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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends where you are in life - how old you are, where your family / friends are, where you want your career to go. I agree with all PPs that RT is significantly cheaper, but if you are younger, I would recommend SV. You can always go to RT from SV, but it's significantly harder to go from RT to SV. SV will open up so many more doors in your career.

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Plus, if you want to find a different job in tech, SV has more opportunities than RTP. This is the place to be to cut your teeth in the industry.

If I had a family, I'd choose RTP.[/quote]

Some good advice here without knowing much about you and your interests.  If you are early 20's, depending on where the SV job is, do it.  If you live in San Francisco you can get by without a car and you'll meet a ton of like-minded people.  It's a fun city and i miss it.  Further in the valley you'll need a car and it isn't as fun except for some pockets like Palo Alto.  Same for East Bay, i wouldn't move there in my 20's without a friend network already there or if i was in the family stage.  Prices are going to be much higher in SV than RT, it isn't just nominal but you're paying to live in a great climate with the leaders in technology right there.

Do you know Research Triangle?  You really do need a car, and there has been a migration to the Sun Belt, so while traffic isn't as crazy as the Bay Area, the 40 does have traffic jams during rush hour now.  Would you want to live in Raleigh, or Durham?  Different feel.  Even thought RT is making moves to become more densified and has some housing options now, it was created as a suburban office park zone focusing on R&D.  People live in neighboring communities.

The Raleigh area is really good for people later in life with a family, and the people there are shockingly friendly which is very apparent vs the DC area.  I have considered the move there myself as I could move with my job.

If you are in tech (vs biotech) My guesses as to the company you are talking with would be Lenovo, IBM, or Apple, but there are many other companies in both areas.  I'd avoid Wolfspeed altogether at this point however.[/quote]

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