[jlarocco]

Budapest is a strange choice for comparison.

Just about anywhere in the United States will be a lot cheaper than SF, too, without the huge inconvenience of moving internationally.

[krn]

I picked Budapest for comparison, because as a European I don't know many large, safe, and affordable US cities that wouldn't require owning a car for comfortable living.

[throwaway20382]

Well yeah. And it isn't America, they will arrest you and throw you out of the country after a year.