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

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Post by MarkPNeyer »

CSMastermind wrote: post #87

> this mid-sized town dream exists Of course, but you should figure out what specifically you're looking for beyond what you've described. Do you care about tax implications? Are you planning to rent or own a home? Do you have friends or family in any of these areas? If you haven't traveled much I'd recommend doing it. This is the most accurate map breaking down regions in the United States in my opinion: https://i.r…

“Clarify your requirements” is really good advice here.

How much do you care about: - climate - schools - transportation - proximity to a big city - red state / blue state / purple state - time zone Etc etc etc.

Be more specific in thinking about the details of what you want, along as many dimensions as possible.

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

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Post by pneumatic1 »

xupybd wrote: post #183

Move to New Zealand. We're full of small towns with great life styles.

I’m on the mailing list. They just started sending job listings again after 2 year hiatus.

My wife and I are serious about it but there’s a pretty narrow window we’d have to hit to time it well for our kids.

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

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Post by heartbreak »

jjav wrote: post #139
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #133

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I'm curious, how do you people deal with medical emergencies? I live in a city and I have 3 24x7 hospitals within walking distance. I have gone dozens of times on foot at 3 in the morning to get medicine.

> 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?

Houston?

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

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

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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The numbers provided by

http://www.whovotesformayor.org/compare

explain why people think progressive mayors are crazy.

A small percentage of mostly older people vote for most mayors.

If more people vote, younger views get represented.

Seems like one of the best things he could do to improve his town, is to encourage people to vote and be represented.

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

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Post by grapeskin »

cpach wrote: post #207
grapeskin wrote: post #179

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The first year, yeah. After that, people start moving out. I don’t know anybody who lived in a dorm from the third year onward. But yeah, what poor college students trying to get a start on life and grad students making pocket change really need is some 400k/year tech workers to flood into their town, say “wow! Only 2500 a month!” and make it impossible to live anywhere. Also, dorms are insanely expensive. And wantin…

Not really sure what to respond. Should people in the US not be free to move to any town they want? Seems like an odd take IMO.

You can move wherever you want. But on a forum where people frequently talk about the harm humans do, I think advising people to move to an area that exists basically for people who are just struggling to start their adult life seems like a bad move.

Moving somewhere because you like the scenery, the food, whatever is fine. Moving there because there’s a college while you’re 15 years out of college is just strange.

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

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

deepdriver wrote: post #185
drstewart wrote: post #176

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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 underfunde…

All cities are predominantly democrat mayors, so if it's the same fraction of "dangerous" cities, then it suggests the mayor isnt the source of the issue.

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

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Post by pclmulqdq »

interdrift wrote: post #196
sacrosancty wrote: post #170

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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.

Honestly, it looks like he isn't going about trying to work with the city very well. He also has videos on there of him lecturing public officials about how slow they are.

At the same time, he is trying to build a fusion generator, a science museum, an industrial space, and a few internet businesses that seem to need a secure facility. The planning commission probably has no idea what to do with him, and it doesn't sound like he is employing very many people from the local community. If I were on that city council, I would also be skeptical of the rich guy who bought a warehouse to play around but not actually run any serious business.

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

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Post by theparanoid »

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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It's not Republican. In the last presidential election, the county voted 60% Democrat (Pine Bluffs is the largest city and county seat).

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

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Post by pclmulqdq »

closeparen wrote: post #82
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…

I would expect big money coming into a small town to face serious static from local authorities unless and until you're cozied up to its political scene.

Start hiring people to work for your business and a lot of problems go away. If you are spreading the wealth around, the politicians are more likely to listen.

If you think about this from the perspective of the city council, there was this big warehouse that they thought was perfect for a company like Amazon, which would have given them hundreds of jobs. Instead, a random rich guy buys it and employs nobody.

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