Willower

Hi, I'm a first-time poster looking for either advice or a reality check! Basically, I would love to move to San Francisco (from the UK).

I'm 24, single, working in a low-level editing job at an educational publishers. I live in rented accommodation and don't own property. I currently have no savings, but should be able to budget a couple of hundred pounds a month.

I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on how I might go about this. I'd like to stay in non-fiction publishing, but know this might not possible. How much should I be trying to save? I looked on craigslist at flat shares, and a lot of them need credit checks - is this a huge problem for someone new to the country?

Any comments would be appreciated - apart from soul-destroying, dream-crushing ones!

penguinsix

Don't let anything crush your soul or destroy your dreams. You just have to find a way, despite the reality that you are about to face.

Getting into the US is incredibly difficult. Don't even start to worry about housing or rent--deal with the visa issue first.

Take a look here and let us know if you think you can pull one of these off.

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Pulask...ork_in_the_USA

Bill_S

Forget craigslist. You need eharmony or match.com.

Pony

Unless your prepared to enter illegally, in which case you simply walk across the border

fatbrit

Marry a US citizen of the opposite sex or forget it as, realistically, it ain't gonna happen.

Bob

if they have US offices, work there longer, get into a position where they can transfer you to the US on a L1....otherwise, find a bird your willing to marry.

nethead

Does help if they're willing to marry him too

Sally

What is your vision of how your life will be better in San Francisco?

Bob

always a bonus

Ray

Gay capital of North America....

surly

In a queer sort of way it does make the city a better place to be. it makes the city a place of tolerance and diversity.

The climate, a beautiful setting, and a vibrant population don't hurt either.

Hola

Sally

I was asking the OP not you, Ray

Ray

I went there in 1971 ... got jailed for speeding on the way there overnight in some hick town ... and was treated like royalty...

Sally

You are Royalty

Bob

knitted yourself a new arsehole then?