Tracking the San Francisco Tech Exodus
It&#x27;s somewhat interesting that some numbers are based on the bay area (drop in bay area tech workers inflow&#x2F;outflow, what percentage of bay area workforce will remain remote), while other numbers based on San Francisco alone (drop in SF residents, SF GDP, business tax revenue, etc.).<p>I know that outside of California, the world views &quot;SF&quot; and &quot;the bay area&quot; mostly as one and the same. Based on anecdotes I feel like this doesn&#x27;t tell the full story, though maybe it does give you a high level overview (like this site does).<p>Among both personal friends and coworkers, ex-coworkers (from a decade+ of working in the bay area) -- surely there are people who move out of state (to Denver, Austin, Miami, etc.); but the more common trend is -- people who used to live in SF are moving out to the east bay &#x2F; surrounding areas; and people who were already in the east bay before move even further away (Sacramento area, etc.). Another interesting bit -- Sacramento doesn&#x27;t get talked about in tech circles and sites like this and related articles, because it&#x27;s not supposed to be the &quot;next sexy tech town&quot;, but in reality is a <i>lot</i> of people have moved here since the pandemic, both tech and not. I moved here before the pandemic, and witnessed the housing market rise more than the east bay (where there&#x27;s already an influx of SF people moving to) this past year.<p>All I&#x27;m saying is there&#x27;s a lot of nuances in this general exodus!