How do I move to Los Angeles without having a job there?|101339

I live in Wisconsin and have a job here, but it pays like crap and this state sucks.

The recession has hit California harder than most other states. Jobs here are almost nonexistent. For the past 4 years in a row more people are moving OUT of California than IN. Add to that how very expensive it is to live here, so unless you have a guaranteed job offer here, stay in Wisconsin where you have a job. This is not the time to be moving to California. You will be worse off out here than you are in Wisconsin. But if you_re determined to do this, at least keep enough money in the bank to move back to Wisconsin when things don_t go the way you planned .

Back in the early 90s, I worked as a production assistant for a small market station in Southern Oregon, and you would_ve been shocked at how many people were leaving L.A. to try to get work in the small market stations around the Northwest because it was difficult if not impossible to break in back in L.A. It_s always very difficult to find work in TV either on camera or off in the L.A. metro area...and it_s even worse now with the high unemployment rate. I also knew people who moved down there cold, and nearly wound up homeless because there are more people than jobs available.

I understand where you_re coming from though. I don_t exactly dislike Oregon, but it was never my dream to live here. I_d like to leave and go live down in Santa Monica, but with the way things are now, I know I_m better off staying here in the Northwest...and with the way things are right now economically, I_d agree with others here that you_re probably better off remaining in Wisconsin for the time being...and maybe just coming to California on a vacation just for a change of scenery.

The only difference between California and Wisconsin is that we have more sunshine and it_s more expensive to live here. If you don_t have a job, you_re going to have a hard time affording the average $1200 per month for an apartment.

If you don_t have skills, you_re going to be making minimum wage, competing against all the wannabe actors who come here and try to _make it_ in show business.

If you don_t have the skills or resume, I would throw another log on the fire and stay there.

I moved here with no job and was able to get one but that was a few years ago before the economy was so bad. I stayed with friends until I got a job and then looked for a place. I really would recommend applying for jobs first though. It is a very expensive place to live.

Its pretty hard to find a job in anywhere you are, I know in Los Angeles it can be pretty hard to find a job, unless if they hire you.

Good luck finding a job here!! We_ve been the hardest on the recession!!

As of right now, because of the economy, a job opening in Los Angeles is almost non existent. With the closings of Shoe Pavilion, Linens-N-Things, Mervyns, and Circuit City (soon to be), it_s going to be EVEN MORE difficult.

You will also need about $10,000 to start off.

Decent prices start at $1000 mo. for either an extremely small studio or a 1bd/1ba apartment if you_re lucky. There is no such thing as $350 mo. here. A minimum waged job alone will barely pay the rent. Remember, you need to eat, you need water, gas, electric, personal hygiene, etc.

Bottom Line: Look elsewhere, in 3 months you will probably be back in Wisconsin with no improvement whatsoever.

Hitchhike.

los angeles is pretty expensive. kinda hard to find a job here as well.

it_s nearly impossible! unless you have someone to give you money all the time