LA Lifestyle

[osuzana]

Originally Posted by TytusPulo

Can't I get some kind of working Visa? would it help if I work in an American company, such as Royal Caribbean for example?

Please do the research.

How to get a work permit for the USA

There are two major ways to get a work permit in USA, (i) the H1B visa and (ii) L1 visa. The H1B Visa details.

[learningCA]

Originally Posted by TytusPulo

I meant I would be working on the cruise lines anyway, independently where I live



Yes, here it's a lot of money. But I prefer to live where I want, than to be rich... I wanna go in bigger country, in bigger city, I have money friends been in LA and what I know from them...especially from social point of view, it'll be paradise for me. People here in Bulgaria are too conservative and still stuck in social perspective. A, and the weather here is awful in the winter, I hate cold weather and only this is enough to move me out

You are young, Tytus.
If you manage to put some money together, let's say ten grand, you might be able to party for a few months; and that just if you are conservative with your money.

Drugs, beautiful people, easy sex - all cost a lot of money. LA as the paradise of your dreams exists for people with wealth and connections. The food chain illustrates well life in big cities: you eat or get eaten. Unless you have some special talent or skills coupled with a stroke of luck in making the right connections, you are nothing but a small fish quickly to be swallowed by a bigger one.

Come for a vacation.

Or come prepared to work tenaciously to make a living under the sunny LA skies.

Otherwise, with no one here to break your fall, you might end up as just another LA casualty, a homeless kid living in a world few would consider paradise.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

The OP could probably make more money in Bulgaria working in the parts of the hospitality industry catering to wealthy people from the UK. Perhaps at a ski resort. English skills seem good, that's the first step toward success.

[Howard Roark]

$4,000 a month? I am not sure. I will find out how $1600 per week (after taxes) will do soon. I rent an apartment in Arizona and one in the "south bay" part of Los Angeles. Combined rent is $2176 monthly. I've been also investing $2000 per month in mutual funds. It will leave me about $1800 per month for food, travel, and entertainment. Travel is my biggest expense, as I like to go back to AZ once per month.

Originally Posted by TytusPulo

Guys, who are from LA, I'd like to ask someth.
I live in Bulgaria and after three years I'll go to work on the cruise lines and I'll be getting pretty good money for my country(about 4000 dollars a month).
I wanna know will this money will be enough for me to live in LA(accomodations, food, going out, etc). Can you tell me how are the prices there, and what are the average wages?