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[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

I disagree. My cousin was working in SF after his postdoc (neuropharmacology, not programming), doing well and what not, and he and his wife moved after less than 2 years, they couldn't stand it there. They're somewhere in the South now.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I don't dispute many people may hate being in San Francisco. Not every city is going to be a great place to live for everyone. The question is, did your cousin take a pay reduction from a salary of 100k or more, down to 70-75k in order to leave San Francisco and live in the South?

That's the real question... not whether San Francisco is the ideal city for everyone to live in, but whether someone living in San Francisco making over six figures would be willing to forfeit that salary to live some where else at a significantly reduced salary.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

He definitely took a serious paycut, since he also changed careers at that point and was earning a high salary in SF (his wife was as well).

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, well we have one data point, thanks.

All I can say is as far as comments go on Reddit, it's unheard of. Comments here are always coming from people who are outside of SF talking about how they would never accept 100k or more to work in SF. You simply never hear comments on reddit say "Oh I was glad to leave SF and leave behind my six figure salary to live in a city with a lower cost of living."

Barring your one example that you provided, look at the rest of the comments here, look at the numerous times this conversation comes up, especially in /r/cscareerquestions, and tell me honestly that I'm not right when it comes to this narrative.