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Ask HN: If your job was remote, which city would you choose to live in?

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Re: Ask HN: If your job was remote, which city would you choose to live in?

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Post by companyhen »

I've been remote the past 3 years and live in Bangkok ~6 months out of the year (visa issues staying any longer than 6 months per year) - still love it! Been to almost every other country in Asia but Bangkok feels most like home to me.

Big tech community, events every night, cheap delicious food, nice people, I like the weather, and more

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Post by photonios »

Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Fast growing 400k people city in Transylvania.

Moved here almost four years ago from western Europe. Romanian people are very warm and friendly. Cluj grows and develops at an astonishing rate. Summers are nice and warm, but not too warm. Winters are cold, but not too cold.

Cost of living is high for the average Romanian. However, salaries for software engineers are at least two or three times the average and if you're a little better, it's five or six times more.

All you have to do is get over the fact that it's an ex-communist country. Behind on infrastructure development with a corrupt national government. Local government in Cluj is actually really nice and develops like crazy.

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Post by gshdg »

batoure wrote: post #10

My first serious programming job was fully remote I immediately moved to the island of Guadeloupe. It was great. My current job is fully remote... I live in the San Francisco Bay area, am I doing this wrong?

Paying Bay Area prices when you don’t have to seems silly.

Re: Ask HN: If your job was remote, which city would you choose to live in?

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Post by fzzzy »

aggerdom wrote: post #23

Haven't explored internet options up there. But the UP of Michigan, it's beautiful country and it's been far too long since I've had a pasty. It doesn't have the scale of Washington or the weather of California, but it is so much beautiful unspoiled wilderness. It's really hard to describe. Honestly the best show to capture it is Joe Pera talks with you.

Grew up in the UP. Of course it depends on location, but DSL has been available for about 10 years. It helps to be close to a trunk. The phone company said they will be running fiber to all their existing customers in the next two years. I think there might be subsidies because it is so remote.

Cable is probably confined to the biggest towns.

Re: Ask HN: If your job was remote, which city would you choose to live in?

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Post by dakna »

fzzzy wrote: post #38
aggerdom wrote: post #23

Haven't explored internet options up there. But the UP of Michigan, it's beautiful country and it's been far too long since I've had a pasty. It doesn't have the scale of Washington or the weather of California, but it is so much beautiful unspoiled wilderness. It's really hard to describe. Honestly the best show to capture it is Joe Pera talks with you.

Grew up in the UP. Of course it depends on location, but DSL has been available for about 10 years. It helps to be close to a trunk. The phone company said they will be running fiber to all their existing customers in the next two years. I think there might be subsidies because it is so remote. Cable is probably confined to the biggest towns.

I know of some electric cooperatives in the lower peninsula bringing fiber to the home, but where in the UP are fiber lines planned?
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