>Where's a person supposed to lay down roots, without retreating deep into a suburb? I don't need or want a job at FAANG or the next "unicorn"; I'm happy with my normal tech job/income and the life it affords. Why couldn't those things stay confined somewhere else and leave the rest of us in peace?
Literally anywhere in the upper midwest. "Oh but the winters are brutally cold and the summers are too hot and humid" you say. Well, there's a reason you can get a $150k/yr tech job and a nice $300k house in a good neighborhood. And there's no aversion to building homes up here.
Way too many people think the only place to make a living in tech is on the coasts. But you can get tech jobs in any major city. And some are ridiculously cheap to live in. Just look outside the "normal" places.
Literally anywhere in the upper midwest. "Oh but the winters are brutally cold and the summers are too hot and humid" you say. Well, there's a reason you can get a $150k/yr tech job and a nice $300k house in a good neighborhood. And there's no aversion to building homes up here.
Way too many people think the only place to make a living in tech is on the coasts. But you can get tech jobs in any major city. And some are ridiculously cheap to live in. Just look outside the "normal" places.