Not sure about this. In my experience accommodation in the UK is more than in the US (possibly not in the big cities or SV, though it was true of SF last time I

Not sure about this. In my experience accommodation in the UK is more than in the US (possibly not in the big cities or SV, though it was true of SF last time I visited), gas and electricity are a lot more expensive, and food is about the same price. Average annual salary of software developer in US: $93,000 Average annual salary of software developer in UK: £35,000 = $56,000 approx Average house price in the US: $181,500 Average house price in the UK: £234,000 = $376,014 Ever feel like you're in the wrong country? (the 93k figure from this recently front-paged article: <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4696113> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4696113>; all other figures from a randomly-selected page from the first few Google results, but the UK figures seem reasonable to me - I'm in the south of England but outside London, and houses here are all above 250k but most programming jobs I see offer 30-35k. Of course using nationwide averages isn't necessarily an accurate picture as the places with most tech jobs available are probably not the ones with most houses on the market)