
Originally Posted by
kpmarine
Have you lived in Cali? An honest question, because it doesn't sound like you speak from recent experience. In the more populated areas of So Cal, you can't look at a sublet room with your own bath for less than $500. A 2 bedroom place somewhere worth living in Cali won't be touchable for less than at least $1200/month, if fortune smiles on you. Cali is not cheap, and that's ignoring transportation, utilities, and incidentals. Our gas prices are so high that we drive to Medford, OR for gas up north. This state is huge, so you're driving most anywhere you need to go. We don't have very good public transit. The unemployment rate here has been over 10% for two years now. I think that's what the comment about people with masters degrees was supposed to imply.
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