Have been following the thread and wanted to put in my 2 cents here:
You play well, and will be a winning player for sure. Need to get the hours up.
If you rent a room in Vegas there are plenty of rooms for 300-400/mo. If you get your own place expect 1k a month (utilities in that 1k).
The 1/2 games in Vegas are great on the weekend and during heavy tourism (conferences), you should also be playing the 1/3 games they spread around also.....Palms is a GREAT 1/3, not much diff than the 1/2's.
Unless you pack food in a backpack you will be spending $15 per meal unless you eat crap. In CA food is comped at most Casinos (The Bike 2/3 blind 100-300 buy in is comped food) If you are playing 5 days a week 8 hrs a day, this is 2 meals a day.
The rake in Vegas is definitely lower than CA, CA drops $1 for jackpot no matter what and $3-$4 if you see a flop. Vegas is tiered up to $5 drop depending on pot size.
There are a lot more better structured (100bi or higher) games in Vegas, not the case in CA (i'm talking LA area, Bike, Garden, Commerce, Hustler, HP, etc..) unless you play 5/5 blind or higher. Exception is the 2/3 blind 300bi at the Bike and Oceans Eleven.
Also, if you are young and single Vegas has A LOT of distractions.
The biggest advantage you have is that you are young and can't F-up too bad here......go to Vegas, check it out, and if it works, cool, if not, go check out Los Angeles, if that doesn't work, go home
Good luck with the journey.