Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 09:45     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Anonymous wrote:OP - $200K would be with me as a SAHM. We’d be at $400K if I were to work but all my experience is in a specific type of government consulting which companies there would want me to be a lobbyist - definitely not for me and it would mean traveling back to DC anyway.


So do you think you can handle life with DH working a long our tech company job and you commuting to DC?? Can your mom live with you or anything?
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 09:24     Subject: Re:Sunnyvale, CA
Anonymous wrote:
Too many demons.


NP, and this earned a laugh from this former Buffy fan. But that was Sunnydale.


I totally missed that and I was a total Buffy fan!
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 08:33     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Anonymous wrote:Help DCUM....We may be moving there but I know absolutely nothing about the area. DH will have a job but I won’t (I’m in Gov’t consulting and just don’t have a network there). We have 2 kids (6 and 7 ) so schools are important. And we’re AA. Any advice or recommendations?


Advice about what?

Could be a fantastic opportunity or a pain, depends on your attitude.

You'll be in the epicenter of techworld, for good and for bad.

Schools are good but super intense.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 08:26     Subject: Re:Sunnyvale, CA
Too many demons.


NP, and this earned a laugh from this former Buffy fan. But that was Sunnydale.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 07:39     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Anonymous wrote:Too many demons.


What do you mean?
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 07:38     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
OP - $200K would be with me as a SAHM. We’d be at $400K if I were to work but all my experience is in a specific type of government consulting which companies there would want me to be a lobbyist - definitely not for me and it would mean traveling back to DC anyway.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 06:53     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Too many demons.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 06:43     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Anonymous wrote:OP here - we likely won’t buy but without my salary HHI will be $200K so we’ll be poor relatively speaking. I think DH is just ready for a change but I’m weary about whether this is the right one


$200k there will be dreadful. How much can you earn?

We are from California but can’t move back b/c we won’t make enough, and our friends say it’s a competitive money driven place now — NYC with sunshine.
Anonymous
Post 12/12/2018 05:46     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
OP here - we likely won’t buy but without my salary HHI will be $200K so we’ll be poor relatively speaking. I think DH is just ready for a change but I’m weary about whether this is the right one
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 20:51     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Tiny homes for very much money, but great opportunities, weather and diversity excepting many blacks. Lots of Asians. Depends on which school districts. Many go to chartre schools. Prioritize a reasonable commute.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 20:28     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
We have friends out there who own multiple homes. Maybe a bubble. So tread carefully.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 20:09     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Housing is crazy expensive. I used to live in the area. My friends with kids use catholic schools, except for one family, and I think that’s because the mom is Jewish. What will your hhi be?
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 19:57     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Not many AA in Sunnyvale or most of Silicon Valley. Schools are meh for the amount of money you will be spending on housing.

But the weather is fabulous!
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 19:55     Subject: Re:Sunnyvale, CA
Bring lots and lots of money.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2018 19:52     Subject: Sunnyvale, CA
Help DCUM....We may be moving there but I know absolutely nothing about the area. DH will have a job but I won’t (I’m in Gov’t consulting and just don’t have a network there). We have 2 kids (6 and 7 ) so schools are important. And we’re AA. Any advice or recommendations?