Ask HN: What sucks about where you live?

Having grown up in Bradenton, which is even warmer than Tampa, I understand the heat. However, your statement about 100% humidity and 100 degrees is not possible. If it were everyone would be dead after being outside for even a short amount of time. Further 100 degree days are rare in that part of Florida, in fact I believe that TPA has never measured 100 or above. The key to happiness is that area of the country, IMO, is to enjoy the water and the wildlife.

I would have written the exact same points but you beat me to it. I'm planning on leaving for either NYC so at least I get _something_ in return for the absurdly high rent or something way cheaper as soon as possible..

Harrison, AR Population ~13k

1) There are few restaurants open past ~8pm. That's the one thing I miss most about living in a bigger place. Pizza delivery places are open until 10pm or so, but after that you're pretty much limited to Taco Bell, McDonald's, or Casey's (a gas station, much like WaWa or Sheetz)

2) Lack of a tech community. There are a few people in "tech" around, but the vast majority work for a single company, and it's a pretty Microsoft-focused shop. I'm not aware of any tech meetups of significant size unless I want to drive to Fayetteville, AR (~2 hours) or Springfield, MO (~1 hour).

3) Travel. We have a small airport, but no commercial service. When I fly to LA, I have to go drive at least an hour to an airport. Branson, MO has a decent small airport, but only one or two airlines and I'm often not able to get the flights I want from there and end up driving further.

On the other hand, there's what's nice:

1) Land values are cheap. We bought a five-bedroom home on half an acre for ~$125k. I'm looking at rental properties now, and it's not unreasonable to think I could buy a nice (if small) home for $40k suitable for a rental. There are even a few duplexes around $80k and a handful of 4-plexes for under $150k.

2) People are helpful, but keep to themselves. No one is out in my neighborhood after dark, and most everyone is in bed by 10pm. At the same time, I can always count on my neighbors to lend me a chainsaw or tools if I need them, and if you end up on the side of the road you literally have to make a sign saying you're OK if you don't want someone stopping to check on you every five minutes.

3) It's safe. The crime statistics belie this somewhat; the actual crime rate is fairly high. In reality, most of the crime here is either drug-related, or property crime drive by the same. The crime that does occur happens mostly within that social group, so if you don't hang out with druggies you're pretty much golden.

Bangalore, India

- Traffic : The traffic situation in Bangalore has spiraled out of control over the last decade or so. IT has brought with it loads of people, and the lack of a decent intra-city transportation system, coupled with roads which were never designed to handle heavy traffic, and a total lack of respect for traffic laws (which is common across India TBH) have led to the traffic being so bad that some of the worst affected junctions actually have their own parody Twitter handles [1][2]. The metro system is helping a little, but for most parts of the city, own vehicles/Uber are still the only options (Unless you want to take the bus, which almost always involves switching buses. Also, many routes have buses which are old enough to be considered historic artifacts instead of a means of transport)

- Bad Urban Planning: This is actually responsible of traffic as well, but this point is more of an extension. Bangalore has arguably the worst urban planning for any major city in India. Garbage segregation is still not done in many places, Real estate growth has been thoughtless leading to lakes disappearing and the water table not getting replenished. It's been a cash grab in the truest sense and no doubt made conniving, corrupt politicians and the land mafia very rich. The sad part if places like Whitefield, which were outskirts of Bangalore and were developed SPECIFICALLY for people coming into industries are designed just as badly, if not worse, leading to massive problems across the board. Bangalore has lakes which are LITERALLY on fire and noone seems to care [3]. Studies say Bangalore will be practically unlivable soon [4], and sadly, it looks like government/public apathy is only getting us there sooner.

- Traffic : Yes it's bad enough to be mentioned twice.

+ Besides this, Bangalore is great! Tech opportunities are aplenty, both for employees and founders. VC capital is readily available and the internet market in India is rapidly expanding so market-creating applications are in high demand. Employees get higher salaries here than in most parts of the country and over the last decade, thanks to some big exits, equity has come to mean more than just paper money. The weather is great almost through the year (Goldilocks zone). Housing is costly and the real estate market is frothy, but renting is relatively cheap. Dining out options are aplenty for all price ranges. And since a big percentage of the population are here from a different part of the country/world, there's very little "Outsider feeling" and the city ends up as a cultural hotpot (Of course, that means Bangalore does not celebrate one major festival like other cities in India, but instead celebrates a hundred festivals with much less fanfare).

[1] https://twitter.com/silk_board

[2] https://twitter.com/SonyWorldJn

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W84vziBNp-w

[4] https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/27081...

Very true. I'm a Mortgage Loan Officer by trade, doing a transaction for a client in Colorado right now. Her taxes are ~$2000 or so on a $500,000 house.

Compared to my ~$4000 tax bill on my $250,000 house.

You can dispute the bill and apply for exemptions that are applicable to you, but it doesn't help much.