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> >>> As for contracting out? I don't think I'd want to leave Silicon Valley.
> 
> >>Those of us who couldn't imagine living in the bay area, for one :-)
> >>(it's bad enough here!)
> 
> >	Hehe.. true. Rent is expensive. Traffic is horrible. To have fun
> >on friday/saturday night you have to drive ~40 minutes to the city. Way
> >hot during the summer. Earthquakes. Everyone has a cellular phone. 
> >	And yet I love this place. :) 
> 
> Sounds just like Seattle, except replace ~40 minutes with ~20 minutes
> (except in "rush" hour), and hot with "just right".  Oh yeah, and lots
> of rain. :-)

Hmm, why live there at all.  Traffic is great (< 1 mile to work), the
mountains and the hills are about 5 mins away, the internet connection
is solid, why live anyone where you and your 5 million closest friends
like to hang out.

Montana is the place you wanna to be. :)


Nate