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Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by have_faith »

rickboyce wrote: post #11

I’m in the process of moving (back) to a countryside location. I lived there a number of years ago and split my time in a tech job 2 to 3 days a week in the office and the remainder back home working remotely. It was a struggle - Slack etc wasn’t a thing at that point and the communication was always strained while I was remote. I realised at some point that being remote was going to be career limiting and relocated…

Would be interested to hear where you are moving to and where else you maybe considered moving to, I’m in a similar situation in the UK at the moment too.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by dabfiend19 »

closeparen wrote: post #21

I am strongly considering Manhattan. The cost of living is similar to SF but the urban amenities and energy are on a whole other level. However it’s a bit daunting to get an office or an extra bedroom there at my own expense. I’m not sure I’m up for working from my living room or bedroom.

live in Williamsburg, not Manhattan. everyone moves to Manhattan for a few years, realizes it's not worth it, and moves to Williamsburg. Skip the first phase.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by sneak »

dabfiend19 wrote: post #32
closeparen wrote: post #21

I am strongly considering Manhattan. The cost of living is similar to SF but the urban amenities and energy are on a whole other level. However it’s a bit daunting to get an office or an extra bedroom there at my own expense. I’m not sure I’m up for working from my living room or bedroom.

live in Williamsburg, not Manhattan. everyone moves to Manhattan for a few years, realizes it's not worth it, and moves to Williamsburg. Skip the first phase.

I lived in Manhattan the whole time I lived in New York, despite most of my friends living in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is lame.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by epage »

refurb wrote: post #25

I didn’t permanently move, but took advantage of WFH to spend 9 month closer to family in Eastern WA/Idaho. I’m not going to lie, it was a pretty eye opening experience going from the Bay Area to a small town. The pace was more calm and I realized I could still get access to 80% of what I had in the Bay Area. Walking by the lake and having people say “good evening” was a nice change. Being able to drive 10 min and be…

I've lived in those areas before and have considered going back. Probably my main consideration is lack of cultural diversity. Not just for personal enjoyment but I want to raise my family where they can grow up with people of diverse backgrounds.

Also, might just have been the places I lived but I missed having peer in tech or who were similar. Just not interested in hunting and sports,

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by epage »

philote wrote: post #30

Yes, just before the pandemic we moved from a major city out to a rural, mountainous area. The area we moved to is much quieter and more full of nature, and yet we can somehow get fiber/gigabit internet while we could only get cable in the city. I hope to never have to go back. I don't miss the traffic or airplanes or crime. I do miss some of the entertainment opportunities, but it's only 2 hours to the city and ther…

Willing to share where there is fast internet in an mountainous area?

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

Definitely not. Remote work was the key to letting me not move for a job.

I’ve managed remote teams around the world. I know this violates the popular narrative, but remote hires generally either stayed exactly where they were or moved to bigger, expensive cities. We paid them more than they made locally so they often used the new income to move up.

I’ve only known a few people who used remote work to move to the mountains or countryside, but about half of them have moved back. It’s easy to glorify remote locations from watching movies or scrolling Instagram, but unless you have some specific draw to those locations it’s likely not as idyllic as it may sound. You could be replacing your work commute with an extra long commute to everything else you need to do, like grocery shopping.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by keraf »

drakonka wrote: post #22

I have considered it and can imagine myself moving for short bursts to different parts of the country. I have cats, so I can't go full nomad and don't want to uproot them too much, but I can totally imagine moving between a couple of locations 1-2 times a year if my partner and I felt like it. It just feels so freeing to have the option, even if I don't end up doing it.

Cats are what's keeping me from going full nomad as well. Going away for a week or two works with having someone coming over to feed them, but leaving them alone for longer than that would make me feel bad for them. I'm considering moving them to my parents and going full nomad for a year or two.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by Arainach »

No. I've spent time in lower cost of living areas and at the end of the day I love Seattle. The only direction I would consider moving is to an even larger city (NYC, London, Prague, etc. - SF, not so much). There's simply too much to do here. I don't want acres of lawn to mow, I don't want to spend my evenings in the same bar drinking the same beer, and I love being able to walk to things rather than relying on my car 100% of the time.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by actually_a_dog »

ianai wrote: post #12

I work somewhere WFH doesn’t make much sense and watching as most of my coworkers fight against management on coming back. It’s more than a little weird to be on the sidelines on this. OP: you should stay near your parents as they sound important to you. You’re not missing out. I’d say look for ways to benefit.

> I work somewhere WFH doesn’t make much sense and watching as most of my coworkers fight against management on coming back. It’s more than a little weird to be on the sidelines on this.

You've got me a little curious now. Any additional details you'd care to share?

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by avnfish »

I'm in my late 20s and used to live in London. Moved my things out of my flatshare and into my parents' place last year.

Since then I've been bouncing around different countries but have found I really like Porto, Portugal. My cost of living is roughly 33% of London (for example: rent, housing taxes and utilities costs in London were £1100 - I'm paying £350 total in Porto). At the same time, the quality of life here is superb.

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