FLASH: salary in SF

[Stuart Mayhew (Garanti Teknoloji)]

Hi,

I too am in the situation of moving possibly very soon if the visa comes through to San Francisco, from Istanbul. I have been offered a job which is at Pine street, 94111 area. I agree that moving to live into the main city would be impossible, the rents are sky high and would completely eat to much of my annual wage for a basic flat. My question is if I move to the suggested area of say Sacramento or San Diego how easy and long would it take to get to work and what are these areas like what to do there. Plus how much would I save in money if paying for travelling from these areas(would it be esential to have a car). All advice on this would be appreciated as I have never lived in the States before and I want to make sure this is good move for me and my wife. I also know nothing of which areas I should look into, what areas should I stay away from where is cheapish but nice (a good standard of living at say $2000 a month tops or is that expecting alot for the cash?? what are other bills like??). I lived in London(which is not really comparible) but it like any other city has good areas and bad as well as cheap and damned near ridiculous prices for living but the underground(subway) is fantastic so travelling is very easy. I am looking for an area that is commutable to Pine Street, an hour or so, ( I appreciate traffic is always a problem as Istanbul also has major traffic problems making 40 Min journeys take 3 hours some days) as I will not have a car initially, and will allow me to do things at the weekend easily as I want to get out and about and experience all california has to offer. What is the transportation system like there?How far out can you get before it becomes a task to get any where.


Also as a side note I will be working as a Flash designer in SF, now in Istanbul Flash is a new thing and not very cutting edge here hence I have to move on not enough expansion room here I might get left behind staying - what about SF, too many design companies, flash designer?? Are they all good?? I have been offered a job with Balthaser (Balthaser.com) do you know anything about them?? I am hoping to further myself greatly in my Flash knowledge at work( I know Flash but I am not Joshua Davis) and maybe 3D as well(with night courses perhaps), I know there are good schools(recommendation welcome) there but am I dreaming that all is gold and honey????



thanks for any comments and suggestions in advance



Stuart


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