dodgestang
Active Member
So I'm posting this because things are starting to look more and more like I might have an opportunity to move forward with an interesting opportunity with a large tech company in Cupertino (I would like to not name them and not have anyone else name them in this thread since it is public....but anyone with half a brain knows who I am talking about).
Anyway my specific quandary is....I've lived in CA before. Live in Livermore and Pleasanton for about a year. Hated it. Not because I had traffic problems...I worked 2 miles from my home. Not really because of the weather...although I did miss snow and seasons. And only slightly because the Mrs. missed her family. The primary reason was....we (Maria and myself) hated...and I mean HATED the 'lifestyle' with everyone poured in shoulder to shoulder in sub-divisions, home owner associations all up in your shit, rules about lawn length, amount of cars you can park on your driveway....and it was FLAT with treeless hills everywhere. In order to even think about making this work a second time I've convinced myself the best choice is the mountains and to live nestled in the red woods. The wife's job "might" be able to go telecommute so she would have that option....while she looked for something local (if she was inclined) but I would pick up a commute on highway 17. The company does offer a bus commute which could make it easier to commute but then I don't really get to drive as much (right now I try to exercise all the cars in my fleet with rides to the office in the nice weather) and i do lose the flexibility of arriving/leaving whenever I want (something that I do cherish at my current role).
So the cliffs notes (to those who already live in CA and have some knowledge here)....living in the mountains and a commute to work....or living in subdivision hell stacked in on top of each other?
Anyway my specific quandary is....I've lived in CA before. Live in Livermore and Pleasanton for about a year. Hated it. Not because I had traffic problems...I worked 2 miles from my home. Not really because of the weather...although I did miss snow and seasons. And only slightly because the Mrs. missed her family. The primary reason was....we (Maria and myself) hated...and I mean HATED the 'lifestyle' with everyone poured in shoulder to shoulder in sub-divisions, home owner associations all up in your shit, rules about lawn length, amount of cars you can park on your driveway....and it was FLAT with treeless hills everywhere. In order to even think about making this work a second time I've convinced myself the best choice is the mountains and to live nestled in the red woods. The wife's job "might" be able to go telecommute so she would have that option....while she looked for something local (if she was inclined) but I would pick up a commute on highway 17. The company does offer a bus commute which could make it easier to commute but then I don't really get to drive as much (right now I try to exercise all the cars in my fleet with rides to the office in the nice weather) and i do lose the flexibility of arriving/leaving whenever I want (something that I do cherish at my current role).
So the cliffs notes (to those who already live in CA and have some knowledge here)....living in the mountains and a commute to work....or living in subdivision hell stacked in on top of each other?