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Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

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Post by peterburkimsher »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #103

Not far north of Auckland - Tawharanui peninsula, Mangawhai, etc. On a large rural mansion (preferably with ocean view). All easily achievable with about $1m USD (interest rates are great atm to). The thing to watch out is "rates" aka taxes and maintenance (ocean water does etch a bit). Downside is NZ is quite boring from cultural perspective (but super fun for boating, fishing, hunting, etc - I think most city dwell…

I'm in North Shore, which has fibre (100 mbps down, 20 mbps up). 5G is also good. There are cultural activities, but those are mostly in the city.

As a young, unmarried guy, there's no need for me to get a mansion. The homestay family I live with have taught me so much about living with young children, it's been a blessing to learn whether that's a challenge I'd like to take on.

Most people who want to make lots of money moved to Australia, so those left in NZ usually care about more important things in life.

I also have high hopes for Starlink, not just for NZ (we have enough submarine cables) but for other countries e.g. Zambia, Georgia.

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Post by torgian »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #255
torgian wrote: post #251

Kinda living it already; Taiwan. Love it here. Close to Japan and Korea, and my remote company is in Japan. I would like to try living in Europe someday ( Switzerland would be awesome ) but I don't make enough money to do that yet. And there are visa issues too. If I were forced to live back in the states, probably Boulder, Co. Maybe Brunswick Maine. Honestly though, health care keeps me from moving back to the State…

I was in Kaohsiung from 2014-2018, which city are you in? I worked for OSE in the Nanzi Export Processing Zone, making USB, SD card, DRAM - so many good memories. There's a good community of hospex (was CouchSurfing, now hopefully BeWelcome), including weekly meetups in Taipei, Hsinchu, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.

Taipei. Expat community here is pretty good and the locals are great.

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Post by heavenlyblue »

plplok wrote: post #127
robocat wrote: post #78

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> if one drinks, it must be easier I don’t think you are missing out, since in my experience you usually only find “pub” friends to drink with, who often have unhealthy drinking habits and don’t become actual friends (albeit I’m faux British: in New Zealand!). Any activity (sport, hobby, work) where you hang with locals gives you the chance to make healthier relationships. For anyone looking to make friends in a pub,…

any recommendations?

Skehans in London

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Post by peterburkimsher »

ravenstine wrote: post #177

In an ideal world, I would live in New Zealand, probably, though I've heard many things have changed in the 15 years since I lived there. I work remote and live in Los Angeles, despite all the drawbacks of living in California, because of family, friends, and my overall support network. Moving somewhere else would mean having to start all over again.

It's great, but the immigration process is very difficult and slow. I applied for the Skilled Migrant Category in February 2019 and haven't even got a case officer handling the application yet.

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Post by jimbob45 »

badtuple wrote: post #135
jimbob45 wrote: post #114

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The traffic is the #1 reason not to move to Portland. It's a six-lane city that only had three lanes planned for. Sure, the drivers may be better than Florida but at least Florida (outside Orlando) wasn't designed with confusing lanes the width of half a car.

Agreed that Portland isn't a great place for cars. However I think if we grow healthily as a city we can maximize public transportation, expand the MAX and street car, have dedicated bus lanes, and make it so that it isn't a problem. The suburbs can't escape cars, but I bet we can make Portland proper a utopia for pedestrians. I already barely use cars. It's wonderful compared to Orlando (where I happened to grow up)…

It's so ironic that Portland has some of the worst street infrastructure and yet some of the best rail infrastructure. I agree that expanding MAX would greatly help the situation.

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Post by balls187 »

Vivtek wrote: post #35

I've worked remotely since 1996, living in rural Indiana, Budapest, and Puerto Rico. Now I live on a farm in the mountains of Puerto Rico and all my questionable life decisions have culminated in a very, very tolerable quarantine. So, answer: slow nomad. It's been a good life, although I've found it difficult to prosper to the extent more connected people can. (But I believe this is more me, than being remote.)

Where in rural Indiana?

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Post by peterburkimsher »

cpursley wrote: post #116
ygouzerh wrote: post #29

I'd like to go nomad, let's travel! I am french, but I think that if I want to settle, I will go Taiwan : mountains, beach, city, good foods. And the life there is a mix between innovations and traditions, it's really nice. If it's for a short term, I will go back to Philippines, the life is really sweet and enjoyable there.

Can you recommend some locations in Taiwan? It's on my radar.

I was in Kaohsiung from 2014-2018. There's a good community of hospex (was CouchSurfing, now hopefully BeWelcome), including weekly meetups in Taipei, Hsinchu, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.

Just don't dare to speak up about the air pollution. It's bad, but trying to do anything about it could get you in trouble.

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Post by pkaye »

wiskinator wrote: post #168
crimsonalucard1 wrote: post #136

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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.

Have you been working on a solution?

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Post by derekhsu »

crimsonalucard1 wrote: post #142
ygouzerh wrote: post #29

I'd like to go nomad, let's travel! I am french, but I think that if I want to settle, I will go Taiwan : mountains, beach, city, good foods. And the life there is a mix between innovations and traditions, it's really nice. If it's for a short term, I will go back to Philippines, the life is really sweet and enjoyable there.

My parents are actually from Taiwan and taiwanese, but me being born and raised in CA, I would still hesitate to live in Taiwan due to the language barrier. I'm curious why someone like you, who likely speaks even less mandarin than me would want to live there?

Language wouldn't be a really problem to you in Taiwan if you choose a more modern and bigger city to live. You probably would straggle to speak English to old people in some counties, such as Yunlin and Chayyi, but younger adults would try to speak English to you at their best effort and whether who they are and the level of their English ability, they would be very friendly and warm to treat you.
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