Want to Live USA for 1 month.recommend a state? +..finding a room? + cost of food?

BritAbroad

ferf1223 wrote: »

It depends on where though...I grew up in a city of about 70k people and we had a fantastic bus network...mainly because it was a university town, no doubt...but I lived for period without a car without any particular issues when I was just out of university and a bit poor.

And when I lived in Cincinnati which at the time was well over 1m population in the greater metro area, the buses were rubbish.

But in general I would agree...not long after I moved here I read an interview with (of all people) Lionel Richie...it was an interview with a UK magazine and one thing he said has always stuck with me...'in America your car is your freedom'...which is generally very true.

As for Americans not indicating and driving while talking on mobiles, I find that so funny as, at least in London, I would say that would account for well over 50% of the drivers I experience here.

50%? That's pretty good. Where I live I'd estimate less than 5% of cars ever use their indicators! Unfortunately using a hand held mobile is not illegal in this state either.

DKLS

A friend spent a year out there, living very cheaply. He saw most of America thanks to the size of the place and people re-locating there are lots of jobs driving cars from one state to another, It didn't pay a wage as such but all petrol costs were covered and some customers tipped like it was a wage.

vintner55

For accommodation try airbnb, great for very cheap stays with american households. Actually great worldwide, I used for Malaysia & had superb accommodation.

dzug1

Do remember you will not be able to work (legally) while you are there, so you can't rely on that if you start running out of money


That's assuming you are entering as a tourist (whether using ESTA/VWP or a B2 tourist visa) - you are unlikely to get a work visa

poe.tuesday

I was in portland recently on a training course and was there for 10 days, found it very, very cheap to eat out etc, hiring a car was something like £20 for a day and much cheaper for longer periods, portland was a bit of a odd place but the people were very friendly - we hired a car for a day and drove to the coast (which was amazing) and hopped over some amazing bridges into washington state - its very vast and wild up there, really loved it but it also had the city and discount shopping malls and the most amazing coast line I have seen in a long time - I have spent time in boston, LA, florida and New York and portland was by far the cheapest

there were no direct flights so we went via LA, staying there and then getting a 2 hour connecting flight up to portland