I really love where I am currently living (Würzburg, South Germany) I'd really love to spend a couple of years in the Provence (South France) I love the food, the landscape and the sea and I really like the climate.
But I'd probably come back pretty soon after leaving, because I just love my hometown
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#632I'm a bit surprised very few people mention proximity to parents, family, and long time friends as a major reason of picking a place to live. The discussion is mostly around beaches, scenery, and climate. It seems that either social capital is not that important for most commenters, or many simply don't realize what they lose when they move to another country for beaches and scenery.
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#633If I could, I would move to the South Indian coast. Lots of forest and a beach close by, while still being close-ish to a major town or city for shopping and all that. Like Chennai for example, or (as mentioned in a thread here) somewhere in Kerala.
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#634How many commenting here have going kids? Because IME that combined with aging parents are huge factors.
Doesn't seem like many. It's almost saddening knowing how much you have to rule out, or how difficult moving would be - accounting for schooling alone. We make up for it by travelling a lot, sometimes within school periods.
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Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
#636I'm a bit surprised very few people mention proximity to parents, family, and long time friends as a major reason of picking a place to live. The discussion is mostly around beaches, scenery, and climate. It seems that either social capital is not that important for most commenters, or many simply don't realize what they lose when they move to another country for beaches and scenery.
Haha, I was about to comment "right here".
I live in the small city where I was born, so within 30 minute walking distance of my parents, one of my sisters, and a few of my friends.
It's amazing because our kids can play together and we can easily have the proud grandparents come over for help. Plus, friends can come over for a drink and then walk back home.
I did live in Singapore, Vietnam, and the Canary Islands for a while, which was also great, but for different reasons.
I'd say the focus on travel in here just shows that most HN readers are younger than me, so they don't have to plan for kids yet.
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#637I 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.
I’ll just mention that I personally like SLC better because it’s less dense than Utah valley. Things are getting pretty crowded there. But this is coming from a guy who’d live in the middle of rural nowhere if I had a remote job and access to internet :)
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#638Taipei, 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…
long-term visa in Taiwan can be challenging unless you have a local employer
Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
#639I'm a bit surprised very few people mention proximity to parents, family, and long time friends as a major reason of picking a place to live. The discussion is mostly around beaches, scenery, and climate. It seems that either social capital is not that important for most commenters, or many simply don't realize what they lose when they move to another country for beaches and scenery.
I think it is an age thing. If you're younger or at least not "settled"/bound by family obligations you want to see/enjoy things e.g. you didn't or don't currently have in your life - most people prefer exotic places, e.g. "beach".
The importance of family and friends comes once you realize it actually doesn't really matter that much where you live (unless it is downright terrible to live there). Life is what you make off it - this goes for your "place" as well. And for some people, their friends are essential to do that. For others not at all.
I would have never moved for family unless it concerns my household. I only moved once because of "friends"/people I knew when deciding where to study. Wasn't really stupid, just the wrong reason. It is never easier to make friends than as an 18 year old beginning your studies.
I always intended to move after studying to work abroad for a few years. Scandinavia or California would have been awesome.
I prefer not to move at all now because I/we prefer stability in life now as parents. The doctors we know, the shops we know, the handymen we know - and life isn't that terrible where we are and the daily struggles interesting enough. I would work remote to be able to stay where I am right now, just as an example.
Having moved across the continent as a kid I don't fear moving - I just prefer not to unless really necessary. Moving across the country in a few years, to a place I know more "adolescent-friendly" and with "nicer people" to build a house is still an option for me though - but harder for my partner to feel comfortable with.
I guess a lot of people (including my dad) are more adventurous and need to see the "foreign land", but everyone has their own incentives and anchors.
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#640Earlier quoted context omitted.
Homelesnes can be cured only by treating housing as a basic human right. There are plenty of examples of this globally so it's a fact, not a theory or a political fad. If you prefer more equal ownership of capital there is nothing wrong with that. But that is completely orthogonal to solving 'the problem' of homelessness. Please don't confuse the two issues.
What constraints do you think there should be on that basic human right, if any?
None? That's what a basic human right means. This is how lots of countries have fixed homelessness.