Originally Posted by
knifeandfork
Another way to think about it is that you're going to have to up your commuting time. Twenty minutes reliably from BH in and out in rush hour isn't very much.
Forty minutes however would allow you to live in lots of nice places for $2,500. And a lot of people in LA wouldn't consider a forty minute commute rough.
Getting used to being utterly car reliant will be a mind shift, though.
Thanks Knife&Fork,
I wouldnt be willing to spend 1.5 hrs a day in traffic, it just seems like such a waste to me. I have had a look on Craiglist and there are a few apartments for around the 2 - 2.5 mark within a couple miles of our office, so i could always walk that.
As i have said, we are in a very comfortable spot here in Melbs so unless i can come close to matching that there isn't much point us moving