Hacker News Reader

It is becoming less desirable imo. Wildfire season has replaced summer, crime and cost of living are out of control, and local parks have turned into homeless encampments.

> the Bay Area is still a very desirable place to live, and has been so long before Silicon Valley was a thing

Not that desirable. The South Bay was just a place to grow fruit before Silicon Valley.

Except most industries don't pay as well as IT.