The Pros and Cons of Living in Silicon Valley during the AI Boom

As the AI era emerges, the debate about the best place to live to take advantage of it for your career has started up again. Is Silicon Valley still the best place to live when a new trend starts?

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• The case against living in the Bay area (Forrest Brazeal) 
• Cost of living calculator
• Best quality of life cities (US) 
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• Best quality of life cities (Asia)
• Top 15 Wealth Creating Stocks of last 10 years (Vanguard)

IS SILICON VALLEY STILL THE CENTER OF TECH INNOVATION?

• Amazon, Microsoft, Space X , BYD, TSMC, are not in Silicon Valley

THE PROS AND CONS OF LIVING IN SILICON VALLEY DURING A BOOM?

• Density of ideas
• Density of people that obsess over technology
• Work from Office vs. Work from Anywhere
• Location of customers - and physical vs. digital
• Ability to make money vs. life changing money
• Non-work considerations (family, non-work activities, etc.)

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