Bay Area bias is almost certainly skewing this entire conversation thread. In my average non-coastal metro area, all the nice homes in the nice areas are owned by classes of people like lawyers and doctors, not software developers. Most developers I meet here drive average cars and live in average housing.
> Bay Area bias is almost certainly skewing this entire conversation thread
Definitely.
> In my average non-coastal metro area, all the nice homes in the nice areas are owned by classes of people like lawyers and doctors, not software developers.
Is the area benefiting from brain gain or suffering from brain drain?