Is TO really that expensive, its similar to LA or NYC 

From CNBC: 

The median home price in Mountain View, Calif., within two miles of Google's headquarters, is just over $1.3 million US$ (1.73 million Cdn$), reports the real estate company Estately.

Since Google has 21 offices around the country, though, there are plenty of cheaper places an engineer could choose to work for the tech giant.

"How many homes could one buy for the price of a Mountain View, California, home?
• Ann Arbor, MI—4.7 homes
• Atlanta, GA—3.9 homes
• Pittsburgh, PA—3.7 homes
•Austin, TX—3.3 homes
• Chapel Hill, NC—3.1 homes
• Reston, VA—3.0 homes
• Chicago, IL—2.7 homes
• Boulder, CO—2.3 homes
• Birmingham, AL—2.1 homes
• Washington, DC—2.0 homes
• Seattle, WA—1.9 homes
• Cambridge, MA—1.7 homes
• Irvine, CA—1.6 homes
• Playa Vista, CA—1.4 homes
• San Bruno, CA—1.3 homes
• San Francisco, CA—1.2 homes
• Sunnyvale, CA—1.2 homes
• Kirkland, WA—1.2 homes
• New York City, NY—1.0 homes
• Los Angeles, CA—0.8 homes"