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Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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My method sure hasn't worked very well... or has it? I was looking for cheap warehouse space to start a business in, and did a nation-wide search for the largest, cheapest building in the entire continental US. I found one that seemed too good to be true. a 220,000 sqft metal warehouse and office complex on 17 acres. I thought the price was a typo at $375k.The agent assured me that the price was correct, and I flew o…

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Sarcasm?

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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> I live in a city and I have 3 24x7 hospitals within walking distance. Where is that, just curious? I can't think of any place with three major hospitals within a mile or less?

In San Francisco if you start from St. Mary's: UCSF is 1.1 miles away by car , CPMC Davies is 1.5. If you start at Kaiser's Geary campus: UCSF Mt. Zion is 0.4 miles away, St. Mary's is 1.1 miles away. If you start at SF General: St Luke's and UCSF Children's Hospital are 1.5 miles away – although UCSF only takes pediatric patients and I think Sutter closed the ER at St Luke's because focusing on specialists is more p…

This is amazing analysis. Hat tip!

Did you just happen to know all of these hospitals... then you used Google Maps to show distance? You are like the Ken Jennings of hospitals!

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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>I ended up buying about 75 more properties here You have the kind of money to casually buy up all this real estate, but you still went bargain-hunting for a warehouse? This reads like some kind of LARP or joke.

Isn't the bargain hunting mentality what got him to buy so many properties?

Perhaps there’s some logic in thinking that once your stake is big enough the local politicians will start cooperating with you … ?

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Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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Obvious troll bait here, but can you post this list of the "top 100 cities in America"?

Dunno about "best" cities, but the most dangerous in terms of violent crime have mainly Democratic or nonpartisan mayors by a wide margin:

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-most-dangerous-cities-i...

Edit: I know it breaks etiquette to complain about downvotes, but this comment is not just material fact, it's my everyday lived reality. It's not safe to walk outside at night anymore on my block thanks to underfunded police and permissive progressive judges. I hear gunshots that I never heard before. The open drug use problem's getting worse, and schools have gotten way more dangerous for kids. Someone got stabbed on my street this weekend. The political cause and effect are clear. If that annoys you, bite me.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

#186

You should consider Puerto Rico. The entire island has a small town feel, but the west coast is mostly what you describe. There's also great weather and tax benefits.

> There's also great weather Until a hurricane hits

And they’ve recovered since. Tornadoes can strike most mid west and southern towns

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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illinois winters though...

Winter is the best time of the year. It keeps housing prices down from people that can't deal with it.

High property taxes keeps people out and home prices down in Illinois more than the weather.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

#189

My method sure hasn't worked very well... or has it? I was looking for cheap warehouse space to start a business in, and did a nation-wide search for the largest, cheapest building in the entire continental US. I found one that seemed too good to be true. a 220,000 sqft metal warehouse and office complex on 17 acres. I thought the price was a typo at $375k.The agent assured me that the price was correct, and I flew o…

>I ended up buying about 75 more properties here You have the kind of money to casually buy up all this real estate, but you still went bargain-hunting for a warehouse? This reads like some kind of LARP or joke.

I bought the warehouse before I really had the money to do it. I was scraping by on ramen for a while.

Buying the others was honestly WAY, WAY, WAY cheaper than you'd expect. I almost didn't feel like I had a choice it was so cheap. Spent about $130k at a tax auction to get them all.

It almost feels like land is the only thing they can't steal around here.

Re: Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

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post #177

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>I ended up buying about 75 more properties here You have the kind of money to casually buy up all this real estate, but you still went bargain-hunting for a warehouse? This reads like some kind of LARP or joke.

Isn't the bargain hunting mentality what got him to buy so many properties?

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