USA Today and the National Realtors Association released the 1st quarter home sales data.....very interesting.....For ***** and giggles scroll down and look at what a median price of a home in the SF Bay Area is....$748,000. ha ha...jesus I gotta get out of here.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/econom...rices-q1_N.htm

 

I like how the next highest on the list other than California is like $350,000. It's just ridiculous, but this is where I gotta be for my future career.

 

Crazy huh! I'd like to see a comparison of salaries as well.....I would seriously consider moving out the state if I could keep my same pay...then I'd have a freaking mansion.

 

By the way, I wasn't posting this to make it a Cali vs 49 other states....besides, we'd win anyway. ha ha ha.

Well considering Cali has the 6th largest economy in the world by itself I'd say there is a lot more here to do for work than just the movie business. I also love how everyone just thinks there are a bunch of **** roaming around Cali trying to butt plug everyone in site.....Yes, we have our problems and it's expensive, but there aren't too many places in the world like it.

By they way Jack....I've been to Denver a couple of times and love it...well, not during the winter, but other than that it's sweet.

I somewhat agree with what you said about dropping the prices down and Cali is overpriced, but in my mind if somewhere is CHEAP it's probably not too desirable of a place to live (not always the case, but sometimes). There are several reasons why Cali is expensive and one of them is because it's a desirable place to live.

 

Thats excatly why for me. I'm going into Visual Effects/Animation and there's nowhere else thats better. Like jjtgiants said, Cali has much more than just the movie industry. The Silicon Valley is the place to be if your an engineer or any kind of computer related person. I doubt I could really find a job doing what I do now and making what I make somewhere else. Now I don't make that much money (40,000-45,000 a year), but this isn't my career. It's a job until I can finish up school. Plus I spend most of the day on the internet screwing around. Oh and I have full benefits for free.