&gt; I&#x27;ve purchased a house and a rental property. The latter would have been unthinkable in the Bay Area.<p>I purchased a house with my wife here in northern OH, and while we don&#x27;t have a rental, we do have around 4 acres of land to use and for our son to play on, in an area with an excellent public school district. I know this would be very hard to come by near most tech-centered hubs in the country, and would be very difficult for me to give up now. The more I think about it, the less certain I am that even doubling my salary would convince me to do it.