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Post by anonuser123456 »

tim333 wrote: post #313
songzme wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Portland's a long way from the coast.

Portland is not in the extreme hazard zone, but it will experience sustained (3-5 minutes) of shaking that will be strong enough to reduce much of the city to rubble. The city is predominantly build with unreinforced masonry that will crumble.

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Post by eric_khun »

ejflick wrote: post #405
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?

Yes I do have it. and working remotely for few years now

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Post by LilBytes »

argaba wrote: post #271

Australia

I moved to Australia when I was 19 from the UK and I'm surprised more people haven't said the same. I don't work remote though the tech company I work for, I imagine that'll change shortly.

Currently live in Brisbane but i'd love to live in the middle of no where for months at a time any where in this country if I didn't need to be anchored any more.

I'd love to bounce between the Kimberleys, Tasmania, rural Victoria and everything in between given the chance. They'd be a lot of appeal of doing the same to New Zealand and South East Asia too given the chance.

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Post by wenc »

JoeMerchant wrote: post #324
wenc wrote: post #81

If I could afford it, Toronto. The multiculturalism there makes for good food and interesting people, and as an intellectual milieu it's not bad -- lots happening on University Ave. I don't mind the weather at all. Unfortunately it's fairly expensive.

I'd prefer Ottawa myself. Visited last year and really loved the experience. I hate hot weather with the fire of a thousand suns (live in Austin right now). I'd love to live somewhere it's never hot. Plus my wife and I really loved the atmosphere in Canada in general.

So Ottawa does have a tech industry -- QNX, Corel, Shopify, etc. were all founded there, and a bunch of big name tech companies have engineering offices there) -- but just so you know, Ottawa does get hot and humid in the summer. Not as bad as Texas, but it does get hot.

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Post by nwallin »

wolco wrote: post #391
121789 wrote: post #173

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Yeah everyone loves those things too, they just don't want to deal with the cost and quality of life from the homeless/drug problem. I walked up to beautiful Corona Heights today and saw all of the amazing views, but then I walked home past the ever-increasing numbers of tents popping up on the street to my overpriced apartment in the mission where I currently have to listen to one mentally disabled homeless person s…

Tents? I didn't realize it has gotten that bad. Do they try to remove them?

The city has a limited ability to remove them. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Martin v Boise, which held that it was illegal for the city (of Boise, Idaho) to remove homeless people from public spaces if the city has insufficient homeless shelters. This is a binding precedent in San Francisco, which is also in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The city of Boise, Idaho appealed to the Supreme Court, prodded by several cities including Los Angeles, but the Supreme Court declined to see the case.

San Francisco is still held to Martin vs. Boise. They need to either build sufficient homeless shelters for all of the homeless in SF, (lol) or allow them to sleep where they please in public places.

I am not a lawyer, but I got an A in Political Science 101 and I read the news. This is not legal advice, but my personal advice is that cities in California oughta build more homeless shelters.

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Post by elamje »

travisgriggs wrote: post #388

I would repatriate to a quiet fjord in northern Norway, code outdoors in the summer with Grieg echoing through the fjord. In the winter I'd code in the sun room while the northern lights swirled overhead. That would be my dream at least. For those that have been to northern Norway, you'll get this. For those that haven't, you'll just scratch your head.

The fjords in Norway are the prettiest things I’ve ever seen. When CoVid travel bans raise, in definitely going back.

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Post by hombre_fatal »

canada_dry wrote: post #160
SNosTrAnDbLe wrote: post #93

My village in Kerala, India. I got a house and I have a small patch of land which is very fertile and plenty of water (there are places with water scarcity). I get to watch the monsoon rains. The beach is like a couple of miles away. The mountains are also quite close and its very beautiful and its very much untouched nature. It's also very hot and humid but I am fine with that. Also, they get fiber so the internet i…

Gotta say Kerala looks pretty livable. https://www.google.ca/maps/@8.0832685,77.5565189,3a,75y,326.... Traveling through India for a couple months is on my bucket list, and now Kerala is part of that.

How did you presumably google Kerala and then pick a city on a different coast in a different state?

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Post by godmode2019 »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #261
dzhiurgis wrote: post #103

Not far north of Auckland - Tawharanui peninsula, Mangawhai, etc. On a large rural mansion (preferably with ocean view). All easily achievable with about $1m USD (interest rates are great atm to). The thing to watch out is "rates" aka taxes and maintenance (ocean water does etch a bit). Downside is NZ is quite boring from cultural perspective (but super fun for boating, fishing, hunting, etc - I think most city dwell…

I'm in North Shore, which has fibre (100 mbps down, 20 mbps up). 5G is also good. There are cultural activities, but those are mostly in the city. As a young, unmarried guy, there's no need for me to get a mansion. The homestay family I live with have taught me so much about living with young children, it's been a blessing to learn whether that's a challenge I'd like to take on. Most people who want to make lots of m…

I'm from nz as well, I wouldn't get your hopes up for 5g. We have too many trees for 5g, its only really planned in malls, airports, universities ect. Large indoor areas.
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