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I am looking at moving to Los Angeles from Cleveland. I need advice!?

  • I plan on moving within the next year/ year and a half. I will be moving with two of my friends. I currently play D1 baseball at a school in Ohio and I am just not satisfied. The three of us have always dreamed of moving to LA. I am looking for some advice regarding how hard it is to find a job that will be able to support the cost of living. I figure it will be a little bit easier consider it will be three of us working and each sharing the costs of everything. Does anyone know where to find jobs or have any suggestions? I have been looking through similar forum topics like mine and a lot of people recommend housekeeping. I don't think people will be looking to hire three 20 year olds for that. I know that you have to look into a lot when moving, especially to Los Angeles. We have already looked into insurance and housing. But none of that is going to happen unless we each find a job. If anyone has any advice or suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. And I am not really looking for someone to tell me how unrealistic this is. When I say we would like to move within a year or a year and a half that is a goal but we are willing to wait until we have everything settled first. Thanks

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    If you want sound advice STAY IN CLEVELAND! The cost of living will be roughly 50% higher in California than Ohio. Also California has the countries 3rd highest unemployment rate. Many locals tell of looking for a job for a year or more before just giving up. It would be EXTREMELY difficult for 3 inexperienced high school grads to find a job when LITERALLY they would be competing with hundreds of college grads for every position than occasionally opens up. Every other kid wants to move to California. It isn't like you see on stupid television programs. You have a choice. Listen to my advise, and save all that money you would have wasted coming here. or you can ignore my warning, come here, find out that I told you like it is, and after a couple months your money is gone, and you'll be asking what to do.

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Come. enjoy the excellent weather affordable housing. Jobs aplenty for those willing to work. Also excellent education opportunities for those wishing to pursue higher education. nice friendly neighborhoods. parks galore. beaches mountains & deserts within 90 minutes from any location in the southland. I say come and pursue your dreams.

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The most difficult thing will be getting a place to stay. With no jobs, nobody's going to want to rent to you. Also, you should check out the Real Estate and Renting forum. It's full of folks who did not get the details of their apartment lease in writing, or didn't pay attention to those details, and are now in a world of hurt. Be aware that even the best of friends sometimes fall apart when having to share an apartment. Here's my usual spiel: Most people who ask this question are unprepared, unrealistic, with no money, no experience, no skills, and no plan. You need a plan: First item on the agenda is rent. A decent 1BR apartment in LA currently goes for $1200, give or take. Nicer areas and areas closer to the beach are much higher. Don't expect to move to Santa Monica and get an apartment on the beach for that much. Or Toluca Lake, or Beverly Hills. Unlike many metro areas, LA is unique in that it extends for nearly 100 miles in every direction. There are no open spaces between towns. So the price tends to stay high until you are 70-100 miles from Los Angeles. Next, you will need a car. Los Angeles is VERY spread out, and train service is extremely limited. If you don't have a car, you will have to take a bus, which takes 3 times longer to get anywhere than a car. All told, it generally takes about $3,000 per month to live here. If you don't have a job that pays that much or skills that can get you that kind of job, stay where you are. If you are unskilled and work for minimum wage (or for tips like bartending or waiting tables), you'll only make about $1200 per month. And speaking of jobs, they are rather hard to come by now. College grads seeking employment are having a very tough time of it right now, since the job market is flooded with experienced people who were laid off. Unemployment is over 12% right now. Not exactly the kind of job market you want to move into. Finally, you will need money. Landlords want first month's rent and a security deposit up front. You'll need money for food, transportation, utilities, etc. The consensus in this forum is that you need about $10,000 to start out. So there's your plan. And please don't tell us that you have dreams of being an actor or singer. That sets off another alarm. We already have a million (literally) wannabe actors in this town. Don’t even get me started. If you are looking for safer areas, go look at www.lalife.com and read the maps, or check out neighborhoodscout.com. And if you don’t believe me, check out this question posted by someone who moved out here without consulting us, and without much in the way of a plan. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag2hjCjqt36hkhneNi8GCxHty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110108002806AAsxvrK

Obviousman

it will be hard because for a 3 beed room apt is about 1500 to 2000 thousand so u each would need to make over 500 for rent and all the other bills and its hard to find a job and if u do it will probly be minium wage some at fast food or target or something like that unless u have a degree good luck

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