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Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by closeparen »

danuker wrote: post #56
PragmaticPulp wrote: post #36

Definitely not. Remote work was the key to letting me not move for a job. I’ve managed remote teams around the world. I know this violates the popular narrative, but remote hires generally either stayed exactly where they were or moved to bigger, expensive cities. We paid them more than they made locally so they often used the new income to move up. I’ve only known a few people who used remote work to move to the mou…

> moved to bigger, expensive cities Why did they do that? Did they share to you a main reason? Is it access to groceries, as you mentioned? or better schools for their kids? medical care? I find it hard to justify the increased rent and general cost of living.

My rule of thumb is basically: would I have a good time taking an aimless walk here, among the buildings? Are they pleasing to look at? Will I come across friends and neighbors on the sidewalk? Will I discover nice places to eat, get a cup of coffee, browse for books?

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by asyncscrum »

Was remote before COVID, but pandemic madness and home prices in Toronto had me itching to get out. After 25 years in Toronto I moved 3.5hr drive North to a beautiful city with gigabit internet, lakes and wilderness. I got a house more than twice as big for 1/3 the price of what I sold for.

Because of the reduction in personal burn rate, I was able to leave my soul sucking job and join a tiny startup to get back to my roots.

It's hard to make friends as an adult during COVID, so there's times when it's lonely for sure.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by knarkmacka »

Winterflow3r wrote: post #50

I did and I regret it deeply. I was working remotely even pre-covid times and I decided to leave London (where housing was becoming a nightmare) to move to Sweden. I have never been this deeply lonely in my entire life. I love the nature, I love the winter, even the darkness, but socially this was a very bad move. Working remotely when you live close to a big city where you are very fluent in the language is not even…

Yeah, that's a thing with us swedes in general, and perhaps also with tech people in general. Combine the two and...

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by cpursley »

freedom2099 wrote: post #46

I would not… 10 years ago I left the big city I used to live in (and where I was born: Milan, Italy) to move to the French Riviera! I have nice house less than a 100m from the beach, sea view… and in France we work 35h a week with 35 days of vacation a year! It was great already before telework… now it is simply amazing!

I'm actually surprised that American remote tech folks aren't pouring into Europe where the quality of life is an order of magnitude better (especially on a US salary). And it's especially more viable now with all the digital nomad visas.

https://nomadgirl.co/countries-with-digital-nomad-visas/

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by cpursley »

pcardoso wrote: post #45

Yes, I lived in Lisbon, Portugal and after starting a remote job I decided to move back to my hometown. All my family lives here, the kids have a quieter environment to grow up, housing is much cheaper. Some downsides, but very happy with the change.

Home town in Portugal?

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by cpursley »

yakubin wrote: post #58

I'm going to be moving to a greener part of city in the next months. Previously I selected the current flat based on (walking) distance from the office. But where I am now there isn't a place to pleasantly run surrounded by nature, which sucks. I'd change the city too, but for now all my friends are here, which would make it tough. Longer term, I'm planning on moving to another country (from Eastern Europe to most li…

Where in Eastern Europe? Taxes there and cost of living are generally much lower than Western. At least, I quite like it.

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Post by ransom1538 »

SF to Orlando here. The tax benefit was huge, CA taxes were around %9. That alone covered a mortgage in Orlando - which has no state income tax. While working remote in Orlando I fixed up our house every weekend by watching youtube videos. Eventually I sold this house for a massive profit within 2 years and upgraded to a much larger home. Looking back paying SF rent prices I could kick myself for not leaving quicker. I looked through all the spending in SF - and realized rent control is the only way to make any money in SF. You need to lock in a cheap rent and sit.

Re: Ask HN: Has remote work made you move to a new location or consider it?

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Post by Winterflow3r »

siva7 wrote: post #52
Winterflow3r wrote: post #50

I did and I regret it deeply. I was working remotely even pre-covid times and I decided to leave London (where housing was becoming a nightmare) to move to Sweden. I have never been this deeply lonely in my entire life. I love the nature, I love the winter, even the darkness, but socially this was a very bad move. Working remotely when you live close to a big city where you are very fluent in the language is not even…

Why not move back?

Not a UK citizen and Brexit has effectively made moving back much much harder than it was before when you had automatic right of residence based on being an EU citizen.
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