Dallas. Have friends there, wife went to college there. I'm in the PNW right now, and I'm not really that confident that this area will manage the recession very well. Plus home prices in Texas are way more reasonable (and logical, imo), and no state income tax as well. Have talked to a realtor, but kind of hard to actually see something in the current environment. If I was to pick my dream house and location it would be a ranch in South Dakota or something.
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Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#62WA. No state tax. Nice nature. Not completely overrun with corona like most of the other no tax states. Post pandemic, somewhere in Western Europe hopefully. Some place that actually cares about its residents unlike this shithole country that's doing everything in its power to ensure the most corona cases and deaths possible.
Is that statement just based on your general feeling or data? Because the data does not show that Western Europe is doing better in Covid deaths per capita than the US.
Top 10 countries in covid deaths per capita (as of today)... US is #8 and 5 of the top 7 are in Western Europe.
1. Belgium
2. UK
3. Peru
4. Spain
5. Italy
6. Sweden
7. Chile
8. USA
9. Brazil
10. France
Of course the pandemic isn't close to over, so this data will continue to change.
In addition, besides measurement differences, many other non-policy factors impact this scorecard. For example, age distribution of a country, population density, luck of when an outbreak started... impact a countries Covid deaths per capita... so I personally wouldn't start tallying a scorecard yet.
[1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#63Hawaii if flying didn't feel risky(virus) and logistics were easier. The 2 week quarantine makes a hard move harder. I'm not sure I actually want to be in a hotel. I am "settling" lol for Santa Cruz. I really thought I wanted to live in so cal for awhile too but watching the reactions to blm and covid makes me second guess that. Actually made me really unsure where I might want to live. Also thought about Florida in…
> I really thought I wanted to live in so cal for awhile too but watching the reactions to blm
I'm in SoCal, not sure what you mean?
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#64I'm not newly remote but have been remote since pre-COVID in San Antonio, Texas.
Relative to the Bay Area and other major Texas cities, it has a really low cost of living. We also have great parks, great food, less traffic than Austin, and it's only about 2 and a half hours from the beach. In non-COVID times the social life is pretty great too.
There aren't a lot of tech companies, but there are enough jobs for me not to worry if for some reason I couldn't do fully remote in the future.
It's generally just a laid back place to be, and I enjoy living in a place where the cost of living is low enough that people in a variety of non-corporate careers can do pretty well.
The only downside for me is the brutal heat, but you kind of get used to it.
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#65We're now selling almost everything we own on the East coast. We're planning a six month stop in Austin, TX, on our way to our final destination: Yucatán, Mexico.
The financial leverage of USD is great there, and the last few years have led me to believe I'm not a good culture-fit in the US.
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#66Moved to Reno, NV. Already sold all my property in the bay area and went back to renting. No state income tax in NV! and we have lake tahoe close by. I sold my property because I'm figuring that the bay area is going to be less appealing from a property investment stand point, so I cashed out while prices are still high. I honestly don't see companies going back to in-office stuff, at least not as much as it was in t…
What are you going to do if your company makes an adjusted cost of living to your compensation? My company is already advising people to come back near our address due to tax reasons.
> What are you going to do if your company makes an adjusted cost of living to your compensation?
Move to Hawaii? :)
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#67We're now selling almost everything we own on the East coast. We're planning a six month stop in Austin, TX, on our way to our final destination: Yucatán, Mexico. The financial leverage of USD is great there, and the last few years have led me to believe I'm not a good culture-fit in the US.
That's very interesting. What made you choose Yucatán specifically in comparison to other parts of Mexico or Central/South America?
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#68We tried to move to Santa Cruz. My significant other grew up near there and desperately wants to be near her friends again. Turns out, all the Bay Area peeps wanted to do the same. Rents haven’t gone down there and the competition is really fierce. (“Honey, what if you got a job at Looker/Google?! We could be in Santa Cruz forever!!!”)
Started thinking about moving to Denver...
But, I don’t really want to move yet. See - the thing is - I’m in the Bay Area because I want to make it. I came here because I needed /a/ job. Then I got sucked in and decided I wanted /the/ job. I want to get the big $$$ and be able to afford that nice house in Los Gatos with a 911 in my driveway. Doesn’t mean I would pull the trigger if I had the money - I won’t know until I’m there. But moving away - well, it means that’s definitely never going to happen. I’m not ready to accept that level of failure yet. After all, I’m not even 30 yet. I got a few days left. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
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#69Chattanooga most likely. My company is doing 85% base salary with no adjustment to RSUs. Tennessee is a great place to save money due to 1) no state income tax, 2) no capital gains taxes, and 3) low cost of living. I estimate I’ll be able to save ~$100k more per year than I currently am in the Bay Area. Plus Chattanooga is known for having some of the fastest internet in the country, rolled out by the city a few year…
Saving 100k more! Wow, that's an impressive difference.
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#70Chattanooga most likely. My company is doing 85% base salary with no adjustment to RSUs. Tennessee is a great place to save money due to 1) no state income tax, 2) no capital gains taxes, and 3) low cost of living. I estimate I’ll be able to save ~$100k more per year than I currently am in the Bay Area. Plus Chattanooga is known for having some of the fastest internet in the country, rolled out by the city a few year…
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