[MrMorden]

Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook all have significant Seattle-area presence; it's still expensive, but noticeably less so than Silly Valley, and you can live close to work yet have a Walk Score in the double digits. (And in fact a good score.) MS has a non-negligible number of jobs in lower-cost areas of the US (e.g. Fargo, Las Colinas, Atlanta); Apple is expanding in Austin; both Apple and Google have an increasing number of offices in lower-cost cities.