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This is a serious problem for me: I want to move to the Bay Area, but it seems like the up-front moving costs and rent will be too prohibitive even if after a f
by drostie 11y ago
This is a serious problem for me: I want to move to the Bay Area, but it seems like the up-front moving costs and rent will be too prohibitive even if after a few months they settle down to a net profitability. I just don't have $10k+ in the bank to act as an acceptable safety net for the rent, security deposit, moving fees, tickets, etc.
I'd try to do a van-plus-PO-Box-plus-health-club situation but my girlfriend would probably never go for it.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> This is a serious problem for me: I want to move to the Bay Area, but it seems like the up-front moving costs and rent will be too prohibitive even if after a few months they settle down to a net profitability. There are more affordable places (still expensive, but less so than SF/Silicon Valley) within reasonable commute distance of the core of the Bay Area. If you've got good bay area job prospects, you might consider initially living on the peripheries until you can build up a cushion that lets you move further into the core.
- sjg007 11y agoFind a job that pays relocation. A lot also have corp apartments that you can stay in for a few months as well.
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- dragonwriter 11y agoBoth relocation payments and corporate apartments are things that are within the bounds of reality. I've know firms that do each, I've know people that have received relocation with new jobs as recently as this year. They may be relatively uncommon. They may not be offered by the companies you are interested in. They may not be things that people you know have received and told you about. But they are definitely not "beyond the bounds of reality".
- yo-code-sucks 11y agoMove to Tracy or Livermore and drive to the Bart station in Dublin to get into the Bay Area.