I don't think it would be that hard to find work with out a car, I mean hell I received two calls from two different Panera Breads wanting to set up an interview. Plus I went with out a car for nearly 10 years in St Louis and was able to find work fairly easy. Ya gotta keep in mind that Cali has stricter emissions laws. Not all cars will pass emissions out there specially if brought in from out of state. As far as things being expensive thats true in some areas. I used to live in Santa Rosa, I would not call that area expensive. Min Wadge out there is 8 last I checked, but seems like lately I've been making over that cause of experience.