[techninja]

Do you have your heart set on California?

If not, the start-up scene is pretty good up here in the Seattle area. You can get decent 2-bedroom apartments for $1000/month downtown. Plus its very similar to San Francisco in culture and weather (our fog is just further up in the sky).

Denver is also getting popular for start-ups and housing there is cheap. You could also try Plano, Texas; similar thing going on there.

[rocken7]

yes good thoughts, seattle is actually in the running, i'm from portland so its well known to me, just wishing i could stay in the warmer climate + sunshine (i gave up on pdx after 7yrs of rain)

[techninja]

Then I would say look into Plano, Texas. A lot of my co-workers work there and they are pretty happy about it, a lot of them are from San Francisco and Southern California. And its is pretty warm there. Its apparently becoming a hot-bed for start-ups (At least that is what I have been told)