One of the smartest Indian software engineers I’ve ever known recently quit where I work and left for Seattle, no job, nothing. She did it because “I may never get the chance to do it again.” Rent is insane out there and things are getting slowly worse. But whatever. Price you pay for being a libtard.
I had a 1 room efficiency apt in Bellevue (across the lake) outside Seattle in 2007. A little less than 500 sq/ft. $1050/month. And that was 10 years ago.
And she's one of the smartest ones? Yikes!
Its going on in OR and CA too.
Long term engineers are debating if its worth the pain.