What the heck do young people in Silicon Valley do after work?
Dude, for the love of God, don’t live in the South Bay. This is a topic near and dear to my heart, having grappled with it since I was 20 years old. My simple philosophy on this stuff is, live where you play, not where you work. For me personally, a commute of up to one hour each way, assuming light traffic, is 10000000% worth it to be able to have an incredibly diverse nightlife and weekend social scene at my fingertips. Yes, you pay a premium for this. There’s a reason why it’s cheaper to live in the suburbs. But when you’re young and lacking in major financial responsibilities, I say, enjoy yourself. I have a lot of friends moving here from Boston, where I’m from, to work for Google. Many of them contemplate living in Mountain View. I always tell them, “There’s nothing in Mountain View except the bright bright lights of the Safeway parking lots.” It’s true. I work with a couple of 20-21 year old kids who never went to college, and they live in the South Bay because it’s where they g
