But when they started looking, they found all the homes in their price range fit into one category. To relax, they would drive up the coast to Humboldt. We were vacationing up here around New Year's 1998 and saw the prices of homes. Nelson decided he could get a few nice buildings and acreage here for the same price as one of the homes in his price range in San Francisco. So the couple made the move up Highway 101, bringing their marketing communications company with them.
People wave and say hi.
They've had a lot of success working right out of their home in Cutten. The majority of our clients are in the Bay area, back east or overseas. Peter Shikli sees a similar opportunity for other high-tech businesses to relocate to Humboldt. It's hard to find good programming help these days, Shikli said, and that's hurting businesses elsewhere in the state. The shortage of knowledge workers is kind of endemic.