Agreed on the number of high paying opportunities in the bay area especially in tech. It’s not even close and If you have to be in the office in the Bay Area, you have no other choice. There are some tech high paying jobs in OC but a lot more white collar jobs in finance, law, health care, etc. But you moved for the lifestyle right? Now imagine if you were one of the lucky/privileged ones that had a local high paying job but also lived in the same city here in OC that you worked in? The quality of life would be even better. That’s hard to beat. That’s my point- if you are lucky/privileged to have this lifestyle, weather, food, access to the beach/mountains and if you have a 10-20 min commute, that’s a great life in my view.
