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Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

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Post by pier25 »

maroonblazer wrote: post #279
pier25 wrote: post #41

My wife and I live in Mexico. She works remotely, I did that for 10+ years, now I'm building my thing and taking some occasional freelance projects. I won't deny there are some horror stories coming from Mexico, but I'm a European and have been living here since 2009. I've never seen or experienced anything even remotely violent. I paid for a mordida once, that's it. I've lived in Mexico City, Estado de México, Verac…

>My wife and I live in Mexico....There is not much here for her and I'm a bit bored of Mexico. >we're now planning to go back to Europe Where in Europe are you planning to relocate?

My wife would like the North of Spain or South of France. I'd prefer a colder climate.

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Post by code_duck »

songzme wrote: post #84
badtuple wrote: post #54

Either Seattle or stay in Portland. I'm happily employed in Portland and not looking to change gigs, but if my current job went 100% remote I'd probably move to Seattle. I love the PNW, and Portland's just a bit too small of a city for me. I did the nomad thing for a couple years and loved it, but I sort of got it out of my system. The lifestyle can be lonely. And at this point in my life I'd rather cultivate a life…

Everytime someone says Portland, this article comes to mind: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big... My friends in Portland are all intentionally dismissive about it and for that reason I'd never suggest Portland to anybody I care about as a place to live.

The threat of an earthquake which may happen anytime between now and 500 years from now doesn't bother me. It seems better than living somewhere with frequent flooding, tornadoes or hurricanes like many people do.

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Post by code_duck »

jimbob45 wrote: post #265
badtuple wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed that Portland isn't a great place for cars. However I think if we grow healthily as a city we can maximize public transportation, expand the MAX and street car, have dedicated bus lanes, and make it so that it isn't a problem. The suburbs can't escape cars, but I bet we can make Portland proper a utopia for pedestrians. I already barely use cars. It's wonderful compared to Orlando (where I happened to grow up)…

It's so ironic that Portland has some of the worst street infrastructure and yet some of the best rail infrastructure. I agree that expanding MAX would greatly help the situation.

The city does not want to encourage people to drive more. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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Post by ejflick »

eric_khun wrote: post #399

Taipei, Taiwan The most underrated city/country in Asia : - Chill and relax - Awesome people, polite and clean - Best place in the world to work from cafes. Many cafes shops welcome people who works for long hours. They also care about cafe ;) I actually prefer to work from cafes than co-working here - Surrounded by nature, mountain, sea, river are within 45minutes reach. Hundred of trails around Taipei. - Metro / Bu…

Looked a bit into gold card recently. Do you currently have it and are you working remotely?

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Post by mark_l_watson »

My wife and I moved from Solana Beach California to Sedona Arizona (in the mountains, two hours north of Phoenix) in 1998 and it was a great decision. We did close up our house twice for a while and left town when I worked at Google and Capital One, but Sedona has been our home most of the time.

Work wise it has been OK remotely consulting, but that only worked because I usually enjoy whatever someone is paying me to work on. I also write some books, but that is mostly for fun, not revenue.

In the last 22 years, I think I have averaged about 15 hours a week working, which seems like a good compromise between career and spending time with friends and family.

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Post by code_duck »

A few years back, I identified a triumvirate of my favorite places: Denver, Austin and Portland. If it was to be an urban place, those are my choices. They all have become fairly extreme as far as traffic and housing prices, though.

For something more rural, I like Taos, New Mexico and a few cities in the area north of there in Colorado, the San Luis Valley. The entire area is rich in natural beauty, inexpensive and not very crowded. The drawback is that due to my fairly disturbing collection of serious illnesses, and worrisome history of having to go to emergency rooms, I would be better off being close to a really good hospital.

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Post by nerdwaller »

ngngngng wrote: post #300

I live here already. The mountains of Utah, 30 minutes from BYU. My house was very affordable on my salary alone and is 5000 square feet. I have a whole acre of forest for a backyard and I'm a short walk from trails into the mountains that I can explore for hours. BYU being close is great because the town has an amazing food and music scene for it's size. BYU has a great art museum and does concerts regularly. Bands…

I lived in SLC for a bit and loved it there, I can only imagine how great it is further out from the city. Utah seemed undiscovered at the time, and since leaving our house value has skyrocketed near Liberty Park, and tech has exploded. It seems the local term is "the silicon slopes", which is creative.

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Post by bcrosby95 »

I already work remotely. We live in a small California suburb because its close to family (sister in law is 15 minutes away one way, mother in law is 15 minutes away another way), houses are "affordable" (for California), and it has decent enough schools.

Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

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Post by greggman3 »

I want to move somewhere where I can go to an office and make great stuff with a team I love face to face. Have lunch with them. Talk them to about more than just work. Socialize with them outside of work.

Some people (and some cultures) value their time with co-workers.

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