Would you prefer to live in Vancouver, Seattle or Portland

I get what you're saying, but it seems to me that WRT working for THOSE companies . . . you could be located in India and it wouldn't matter.

 

They've tried that -- in Austin and Raleigh anyway, if not India -- and found it didn't meet their needs. There's big value in having people together.

 

With no actual knowledge of house prices there anymore, I would guess at $2 million, give or take a couple hundred grand. I didn't stay on the job for the whole remodel/rebuild.

 

You're probably right, @swingline. It doesn't take much to get to $1M in Portland these days either.

 

Among the other insane numbers in that story:

And if you can't afford to buy, it's not like rents are a bargain, either. Brutal housing market.

 

U-Haul prices reflect growing push to leave Silicon Valley

“They’re almost paying people to get the trucks back into San Jose,” he said in an interview. That suggests “there’s a huge outflow, and a lot of outbound moves leaving the area, and very few moves coming in.”

Moving from San Jose to Las Vegas, Nevada? You’ll shell out $945 to rent a 10-foot U-Haul truck, and $1,990 to rent a 26-foot truck, for up to four days, according to the U-Haul website. But make the move in the other direction, and you’ll pay $119 for a 10-foot truck and $132 for a 26-foot truck.

Moving to Phoenix, Arizona from San Jose is the same — $119 for the smallest truck, and $132 for the largest. But a trip from San Jose to Phoenix costs $618 and $1,301.

 

LOLZ Bay Area.

Condemned Silicon Valley house sells for $1.2 million

 

There's no need to even mention the house anymore. Cause it's never the house they're buying.

"9,400-square foot piece of land in Bay Area sells for $1.23 million."

 

That's $130.85 a square foot, just for the land alone.

MATH ALERT: I own 1.8 acres (78,408 square feet) here in northeast Georgia, so not including the standing structures, my property would be valued at $10,259,686 there. (It's more like $250,000 here, most of that being the cabin and standalone garage, according to the county assessor.)

Which brings up three things: 1. My God, the taxes! 2. Boy, am I glad we gave up and moved away from northern California in 1991, although photos of Mount Diablo still bring a tear to the eyes. 3. Wonder how many U-Hauls I'd need to haul 1.8 acres of Georgia clay, sandstone and trees back to Walnut Creek?

 

Was just in Seattle last weekend and it rained nearly 2" in one day and guess what? 90% of people don't use an umbrella, think its being weak, and then there's the bonus of walking around with water logged pants up to your knees. Still a gorgeous city.

 

My favorite Seattle story...

I was there in late June and walking to the ballpark. I stopped in at a shop just to verify directions and the guy said as I left, "it's pretty warm out there." The temperature listed on the bank's clock across the street was 65.