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Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

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Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

#11
I'd live more country-side, where you get a lot more house and land for your money. Preferably near a forest and a small lake. I want to get away from the city, but I'd still like to have a town nearby for schools for the kids so that they can have friends to walk/bike to. I'd just like the space to build a fire, build a pizza oven and not bother anybody. And I never want to hear anybody else's outdoor speaker ever again :) (All this in the Netherlands.)

Also I'd like enough rooms to have a proper office (big desk, many screens, drawers filled with Raspberry Pi's, I love computers), now I work in my sons room. I'd also like to have the space to put something like a car wreck on my land, so the kids can explore it. You know, create a rich learning environment, outside and inside.

Edit: Just like Deanna and Riker on Nepenthe [0] but with other people within walking distance ;)

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9420288/

Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

#13
Mediterranean coast for sure.

Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, South France, etc. Maybe Tunisia or North Morocco.

Depends on which culture makes the best impression, and after that, I would settle down for 5-6 years.

My 2nd choice would be the Carribean, but the countries are more hit and miss, small islands means everything is expensive, and hot weather year round sounds nice in theory, but I'm sure I'd get tired of it within 3-4 months. I like seasons.

Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

#14
There was a phase of my life where I felt a nomadic existence would be ideal.

Later I went through another phase in which I imagined finding the perfect place and establishing an amazing existence there in an environment uniquely suited to my temperament.

In the current (perhaps final?) phase I realized that everything I want to do and which is important to me is connected with the place I happen to be.

Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

#15

I live in Cambridge and its perfect for my needs, for now. Small university town, everything at bikeable distance, cosmopolitan: if I want to meet a person from any country or experience their cuisine, eveything is available here. London is just an hour away by train. And companies like Microsoft, Apple and IBM have their offices here. The only problem is that in UK its extremely hard to get a sense of community and…

I found my shared like of British humour and sarcastic outlook of life made it easy to make British friends when I lived there.

Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

#20

For me, it's Montevideo, Uruguay. Now that Brexit has upended where I would live in Europe, this is the next best plan for us.

I’d recommend checking out Piriapolis as well :-). When I was younger my parents had an apartment there and it’s a beautiful little beach town.
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