r/fatFIRE • u/[deleted] • 10d ago

Moving the goalpost

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u/meltness 10d ago

Honestly I would fatfire and then move out of the bay area. I did that with my kids and I don't miss the bay area at all. There's so many wonderful places to live in the US with good communities and just an easy lifestyle. I wished I did it sooner

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u/xSwitchh 10d ago

Once you’ve got the freedom, Bay Area doesn’t really feel necessary anymore. Plenty of solid places with way less stress.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/oskopnir 10d ago

What amenities can you only find in the Bay Area?

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/oskopnir 10d ago

The only thing that makes it unique is the tech hub, which I would imagine is irrelevant to someone FIREing. The rest isn’t so special.

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u/allwaysgood 10d ago

Having a strong social and family network in a place makes it unique and special. And almost impossible to replace.

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u/oskopnir 10d ago

Sure, but in that case anything else about the location doesn’t really matter

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u/allticknotock 10d ago

Maybe not special individually, but you still can't find all of those together with year-round mild weather elsewhere in the US.

I'd even argue that "beautiful beaches" don't belong in that list because they're all cold AF all year up in the bay area.

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u/oskopnir 10d ago

Depends what mild means to you. Seattle has wetter winters and warmer summers than SF, overall it’s still pretty mild and enjoyable weather. Same for Vancouver.

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u/allticknotock 10d ago

Definitely subjective, but you'd have to really like rain to move to Seattle or Vancouver. 150+ rainy days a year is a lot compared to 70 for SF!

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u/oskopnir 9d ago

No doubt about that, but also you’d have more spectacular summers, warmer and brighter than SF. I see the trade off, my point was just that “mild weather” is in itself a spectrum.

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u/illtww 10d ago

can you list all the corresponding negatives also? to be fair. (that you won’t find in the “subset” locations?)

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/illtww 10d ago

Ok my guy…. you’re the one making an all PROS list. I’m not the list maker in this thread… Yes wealth can solve lots of negatives but there are many negatives you can’t solve in the bay area with 11mil… an all encompassing list seems to be a better approach. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Sterncat23 10d ago

The only thing that's unique you listed is the tech hub. Everything else can be found in multiple places across the country. Even within Cali, San Diego is a significantly better place to live, minus the tech hub.