TL;DR:<p>Indeed.com, a job search site, published stats that show how tech workers in the Bay Area, and especially those from age 31 to 40, are increasingly looking for job opportunities outside, mostly in New York, Austin, Seattle.<p>This might be attributed to the search for a balance between happiness and opportunity.<p>Also, this type of migration is common in other parts of the world, and tech companies are willing to follow these trends, such as Facebook opening offices in Austin and Seattle, or Google in Portland.<p>Shameless plug: I started posting summaries of HN stories here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;simonebrunozzi&#x2F;MNMN" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;simonebrunozzi&#x2F;MNMN</a>