GhettoChild

Do you live in a state with an income tax? Why not move to a state with lower tax obligations and lower how much you spend on taxes that way.

Everything I have seen has indicated that cost of living in NYC is actually lower than in the SFBA but then again many people would not even consider in living in some of the boroughs

I have always been of the mindset that if companies were willing to pay SV salaries in cheap parts of the country they would be able to recruit smart people to move there. Money is an amazing motivator.

As someone who grew up in The Bay I never really comprehended the blandness of the Valley until I started traveling. Other than the weather there is nothing about SV that is all that special or unique. Its as if you dropped of Tulsa Oklahoma on coastal California.

Thats the case for every company in The Bay. Only the most senior of employees make enough to live in a home near work.

If their goal was to avoid taxes they should have moved to Wyoming instead.

I moved from the Bay Area to Houston in the summer. Having grown up in the bay I assumed that it would cool down at night like it does in California. I was wrong.

Not at all.

Monterey >>> Santa Cruz

You still pay less money for a comparable property even though the rates are higher.

I am always amused by the people who think that being scared to move as an attribute. Yet, they hate people who have moved to where they live.

Thats just not true at all. All that means is that you're slow and forget to move your oil pan from underneath your oil drain to underneath the filter.

Then again I was raised by a single immigrant mom. I was taught to pinch pennies in ways many people cannot relate to.

They will just go to Microsoft that is located in Redmond that is not affected by the tax.

They really do think that big businesses are not able to relocate 10 minutes away to a place without this tax.