<p>mitchklong</p>
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<li>California has a lot of CS jobs (probably more than any other state), and local companies hire locally.</li>
<li>California (CS populated areas) is very expensive so local salaries are a little bit higher. But I know that $82,000 from Berkley and $64,000 from UT Austin are very different lifestyles. :)</li>
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