Anywhere but CA. The COL here is ridiculous.
SF is crazy but … California is huge. There are plenty of affordable areas if you’re not trying to fit a car commute into the same few hotspots.
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#162I'd like to try Berlin or Barcelona; as a young LGBT person I've loved these areas when I've visited. Though Barcelona certainly has better weather. The only wrinkle is that I do like my legal weed; going to a store and buying a nicely packaged edible or a preroll is leagues above buying it off the street.
Weed is basically legal in Barcelona. It’s not quite as legal as California, per say, but there are shops you go to (membership required) which sell over the counter
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Tallinn seems like an awesome place to live in the summer. So does Helsinki. I visited in May and it was perfect. But I feel like I'd want to winter much closer to the Mediterranean, or somewhere in the Southern hemisphere.
I lived in Helsinki for a short period, and genuinely it's awesome. It was too expensive to live central in Helsinki so I lived in Vantaa. This was not a problem as the public transportation is not over-capacity and is very punctual. When I lived there though, there was only one underground "Metro" line- not sure if that changed. Getting to Vantaa requires an overground inter-city train. As for the experience: everyt…
> everything felt very "human"- like it was designed for comfort and ease
When I was in Helsinki, I could tell the entire place had been designed to take care of people. When we first arrived, we tried to buy train tickets, and were then told that families with strollers ride for free!
I didn't see any homeless people, and the one sort of "off-balance" person was clearly still getting food and health care.
The entire place just seemed like a place where everyone cares about everyone else's well being.
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> We also don't like how the political situation is changing with Amlo. Could you expand on this? I'm not keeping up with Mexican politics so I don't know much besides him being left leaning.
Not op, but I'm a Mexican living in México. He is surrounded by incompetent and bootlicker advisors. This administration is one of the most corrupt and violent in the past 20 years. He has three pharaonic projects to build an outdated infrastructure that only "benefits" the president's home state. He is actively stopping the construction for renewable energy projects and foreign investment.
> He is surrounded by incompetent and bootlicker advisors.
A more accurate description would be “he surrounds himself with incompetent and bootlicker advisors.”
At the presidential level he appointed all of those people
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I love British humor as well! I must admit, if one drinks (I don't), it must be easier. Also, being "white" helps, I think.
> if one drinks (I don't), it must be easier. True in the past, but a non-issue these days, especially with younger colleagues. > Also, being "white" helps, I think Maybe in very provincial communities in parts of the country but not in the major cities - at least not since the 90s onwards. If anything I'd say the UK is one of the more open minded countries I've seen.
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#166Amsterdam. I got to go there last year, and it was amazing. I'm tall, and there I feel normal (and get talked to in Dutch occasionally, although I don't speak a word!). I also love how matter of fact they are, I'm the same way! Although I would probably want to visit a number of places or cycle like a snowbird.
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#167My wife and I live in Mexico. She works remotely, I did that for 10+ years, now I'm building my thing and taking some occasional freelance projects. I won't deny there are some horror stories coming from Mexico, but I'm a European and have been living here since 2009. I've never seen or experienced anything even remotely violent. I paid for a mordida once, that's it. I've lived in Mexico City, Estado de México, Verac…
> We also don't like how the political situation is changing with Amlo. Could you expand on this? I'm not keeping up with Mexican politics so I don't know much besides him being left leaning.
Nothing wrong with being left leaning. But he is a demagogue. A narcissist surrounded by yes men.
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#168I may be the only person left who loves San Francisco. Just got back from biking from my house through Golden Gate Park past the De Young and Cal Academy to Cliff House and down Ocean Beach. There was sunshine and people were outside. In different circumstances, there are people dancing on roller skates, learning tango, and skateboarding. Near our house there is a great Russian Bakery, tons of Chinese restaurants on…
I mean that's great but you left out a lot of the bad parts. Human feces everywhere, homeless people, broken needles, expensive rent... I think south bay you get less of the above with better weather.
If you think 'homeless people' are one of the bad things, then I think you're part of the problem, and would politely ask you to help come up with a solution.
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#169I've been "remote" for the last 20 years or more. I've done the mobile thing in a van with my wife several times, longest stint was 9 months (including 6 months in the van in Europe). I've lived in London, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Philadelphia, Seattle, Berlin and spent extended stays in Rehovot and Kyiv. Last year, my wife and I sold our home in Philadelphia and set off in the van to check out a list of places were were considering around the US:
* Ithaca, NY
* Chatanooga, TN
* Bend, OR
* Willamette Valley, OR
* San Luis Obispo, CA
* Bellingham, WA
* Santa Fe, NM
We've now lived in a small village 25 miles south of S.Fe for a year! The village itself is ridiculously packed with famous artists and writers (the guy that designed the Kindle, too, at least some of the time). It's beautiful, incredibly dry, endless sunshine, amazingly friendly people. It's also "Disneyland for the 65+ crowd", gets invaded by Miller Moths in May (ugh, this year was so bad), there are wasps and other pests constantly bugging the house, and there are not many roads for cycling. Lots of poverty in NM, and poor education.
Before the virus hit, our village was incredibly social ... now this aspect of life here has taken a backseat, and I'm not quite sure how it comes back.
Developing software and living here in general is pretty wonderful, but it's hard to know what the future holds. My wife misses water, and maybe (amazingly) even humidity. If I could afford somewhere in southern CA, I'd probably have picked that, but it's just absurd.
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#170I may be the only person left who loves San Francisco. Just got back from biking from my house through Golden Gate Park past the De Young and Cal Academy to Cliff House and down Ocean Beach. There was sunshine and people were outside. In different circumstances, there are people dancing on roller skates, learning tango, and skateboarding. Near our house there is a great Russian Bakery, tons of Chinese restaurants on…
I love SF as well! I've traveled around the world and lived in multiple US cities that many people consider nice/cool/fun, but SF is still my favorite city. I was in Golden Gate Park today as well and it never gets old - so beautiful, and perfect weather. The streets in my neighborhood are clean, the neighbors are all intelligent, fascinating older people, young families, and just generally really cool people. Granted I never go to the Tenderloin, SoMa, or the Financial District -- if that's your primary view of the city then I understand the distaste, but overall SF is a fantastic city if you can afford it.