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[quote=Anonymous]For $900k HHI I would not move.  What is more $ really going to do for you at this income level? Also, you’d need to probably double your salary to make it count in the Bay Area.

My spouse and I had to move away from both families for work and we don’t make close to that income combined. It’s hard to be away from family when you have kids

My SIL lives close to my in-laws and it is great for her kids.  My in-laws watch the kids all the time, attend their activities, etc. We visit my in-laws 3x per year and then my family 2-3x per year which gets expensive and takes a lot of the vacation time.  My in laws now say they will only visit us 1x a year now (even though we pay for their travel).  We have offered to fly them when we go on other vacations but they say no to that too (they have $ they suddenly don’t want to travel).

A relative of mine worked in tech and was at a very senior level.  He worked on the East Coast and was told flat out he hit the ceiling unless he moved out west. He said no, still made excellent $ and recently retired. He wanted to live by family and let his kids have that experience.  He never was promoted after, but he was happy and had a great work/ life balance.  He traveled to the West coast at least once a month but he liked being closer to family.  One of his kids is in their medical residency and the other is getting a PhD, so are doing just fine.  He also later made the point that the public high school where many people sent their kids had a major drug issue.  Many of the kids were pretentious and he didn’t want his kids around that environment.

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