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Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by akhilcacharya »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #980
akhilcacharya wrote: post #954

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90k is considered very low today overall. The average new grad gets like ~150ish, give or take 20. If you get a big signing bonus like they do at Facebook it goes up to 225k+ TC for the first year. My friend graduating this year just signed an offer for ~210k first year at a trading company. It’s definutely worth it to chase the money out of undergrad IMHO.

What to grads typically do with all that money. I started on about $30k and it was more than enough. Is it all squirreled away for the future? I'd hope so!

Most of them save and have really nice lifestyles. I know a bunch of people who are on track to retire early.

Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by Pimpus »

SpecialistEMT wrote: post #940
kgabis wrote: post #431

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If you ignore weekly nazi rallies and all the book burning it's not such a bad place./s Seriously though, Poland is one of the safest place to live in right now, especially if you're a foreigner. Media's portrayal of current political situation in Poland is HUGELY exaggerated.

First sentence but unironically and it's getting worse.

Where in Poland do you live that you get such an impression? Do you even experience such things or are you just listening to the propaganda?

Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by dtornabene »

Shorel wrote: post #589
tropdrop wrote: post #147

If you would like to remain in United States and do not mind having proper seasons, I would strongly consider Chicago, the last affordable big city in the United States. University of Chicago pulls a robust intellectual community (81 Nobel Laureates), but there is also a deep intellectual history around the arts and music that transcends the work of the university - something that I'm not sure I can say for a place l…

What would be authentic Mexican food?

as tptacek noted in a sibling, there is seriously good Mexican food here, and Latin American food as well. All over.

Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by dtornabene »

assblaster wrote: post #716
dtornabene wrote: post #621

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So, in case this doesn't get completely flagged, which it should, its also dead wrong. I lived in Chicago for years, family from Chicago, so I've been coming there literally since I was born. The cost of living is low, and the idea that "major parts of the city are off limits to white people" is exactly as absurd and racist as it sounds. I worked on the south side, and am painfully white. I biked and walked around th…

Here's a few anecdotes: My wife and I on multiple occasions on the red line, or in the South Loop, River North, or museum campus, during the daytime no less, have suffered probably two dozen verbal attacks purely on the basis of race. My most memorable attack was: "die, you white ass cracka ass m f * piece of s *!" I've been everywhere between Hyde Park and Wilmette, and lakefront to Oak Park, and the racial tension…

so, its actually a combination of racist and trolling. solid, good to know.

Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by _kwmj »

nelsonic wrote: post #626
balladeer wrote: post #565

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> Portugal is very welcoming to US citizens What about people from other part of the world? Asking since you live there. Any resource you would recommend to have a general idea?

Good question! I'm simply highlighting the fact that US citizens are welcome in PT because there's always been a "special relationship" between the two countries for various historical reasons. Portugal is one of the most welcoming countries to people of all nations. You will never be unwelcome here regardless of where you are from. There are communities of people from the Middle East, Nordics, Indian Sub-continent,…

Thank you :-)

> Just book a trip and see for yourself! ;-)

Yeah, it's been pending since college. My Euro Trip. Now I can't even blame affordability :)

Re: Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?

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Post by benbristow »

tixocloud wrote: post #184
benbristow wrote: post #152

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Both Edinburgh and Glasgow are pretty good in Scotland/UK. Glasgow's tech scene isn't the biggest but we're a friendly bunch and there's lots going on. https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/ This site is pretty good for seeing all the tech meetups/events in the UK.

Thanks for sharing. Agree on your sentiments that Glaswegians are friendly! Are you based in Glasgow?

It's my nearest tech scene and I get involved when I can.

I live in Paisley (town 20 minute train ride away) but that's the opposite of a tech scene.

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Post by mixmastamyk »

mcguire wrote: post #880
kccqzy wrote: post #835

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> And we're conveniently located about 2-3 hours from beaches (depending on which beach you want to hit), or about 3.5-5 hours from mountains (depending, again, on exactly where you want to go). This sentence really makes me rethink how much time some people routinely spend on the road. I live in Santa Monica where's it's minutes away from beaches and about half an hour away from mountains. If I just want to go there…

I've never been to Santa Monica, but the times I've been in California, I've never been able to get anywhere by vehicle in minutes . :-)

SM is on the beach, so in walking distance. If not, you can take neighborhood roads to get there and avoid most traffic.

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Post by xapata »

masonic wrote: post #957
xapata wrote: post #162

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Are you saying the Bay Area is synonymous with San Jose?

Rainfall is similar around the Bay Area, with the North Bay getting generally more rain than the South Bay, but everywhere in the Bay area is below average rainfall for non-desert areas. Also, only SF proper could be considered particularly "cool".

Seattle gets less rainfall than Atlanta, by annual volume. The way we speak about and measure rain don't always match.

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Post by dboreham »

j_moulin32 wrote: post #10
dboreham wrote: post #5

Hesitant to encourage more people to move here but...South West Montana. Bozeman, Livingston, Helena.. I say "here" but I'm typing this in SF...so I guess I mean "there".

Isn't Rightnow the only tech company in Gallatin Valley?

Not by a long long way, no. The largest best known perhaps. Tech scene these days is pretty big and diverse.
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