[ale] OT: Silicon Valley cost of living?

[Dunlap, Randy]

I would concur with Bob and Jim, but I haven't lived
there, so I don't have first-hand experience about that.

I do travel there sometimes, and I concur that the traffic
is awful.  I would agree that it's worse than Atlanta.
(I moved from Gwinnett County 3 years ago, but I still
visit there.)

Most people who I know who work there live 30 miles
away and go to work/home at non-peak travel hours.

I wouldn't want to try to buy a house in S.V.  It would
be very rude sticker shock.  Heck, housing prices in
Portland, OR, are bad compared to Atlanta, but they
are nothing like S.V. IMO.

~Randy_________________________________________
|randy.dunlap_at_intel.com        503-677-5408|
|NOTE: Any views presented here are mine alone|
|& may not represent the views of my employer.|
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Popovitch [mailto:jimpop at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 8:40 AM
> To: Bob's ALE Mail; ale at ale.org; ale at FultonGreen.com
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Silicon Valley cost of living?
> 
> 
> I have to concur with Bob.  I have been there several times 
> in the last
> year, and each time I left convincing myself that it would be 
> a mistake
> to move.  Sure there are some spectacular views, and yes Wine Country
> is within reach.  BUT, unless you can pull down a salary around $200K,
> your quality of life (and I don't even know you) is better in 
> Atlanta. 
> Have you explored 'telecomuting' to the Bay Area and only physically
> visiting a few times a year.  I know several (~25) people who do this
> for a few companies located in SFO.  Basically they just go there for
> big meetings/parties.
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> --- Bob's ALE Mail <transam at cavu.com> wrote:
> > > NOTE: if you're in the Bay area / Silicon Valley region, or have
> > lived
> > > there in the past three years, and have also recently lived in the
> > Atlanta
> > > metro area, this is esp. for you ...
> > 
> > I've lived there in the past, have friends who were talked into
> > relocating
> > there from Atlanta this year, and I've been there twice this year on
> > business.
> > 
> > Even a 50% increase in salary will not pay for the obscene increase
> > in
> > cost of living.  Traffic is far worse than here (really).  
> People are
> > unfriendly.  Drivers are BLEEP.  The ocean is far too cold to swim
> > in.
> > (All that Beach Boys stuff was LA.)
> > 
> > The ratio of men to women is something like 3:1 or 8:1 so 
> if you're a
> > single guy forget about dating.
> > 
> > My friends who moved there (who were not single) hate it and want to
> > move back to Atlanta.
> > 
> > If I haven't dissuaded you, insist that your prospective company fly
> > you out there for a look.
> > 
> > Bob Toxen
> > bob at cavu.com
> > transam at cavu.com                       [Bob's ALE Bulk email]

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