Living cost in San Frans. bay area is expensive. Housing cost is very expensive. The cheap single family house is about 700,000. But 1 bed room apartment cost 1100 + (reasonable) depends upon the city of bay area. If you are already offered a good paying job, then you may want to settle in Bay area, CA. If you have to start from scratch (like us) then you may want to consider other city. I heard that Texas, North Carolina ...is somewhat cheap. Ojha ji, don't give all your information (name, status, $$ you save in bank) here in internet. And don’t rush to conclusion to buy house at this time. Ppl are saying housing market is at its peak and it will crash soon. Wait for few years until you develop your credit history here in US. Finally welcome to America. America is same everywhere. It doesn’t matter a lot where do you live.