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Aussie dev here with a similar story. I lived and worked in the bay area for a couple of years a few years ago. I wouldn't choose to go back there either, especially now.

And I have Australian friends in the bay area now who are reconsidering which country they want their tax dollars to go to.

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How come?

Here's what I wrote about it when I left:

https://josephg.com/blog/goodbye-sf/

Sydney and Melbourne have had massive increases in homelessness since you wrote this unfortunately.

How have you found London? And where would you recommend a Perthian turned Melbourian dev head to if we have to go overseas to find ourselves?

Homelessness in Sydney/Melbourne is extremely tame compared to SF. Especially areas like The Mission. I was floored on a recent visit at how bad the problem was.

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