My job is remote. Moved to a lake near family in Alabama. Couldn't be happier. Very low cost of living. I also get to go wakeboarding on my lunch break
Ask HN: If your job was remote, which city would you choose to live in?
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#52My job is remote. I moved to a hobby farm in Utah on what was (at the time) the dividing line between suburbia and farmland, and an hour from SLC, so it isn't too far if I need a larger city. But I rarely actually go there.
Many people who joined our company moved because we were 100% remote until a couple years ago when we were acquired. I'd say more than half picked some small town. The specific small town varies greatly, depending on what you like to do and who/where your family is.
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#53Nobody has mentioned http://nomadlist.com yet
And could mention (i m working on) https://reworkin.com/ as a hub for remote workers to connect with each other.
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#54London. I like big, dense, multicultural cities with lots to do at any moment of time, lots of different people and high-quality food from as many cultures as possible readily available. On that measure I think the only city that compares (and is probably better) is New York, but I have a citizenship and lots of family + friends in the UK so it's a much more convenient place to be.
I'm working on moving there to do not-remote development at the moment, incidentally.
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#55I'm remote and live in Glasgow, Scotland. My partner is tied down with their location so I don't travel as much as I might otherwise, but I like it here and we have already lived abroad so it works out pretty well.
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#57I would try Austin, Texas. The weather is not extremely cold or hot. The cost of living is reasonable. It's not super crowded. And if I lost my job, there's a growing demand for tech workers. Are there any Austinites that can comment on this?
I would disagree about the weather, we definitely skew on the hot side (some would argue humid too, like my coworkers who came from the desert, but as an ex-Floridian I usually find it pretty dry.)
The cost of living is okay, though we're one of the fastest growing cities so rents are going up. Right now 2/1 homes built in the 40s and on flood plains will run you over 300k. It's about 200k for a small condo or 500k minimum for a small family home.
While it doesn't feel crowded due to everything being so spread out, the traffic is an absolute bear. My old commute was 3.9 miles and usually took between 45 minutes to an hour by car. I've since moved and started using public transportation (it's fine, but nothing to write home about, though our commuter train is a joke) and it takes as long but at least I can get plenty of reading in. The city is really not friendly to bikers either outside of a few very select areas.
I should also note that North and South Austin do not mix. We're South Dallas to them and they're North Mexico to us. Because of the aforementioned traffic and sprawl you tend to stick to your side of the river. Oh, and because of all the events and conventions that happen here there are just random weeks where everything is confusingly crowded.
That said I do love this city. Tons of culture and awesome food. My partner is always surprised at the variety of things we can do, whether it's queer-friendly indie wrestling matches, or one-off rap musicals, or interactive pop-up art exhibits or boozy morning goat yoga.
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#58I'm fully remote, enjoying Western Montana. I'm in a small town on Flathead Lake with mountains in my backyard. I couldn't imagine much better. ATVs, archery, guns, fishing, boating, and more.
Hey! I’m from the Flathead valley (Yellowbay & Kalispell). We should get coffee when I’m back in town.
For sure! My email is in my profile. Hit me up. I'm in Polson.
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#59I'm fully remote now, and am currently still in the bay area (used to work in SF), but planning to move to the Sacramento area by next year.
Why Sacramento? 1) Wife and I still have family members in the bay area and we'd like to stay within driving distance, 2) Still get to enjoy California weather, without the possibility of a 8.0+ earthquake looming over our heads, 3) Better school for our kid while spending less than half the amount to buy a house vs similarly good school districts in the bay area, 4) I'm not very into snow, which eliminates much of the northern half of the country as candidate cities to choose. If I'd also like to avoid hurricanes, tornadoes, and huge earthquakes, that eliminates most of the country. The Greater Sacramento area actually fits that bill.
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#60I'm fully remote now, and am currently still in the bay area (used to work in SF), but planning to move to the Sacramento area by next year. Why Sacramento? 1) Wife and I still have family members in the bay area and we'd like to stay within driving distance, 2) Still get to enjoy California weather, without the possibility of a 8.0+ earthquake looming over our heads, 3) Better school for our kid while spending less…
I grew up around Sacramento. One nice thing was that we actually had 4 seasons, unlike SF. 100+ degree summers were sometimes rough though.