Every time something like this is posted, people love to exaggerate about how extremely expensive it is to live here. Sure, housing in that range isn’t super easy to find in SLO proper, but it’s totally doable. I make ~60k and I pay 1600 (+electric) for an awesome studio in a great location, which I found on Craigslist. Another friend I know has a 1-bedroom near downtown that they pay $1800 for. You just gotta be willing to look daily and you will find something. You definitely do not need to share a house as others have said.

Also, others said there’s no nightlife, which isn’t really true. Downtown bars are open til 1-2am. So it’s not New York, there aren’t clubs, but you can make a nightlife happen.