Girlfriend is getting impatient with my long stay in Asia for medical treatment; need advice

[Darren_Garrison]

So I’m guessing this issue resolved itself…

Is $70,000/year in Cupertino enough?

Just got offered a job in Cupertino. The salary range was $70-85k but the offer was at the bottom - $70k. Having never lived in the Bay Area before, is this enough to live on as a single person (and still be able to save some money at the same time) or should I be trying to negotiate higher in that range in order to make ends meet? Cupertino does have houses that cost $1-2 million apiece on average to buy, for instance, although I don’t plan on buying a house - and apartments that can easily c…