[wildcard_redneck]

“OTOH, a lot of coders that I know are not necessarily all that liberal, they’ve just had to work in these areas. I think that a good chunk of developers trend libertarian and are quite simpatico with places where real Americans are the majority.“

You might need to qualify that statement with “ a lot of coders who are citizens”. ;)

[RedStateRocker]

Yeah, good point. The ones I know don’t really care for the culture of the bay area (except the food) but you go where the work is. But $150K in Montana goes a lot farther than $200K in Silicone Valley