[ajju]

Hmm..I think we went to Tech around the same time.

Regardless, prices in Atlanta suburbs are less than 1/3rd of the prices in the bay area - and I am talking about suburbs just outside 285 - like Dunwoody that are <10 from Buckhead.

A $300K house in Dunwoody would easily cost more than $1MM in almost all of south bay.

There's no way you can make that difference up in gas - unless you go back and forth 5 times a day.

Having said that, your expected income in the bay area more than makes up for that difference if you are working in technology and entrepreneurial.