You can get a studio out here for less than $3K in a good location, but it will take time and effort and you may lose A LOT OF PATIENCE trying to find it in pla

You can get a studio out here for less than $3K in a good location, but it will take time and effort and you may lose A LOT OF PATIENCE trying to find it in places that are less than ideal. Now you may be saying, "but why not roommates," in which case I would say "hell is other people, especially when you live with them." Good on you for moving to a reasonable COL city, the best thing I can say about SF's job market is many companies out there let you work remote because apparently finding decent tech people out here is hard, so you could make the SF salary with that $1K per month rent and live like a king.