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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 PragmaticPulp »

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…

> 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 in the middle of nature was great.

This has been closer to my experience in most cities that aren’t SF, NYC, or a few other notable outliers. SF / Bay Area is fun in some ways but it’s very much a weird bubble

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

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Post by refurb »

epage wrote: post #34
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,

I get the diversity thing but depending on the small town you can get more than SF some times. My neighborhood in SF is 90% white.

But the tech things rings true. However, my only counter is that having a strong community that has nothing to do with work is pretty cool too.

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

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Post by kgdinesh »

shahidkarimi wrote: post #19

I live in a remote area of Pakistan, a very beautiful place 100000% opposite of main Pakistan. I work for a US based company from here. The biggest expense is internet (200 USD per month sett-lite based internet). All others are home grown like fruits, vegetable, flour, egg, meat. I will not move to any other place permanently. However travel Dubai, Turkey and Thailand once in a year to grab beer! I love this rhythm…

You're basically living my dream. Do you ever travel to US for work?

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

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Post by jtdev »

epage wrote: post #34
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,

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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 pcardoso »

Yes, I lived in Lisbon, Portugal and after starting a remote job I decided to move back to my hometown. All my family lives here, the kids have a quieter environment to grow up, housing is much cheaper. Some downsides, but very happy with the change.

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

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Post by freedom2099 »

I would not… 10 years ago I left the big city I used to live in (and where I was born: Milan, Italy) to move to the French Riviera! I have nice house less than a 100m from the beach, sea view… and in France we work 35h a week with 35 days of vacation a year! It was great already before telework… now it is simply amazing!

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

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Post by keraf »

Strongly considering Zanzibar (Tanzania) for a few months a year. The internet is not great but enough for pulling git repos and docker images as well as video calls, occasional electricity outages are a bit of an inconvenience, but the place has a lot to offer in terms of quality of life if you're looking for simplicity. Timezone is quite close to Europe (UTC+03:00) which is a plus.

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

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Post by Winterflow3r »

I did and I regret it deeply. I was working remotely even pre-covid times and I decided to leave London (where housing was becoming a nightmare) to move to Sweden. I have never been this deeply lonely in my entire life. I love the nature, I love the winter, even the darkness, but socially this was a very bad move. Working remotely when you live close to a big city where you are very fluent in the language is not even close to being the same as working remotely when you live in a foreign country alone and far away from everyone.
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