[jmspring]

I rarely commute/go over to Silicon Valley from Santa Cruz these days, but friends that do say Highway 85 is basically roached from 7am to 8-9pm.

If I were to look around, I would consider mostly remote options or somewhere outside the bay area.

That said, Seattle (and east of Lake Union) is basically as bad (or worse in some cases -- my experience from airport) than the bay area.