Bay Area housing prices drop in tech-heavy counties
Buying a house and settling in the Silicon Valley/SF/etc... does not make any financial sense whatsoever.  They are all pretty much overpriced, crappy and old. Even the quality of the new "luxury condos" is crap. Seriously, take a closer look at the quality of the windows, walls, doors, floor, everything...it is all paper thin cheap stuff way overpriced. Not to consider taxes, earthquake and fire insurance.Cost of life, school, pre-school, daycare etc, they are all crazy expensive. Public transportation is nearly non-existent. Traffic is insane. People who live in SF wake up at 5.30am/6.00am to catch the bus and commute to the Valley oO. They spend at least 2hours if not more a day in traffic.The only thing that imo makes sense is to move there, save as much money as possible. Maximize your 401k and pension plan contributions. Don't work in scrappy startups for a low paycheck and stock options (most startups are doomed to fail or will never go IPO) but prefer instead bigger companies or close to IPO ones that have a good 401k matching plan, bonuses, incentives, and higher base salary.Get a new job every 2/3 years, so that you can increase your salary quickly + signing bonuses.Do this for ~10years and then move to a normal place where you could buy a super nice house in cash and then work remotely.