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[quote=AN]You’re right. It depends on where you work. The companies that I’m interested in (Google, Apple, etc) are not in San Jose. If you work in San Jose, then you’re right, the commute wouldn’t be too bad. But if you get a job in the Peninsula, which a lot of the tech jobs are), the commute would be bad and you’d have no option like MM. Which were where I got the offers from. I might have a different opinion if the offers I got were in SJ.

You’re right, it might not be fair to compare the $200-250k in UTC to the $600k in the Peninsula. But my point is, there’s no $200-250k option up there like down here. Here, you can make $100k/yr and have an option to buy a 2/2 for $200k. Up there, if you work in the peninsula, you don’t have the same option. If you make $130k up there compare to down here, your cheapest option is well over $400k. You don’t have an option to live conservatively up there.

Then if you want to move up scale, there’s CV, you have something like this: http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-120053182-12366_Carmel_Country_Rd_107_San_Diego_CA_92130 for low $300k. Anywhere in the peninsula that have the kind of schools CV has, that same place would easily go for $700-800k.[/quote]

Based on that criteria I’d say you made the right decision to stay in SD. Bottom line it just depends on what your priorities are. If your top priorities are close commute to tech jobs and good schools then SD is pretty hard to beat. But up here I can drive to San Francisco in 30 mins for great food and culture, or drive 1.5 hours to Laguna Seca for a track day. That’s definitely something I can’t do in SD ;).