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

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Post by wrp »

more_corn wrote: post #137
davidw wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's got a lot to say for it, and it's not too cold, but that gray weather can be a real downer. Source: grew up in Eugene. I would visit in November or March and see how it goes.

Ashland is a bit sunnier. Southern Oregon university, Shakespeare festival, cute downtown. Oregon is progressive libertarian.

Ashland has dramatically beautiful surroundings and an active arts scene, but it's a long drive from major urban areas and the "university" is a very, very minor outpost of higher education.

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

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braingenious wrote: post #140
pontifier wrote: post #39

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…

Do you share a username between HN and Twitter? Because somebody with your username on Twitter has been publicly talking about holding somebody at gunpoint in Pine Bluff, Arkansas earlier today(1), and has in the past advertised (2) a website with the tagline of “Matching vigilantes with victims for justice and profit “ (3) 1. https://twitter.com/pontifier/status/1559001472746098693?s=2... 2. https://twitter.com/oriw…

Yeah, that's me.

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

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Post by spoonjim »

pontifier wrote: post #39

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

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Post by goodcanadian »

13of40 wrote: post #85

IMHO, I think Hawaii would be a good place to do this. One issue with Hawaii for people used to living in other latitudes is that the sun basically sets at 6:00 PM every day, all year, so if you worked a nine to five job there you'd be getting off right before the sun went down. However, if you got up at 4:00 AM and worked in sync with people on the mainland until early afternoon, then you could get off and have a fe…

A lot of people in Hawaii work 7-3 for exactly the reasons you mention. It is generally not cheap, though, and it is very car dependent.

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

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Post by interdrift »

sacrosancty wrote: post #170
braingenious wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you share a username between HN and Twitter? Because somebody with your username on Twitter has been publicly talking about holding somebody at gunpoint in Pine Bluff, Arkansas earlier today(1), and has in the past advertised (2) a website with the tagline of “Matching vigilantes with victims for justice and profit “ (3) 1. https://twitter.com/pontifier/status/1559001472746098693?s=2... 2. https://twitter.com/oriw…

You make him sound like some sort of violent vigilante kidnapper. Held an intruder at gunpoint after calling police.

Honestly looking into his issues, seems like he's getting dealt some bad cards after investing into a city that is letting him down.

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

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Post by spoonjim »

cssanchez wrote: post #60

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.

The dark underbelly of Puerto Rico reveals itself much more frequently than the dark underbelly of mainland cities.

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

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Post by pontifier »

imgabe wrote: post #154
pontifier wrote: post #39

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…

Out of curiosity, what did you use to conduct a nationwide search where you can set price / sf parameters? Is there a tool that can do that, or did you piece together data from multiple sources? I've heard most of the commercial real estate that's publicly listed is just the deals that the pros have already passed on.

It was just a search on loopnet.com. You can do a map search and "remove the boundary" then zoom out.

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

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Post by deepdriver »

DawnQFunk wrote: post #174
pontifier wrote: post #39

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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Your comment is flamebait, but I'll respond anyway.

We can get a sense of where people like to live based on where they are leaving and where they are going. Of the five fastest-growing cities in America by absolute numbers, one is governed by a Democrat, one by an Independent, and three by Republicans:

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/fastest-...

Of the top 10 fastest-growing states, 7 out of 10 are governed by Republicans:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/these-are...

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

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Post by wrp »

pugworthy wrote: post #40

Corvallis OR. Housing costs are higher, but probably not the $1M you mention unless you really want to go overboard. Walk to the store, city bus is free, great place to raise kids, bike paths and trails, and you're out of town into the woods or farm fields in 15 minutes of driving. 1 hour to the coast, or 1 hour to the mountains. University as well as HP, NuScale, and other smaller companies. People that come here ca…

If I wanted a small town with the facilities of a good university, Corvallis would be my first choice in Oregon. Eugene has I think not aged as well over the past 30 years and the central area has experienced rising property crime and homelessness. If you don't care about a university, the eastern part of the state has sunnier weather.
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