[tempsy]

What's expensive about living in SF these days?

You can fairly easily find a room in a shared house for pretty cheap, and you don't need a car.

I don't really see how moving out of state somewhere where you might rent a place for slightly less but then tack on a car means you save money in any meaningful way.

[hot_gril]

Everything costs more in SF besides the rent, especially if you're constrained to shopping (groceries etc) at places you don't need a car for. Though it might not matter as much for a single person living without housemates.

[happyopossum]

$4k/mo in rent vs $1200k/mo in rent is more than enough to make up for the expense of having a car (if you move somewhere you need one) and still leave you with an extra $25k/yr in an account somewhere....

[tempsy]

I literally said a room in a shared house. no one is spending $4k on a room in SF.

You're not renting an entire apartment for $1200 anywhere livable in a large metro in WA or NV.