My official opinion of this area ( as a travelling design guy) is that the people working in design are not nearly as serious about meeting deadlines as those people living in much less interesting locations.
Working weekends? No way. There are too many very cool things to do and see here.
It doesnt pay nearly as much because there are not too many people taking deadlines seriously.
On the upside, it's beautiful here and there are some very interesting animals here.
