Hmm..I think we went to Tech around the same time.
Regardless, prices in Atlanta suburbs are less than 1/3rd of the prices in the bay area - and I am talking about suburbs just outside 285 - like Dunwoody that are <10 from Buckhead.
A $300K house in Dunwoody would easily cost more than $1MM in almost all of south bay.
There's no way you can make that difference up in gas - unless you go back and forth 5 times a day.
Having said that, your expected income in the bay area more than makes up for that difference if you are working in technology and entrepreneurial.
Regardless, prices in Atlanta suburbs are less than 1/3rd of the prices in the bay area - and I am talking about suburbs just outside 285 - like Dunwoody that are <10 from Buckhead.
A $300K house in Dunwoody would easily cost more than $1MM in almost all of south bay.
There's no way you can make that difference up in gas - unless you go back and forth 5 times a day.
Having said that, your expected income in the bay area more than makes up for that difference if you are working in technology and entrepreneurial.