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I left the Bay Area and moved countries for a tech job — and I'm 100 times happier and less stressed now than I was in Silicon Valley

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:40

Woman standing at cliff side over looking the ocean. — Agata Pona often went without health insurance and worked while sick living in the US, but she has more affordable insurance and longer sick days in Poland.
Courtesy of Agata Pona

Real Estate, Relocation, California, bay-area, Poland, Europe, tech-jobs

I left San Francisco and moved to LA. Here are the 5 worst things about leaving the Bay Area.

Sat, 05/04/2024 - 07:11

Stevie Howell sitting in front of art drawings pinned to the wall. — Stevie Howell started her business in San Francisco and said she doesn't think she ever would've started a business in another city
Courtesy of Stevie Howell

Real Estate, Small Business, san-francisco, bay-area, Relocation, la, los-angeles

A Gen X couple moved from California to Massachusetts to escape high housing costs: 'We still pinch ourselves over how lucky we are.'

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy

Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber — Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber recently moved from the Bay Area to Worcester, Massachusetts.
Steve Dalton

Real Estate, economy, Massachussets, California, bay-area, cost-of-living, Moving

These are the American cities with the most millionaires, data shows

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 06:31

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

People look out at the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on November 19, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey. — Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Real Estate, economy, real-estate, economy, Millionaires, Wealth, new-york-city

A camera hidden in a Starbucks restroom recorded 'extremely graphic' footage of over 90 people using the restroom, police say

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 08:30

Starbucks.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Retail, Starbucks, bay-area, san-jose, California, trending-uk, Crime

I moved to San Francisco despite the negative things I'd heard. The cost of living is high but it's worth it.

Sat, 02/17/2024 - 10:09

a woman gives a thumbs up in San Francisco — Julia Stevens moved to San Francisco in August.
Courtesy of Julia Stevens

Real Estate, as-told-to, BI-freelancer, raleigh, san-francisco, bay-area, SF

She bought a house without using a realtor. Did you?

Tue, 11/28/2023 - 13:42

A couple standing outside of a house. — About 12% of homebuyers in 2023 did not use a real-estate agent.
xavierarnau/Getty Images

Real Estate, housing-market, California, bay-area, real-estate-agents

A Florida Gen Xer refused to go back to the office in California. He says he was 'quiet fired' and explains how to know if it's happening to you.

Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:41

Tech Insider : Economy

Stephen Taylor — Stephen Taylor
Stephen Taylor

economy, Careers, quiet-firing, bay-area, Orlando, remote-work, return-to-office

Rents in Oakland have fallen faster than anywhere else in the US for a simple reason: The city built more housing

Sat, 10/14/2023 - 06:43

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics

New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. — New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Jane Tyska/Getty Images

economy, Real Estate, politics, oakland, California, bay-area, Housing

Silicon Valley billionaires want to build a new city in rural California, but locals are skeptical of the project: 'Their secrecy has caused a lot of problems'

Tue, 09/05/2023 - 11:18

Image shows the rural community of Rio Vista, California. It features a brown, wooden farmhouse, long grass and some parked RVs. — Rio Vista, California is a rural area, but billionaires want to utilize the land to erect a new city.
AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez

Tech Insider, Real Estate, California, california-forever, silicon-valley, bay-area, flannery

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