Hi everyone,
Need a bit of advice. I'm thinking about moving to California, USA to work.
The salary seems good compared to what I'm making now. Maybe $90k+ basic salary. The job is in Santa Clara, which from google looks like part of San Jose??
I'm originally from England, holding Irish and UK citizenship. I've been living in Singapore most of my adult life, 7+ yrs, I'm newly married.
My question is not about jobs and work related stuff, but more on lifestyle....is it a good place to live? Is it affordable with that kind of salary to support a couple?
What do you feel think would be the challenges of moving to California USA after living in UK/Ireland/Singapore?
Thanks so much for your advice.
P.s. I have never been to the USA before.
$90k a year is enough to live comfortably in most parts of the US if you have no debt or kids.
The Bay Area however, is NOT on that list.
I work in San Jose. few things u need to knowHi everyone,
Need a bit of advice. I'm thinking about moving to California, USA to work.
The salary seems good compared to what I'm making now. Maybe $90k+ basic salary. The job is in Santa Clara, which from google looks like part of San Jose??
I'm originally from England, holding Irish and UK citizenship. I've been living in Singapore most of my adult life, 7+ yrs, I'm newly married.
My question is not about jobs and work related stuff, but more on lifestyle....is it a good place to live? Is it affordable with that kind of salary to support a couple?
What do you feel think would be the challenges of moving to California USA after living in UK/Ireland/Singapore?
Thanks so much for your advice.
P.s. I have never been to the USA before.
90+k isn't going to go very far there.
unless your wife will have a similarly paying job
in which case
180k isn't going to go very far there.
EPA, all day!You won't be able to save any kind of money on that salary unless you live in a poor ass side of town in Cali and trust me, you don't want to do that.
So what do you think...how much is a good salary over there then?
I want to be able to rent a decent apartment in not-a-slum, small is ok.
I want to buy a challenger or mustang or Camaro (one of those cheap fast American cars) and I want to save money.
Not to get into a conversation about work stuff but I feel pretty much overqualified for the position I've been talking about, so maybe I can try to find better paying jobs or negotiate a higher salary.
180k between two people is pretty damn good. you won't be rich by any standard, but that is more than enough for a nice apartment between two people in the bay area.
it was a joke Octo-Eye
At $90k and what you are asking for is not worth it IMO. Depending on the cost of rent, car payment and lifestyle, you won't be able to save much. What type of field do you work in? If you can make the same amount you'd be better off in Sacramento area like others have mentioned if you want to stay in Northern California. Probably one of the most affordable major city in California when compared to San Francisco, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, etc. Sac is underrated IMO. $90k is still not much in Sac, but you could probably at least live in a decent place and save much more.
Nope. I like big city centers and being able to get by without a car. I lived in a small mountain village as a little kid, and then in high school, and then a ski village after university. It doesn't get any better than that but really do like being in a cosmopolitan city.
The problem with the peninsula in the bay area is that unless you are a student and living on/close to campus, you can't get by without a car. Traffic is becoming intolerable in the valley. It was bad during dot.com 1.0 and then after the bust of 2000 traffic lightened up (no joke). Now it's worse than ever.
There are 14 places named California in Colombia.Californian, USA you say? Good, I thought you meant California, Colombia.
I work in San Jose. few things u need to know
Traffic is disgusting
San Jose is fun but can be trashy. a lot of homeless maniacs here
if you have an English accent, pussy will be easy for you
it is expensive to live out here
what do you do for work btw?
Bay Area is a joke now; rich people are moving to Washington pacific north west. Silicon Valley and all the google tech hipster wannabes ruined the place.
Also all the Filipinos , Indians is too much to handle you will be furious .
plenty of work for you hereConstruction industry. I'm a civil engineer.
dont call it that if you move here