[hijinks]

I moved from NYC about 6 years ago. I first moved to San Mateo and it was a great location. About a 20 minute express train ride into the city and the rest of the Valley is commutable also.

When we had to consider school for our daughter we moved out to the far east bay in San Ramon where its the only place with good school districts that we could afford a house. If i time the BART right my commute door to door is a bit over an hour. The office was like a minute walk from a BART stop in the city.

I don't take any jobs where I have to drive since the commute to San Jose might be 90 minutes (usually 30 minutes with no traffic)

We are in the process of moving out of the area. We love it here but can't afford it on a single salary. We got lucky with owning a house in the area but making almost 200k and living pay check to pay check sucks.

[stevenwiles]

Wow.. You are very wealthy. I am also a software engineer in the Bay Area and don't have anywhere near your wealth. Well done!

[hijinks]

Not wealthy.. just lucky. I've been through 2 exits.