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I've met a ton of people who don't like cities. They like cars and big houses and backyards and filling their homes with big box shopping. It's a bit unfair to say that people only work in SV because they have some attractive opportunity there. Some people just like living in the suburbs. And if you live there, why not work there too. Plus the weather is nice.

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Ah yes, because big houses and with backyards are just so affordable in silicon valley ;P

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This is why I'm in SV rather than SF, but it's a poor reason to come to SV over the rest of the country. Outside of Atherton & Los Altos Hills (where you're looking at $15M for a house), maximum lot size in most of SV is a quarter-acre. You don't really get much in the way of big houses and backyards here.

I grew up in the Boston suburbs and my parents owned an acre of land. My mom just sold it for a quarter of what my in-laws house (1/4 acre) in Cupertino is worth.

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