was caught going 8mph.
 
TheDev said:
I would spend so much money on housing, and then it would probably just get destroyed by an earthquake the next day. :colbert:
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yeah because we've had sooooooooooo many of those "fuck your world up" earthquakes over the past 20-30 years.


I'll take EQ's over tornadoes and hurricanes.
 
You do know there are places in California that have more reasonable housing prices.

If you're going pick one of the areas with the highest costs of living and wonder what you're doing now isn't going to cut it, I suggest you move there right away!
 
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