[StudentStuff]

Sure, but who wants to live in Tennessee? No weed, your in the middle of the opioid crisis, the cops and prosecutors are known to be crooked, infrastructure like Internet is chronically crappy (say hello to Charter Spectrum!) and the school situation is poor.

[toomuchtodo]

Chattanooga has gigabit municipal fiber and is a lovely place to live. Nashville is very nice also.

I can’t imagine living in the Bay Area and having any chance of owning a home, seeing abject poverty throughout SF, and unrealistic tech employer work expectations (50-70 hr work weeks).

Tennessee, in comparison, sounds straight up delightful.

[Fins]

To be honest, other than weed all of that doesn't sound any different from SFBA.

Tennessee probably isn't the most culturally amazing place around, but then Bay Area isn't just devoid of culture, it actively sucks it out of everything around. Or something like that.