Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?

Post by MisterMower » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 3:44 AM UTC

12many wrote: post #454

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> "friendly people" but also "hateful racist trumpers"? Well which is it? Another native Carolinian chiming in here (from NC, but similar). These people are friendly if you "pass" as one of them. Be white, wear a trucker cap, don't dress up too fancy, use a southern accent (or at least, don't talk too pretty), don't be gay, don't say a damn thing about politics or religion. Don't drive a Prius or something. You're go…

>"if you 'pass' as one them.." From my point of view you just described the left. Dressing in a suit and tie is not a rarity in the south or rural areas. Being gay isn't some attribute that qualifies for special treatment just because of your sexual preference. Politics also isn't some defining feature, and is WAY too publicized in today's culture. Why does it matter what someone's political view points are? Does tha…

Post by the_only_law » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 3:50 AM UTC

12many wrote: post #340

rlawson wrote: post #288

Let me give you the scoop on the Carolina's. I'm a developer living in the upstate of SC. I am an agnostic liberal which makes me a rarity but I was born here so I can go under the radar thanks to my deep melodious southern accent. Pros - Great climate 10 out of 12 months - Friendly people - Lots of outdoor activities - Beautiful beaches (Fripp Island and Kiawah especially) - Low cost housing (altho going up rapidly)…

"friendly people" but also "hateful racist trumpers"? Well which is it?

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 3:58 AM UTC

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> You can find data on states by total tax burden (which, sure, is going to depend on your particular assets and flows being taxed). It's not nearly as big a differentiator as you seem to think it is (especially, again, since it's quite minor compared with your federal liabilities) Nonsense. The difference can easily be 10% of gross income. Tax burden estimates are also really bad for tech workers making mid-six figu…

> Nonsense. The difference can easily be 10% of gross income. The use of "easily" is maybe a bit spun, that's at the outer edge of the distribution (e.g. moving from NY to TN, Seattle to Cleveland might net you quite a bit less). But sure, that's about right. A 10% change in income is really worth an unqualified "avoid these states" recommendation to you? That seems unjustified to me. (Especially since employers alre…

Post by solar-ice » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 5:26 AM UTC

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You don't. Gentrifying a place pretty inherently means removing at least some of the people who live there. Why would the people of a small town go for that? Unless you're planning on subsidising the existing residents' lives forever as rent goes up. If you have the money and influence to "gentrify" somewhere... just build a new planned community in the middle of nowhere. The US has plenty of nowhere.

Lol, what? Here is how gentrification works: Nobody gets removed, they just have to leave. It's a subtle distinction but that's how it happens. Poor people don't own anything. Their furniture is mostly stacks of junk that is so bad that it would be hard or impossible to get someone to accept it for free (this is very nearly a tautology, since the poor person got this furniture for free to begin with, and it's was so…

Post by matt-attack » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 5:59 AM UTC

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I went through 6 months of his tweets and, yeah, he either doesn't have a grip on reality, has some sort of mental health issue, or is just constantly trying to run some angle. - Yup, the free energy fonts and conspiratorial claims about video of his fusion reactor being suppressed - It looks like he bought a bunch of people's property for pennies on the dollar, then raised funds from those same people to return thei…

It's very interesting to see how the things I've put out there are interpreted. It feels like looking at myself in a fun-house mirror. There are probably huge pieces of these events that I'm not communicating well, or at all. Thank you for your comment. I'll try to be better at communicating the meanings I intend.