santa clara costs 33K and stanfrod cost 35k. as for housing, biggs05 is correct, you can find a room for around 500 bucks, not sure about 400.

to be honest, you will likely not find a job here for a while unless if you have a hook up. too much competition!!! too many people willing to do job for lower wage than you. plus, bay area is really small compared to other metropolitan areas.

san jose is the biggest city in bay area and in my opinion it doesn't have the big city vibe. there is nothing to do there, kinda lame.

but ya, we have less black people than east coast haha....