"So how much easier is it to live in Texas? The median-priced home in the tech hub of Austin is $562,000, compared to $1.6 million in California’s tech hubs of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Because of these exorbitant housing costs, incomes adjusted for the cost of living are much higher in Austin than in San Francisco. Check out Zillow’s “for sale” listings for Austin—and also Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio—and you will see a plethora of new construction. For San Francisco? We checked and couldn’t find any such listing."
It all starts with Housing...
We moved to the Bay Area in the mid-70's when a young Engineer and Social Worker could afford a home that is now beyond the means of similar couples...that is the biggest expense by far that any couple has, so that's the #1 reason for them choosing another state with much lower housing costs...and companies that are trying to hire qualified employees.