It’s extremely pretty, there’s great food, lots of tech jobs, you meet diverse and interesting people, great public transit (for the US). There are many reasons for living in the Bay Area.

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bluGill 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

You can find the same in Minneapolis with a better cost of living. (At least the other reply mentioned weather). there are more people in the bay area, but in minneapolis you can find more people in minneapolis than you have time to meet.

there are many other cities in the us that likewise have a great tech scene. The bay is not unique - it has a little more but it isn't unique-

	▲	wombatpm 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		8 years in the Twin Cities from Chicago originally. People are nice, but everyone who I ever interacted with in stores or outside of work was from somewhere else. The natives just weren’t up for making friends or casual conversation. Despite the cold, Winters in Minneapolis are 100 times better than winters in Chicago. Food in Minneapolis can’t hold a candle to Chicago or New York. Public transportation barely works even if you have a government job where you can leave exactly the same time everyday. You still need a car for everything else.
	▲	phil21 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Grew up in Minneapolis and spent most of my life in the twin cities. You really can’t compare it to a tech hub, or even a major city like NYC or Chicago. It’s just a different league. I miss the twin cities quite a lot and will likely eventually move back - but definitely not for professional reasons or the opportunity to expand my exposure to cultural diversity. Living in both a few mid tier cities like MSP and a major “real” city comparing them is pretty tone deaf to me. Calling public transit even usable in Minneapolis is a joke - and I lived without a car for over 20 years there taking it every day. Not even a comparison to a large city with a rapid transit network. The Bay Area may have fallen off since I’ve been there, but the tech density even 10 years ago gave opportunity for career growth that Minneapolis simply did not remotely have. If you were a super star developer doing Internet things in the early to mid 2000s you left a lot of money on the table by not being willing to move.

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NewJazz 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Lol you missed the weather... Bay area weather is much more moderate than in the Midwest.

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craftkiller 5 days ago | parent [-]

That's an understatement: Bay area weather is magical. It is the same all year round. You don't need "winter" and "summer" attire, your plans never get rained out, and you never have to deal with snowstorms. The downside is sometimes it rains ash.

Personally, I had to leave because the pizza out there is unbearable but damn I miss the bay area weather.

	▲	cubix 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> sometimes it rains ash When the sky turned orange in 2020, my wife and I were just done. Also, there's something to be said for living in a place with four seasons, and a sense of time passing by.