Looking to move to the US. I have the possibility to do so with the company that I'm working on, on an L1. I'm a software engineer with a C1 in English and a B2 in Mandarin, with a CS Statistics degree and around 2 years of experience. I have the following questions:

1. I don't care about living in the US as a long-term thing. I just want to save as much as possible for as long as this software engineering window is open. Which state potentially enables this? I can virtually go to any state and get paid a wage relative to that state and zone. I want to make sure that I optimize salary - (tax cost of living).

2. The current situation of the world kind of scares me on the econ side. Considering the unstable economical climate GPT development in the following years, can I just come back to CR without any problem ignoring any implications I might have with my employer if I get laid-off?

3. How do you deal with the idea of leaving your parents? It truly hurts me to know that they'll be here getting older, and that they might die, and I won't be able to use literally any amount of money to talk back to them.

4. Which state might also be good to just enjoy myself on the weekends? I love hiking, camping, practicing my mandarin, dancing, reading and talking about the things I've read with random people, having a decent amount of social life (which I think I can develop in most places since I'm very very social). Would also love for the place to be liberal enough to do some short-term dating. This one is not a priority, but would be great if complimented with the first point.