For year-round stay: Southern France. Good healthcare, good food, nice weather.
Alternatively (And this is something I'm actually going to try for software dev in 2017): winter on the Canary Islands and summer in Sweden.
Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
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Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#162Already here. New York.
If you like urban life, as long as you can pay your bills it's the best and most interesting city in the world.
It also helps with a good view :) http://000fff.org/uploads/PH6.jpg
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#163Somewhere in Scandinavia. I don't know much about the area other than they score among the highest on self-reported happiness indicies[0]. I'm curious about what cultural differences are responsible for that result, and I suppose I'd like to enjoy them for myself. [0]: http://www.medicaldaily.com/world-happiness-report-scandinav...
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Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#164Vienna. In the heart of Europe and just short drive away from every one of these: Italy Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland. ranked best place to live [1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/23/vienna-name... I'm not saying that the best thing about Vienna is the highway that get away from it (LOL), but as a foreigner it's the perfect "beach head" to explore the contin…
Why not Budapest then? Still fairly central, much cheaper, nice spas and amenities, closer to eastern Europe, and IMO the food is better
Good luck learning Hungarian, though :P
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#165Somewhere in Scandinavia. I don't know much about the area other than they score among the highest on self-reported happiness indicies[0]. I'm curious about what cultural differences are responsible for that result, and I suppose I'd like to enjoy them for myself. [0]: http://www.medicaldaily.com/world-happiness-report-scandinav...
Living in Copenhagen, Denmark I'm not sure that moving here necessarily will make you more happy. Maybe the results would be different if one looked at what makes expats happy when moving to a new country.
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't live hours away from your job.
And your school, and your supermarket, and the good restaurants, and everything. I don't think many people who live in LA would argue that you have to drive for hours to get anywhere in the city.
I lived in west LA and I managed to find a place walking distance from restaurants and a supermarket, and one short bus ride to Malibu/Venice. It is doable.
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#167Dubai: because it is the nearest most happening place (in terms of innovation) where I currently live. Although, it is very expensive to live especially if you're self-employed.
AFAIK dubai has sales teams from different companies situated there but no real innovation. Could you please elaborate?
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#168Already here. New York. If you like urban life, as long as you can pay your bills it's the best and most interesting city in the world. It also helps with a good view :) http://000fff.org/uploads/PH6.jpg
Okay, I'm jealous of that view... that's literally my ideal apartment. And you've provided a great counterargument for everyone who says you can't have children in a city. As someone who just finished grad school, there's no way I could afford that though haha
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you know the language? Is it necessary to in order to feel that life is as fast-paced as you mention?
Absolutely. I would not say Korea is a good place to be in as a developer. Mostly dominated by Korean corps. Some companies started my foreign ethnic koreans. They are good and nice places but pay is ...mediocre. Koreans are also a bit racist but if you do not mind it's fine.
I studied abroad in Korea and asked about expected salaries for SE from the Korean CS Dept. They said 60k would be incredibly high and 30-40 would be normal. That is also in million won which doesn't translate perfectly to a dollar, actually less.
However, if you are working remote you could probably be taking in a nice US salary and live very very well. 100k and you'd live like a king/queen there.
Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?
#170Scotland (if I have to pick a city, Edinburgh). I don't really know what the job market is there for software development though. NY is great because of the huge market, but after traveling all over the UK (and Scotland twice), both my wife and I would love to live there. There's not nearly as many people as there are here in the US (which is a plus), and it's beautiful everywhere.
Edinburgh has lots of interesting technology companies: Rockstar, SkyScanner, Amazon, Codeplay etc. The University of Edinburgh has an excellent CS department and hosts the UK's national HPC facility, ARCHER. It's one of the few cities in the UK that I would be tempted to move to from Bristol.
> one of the few cities in the UK that I would be tempted to move to
What are the others, out of interest?