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Post by selimthegrim »

pier25 wrote: post #41

My 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…

These guys won’t even move to New Orleans, what makes you think they’ll consider Mexico

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Post by Jommi »

dijit wrote: post #150
jedberg wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

What are you comparing to that makes Helsinki expensive?

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Post by dbancajas »

jauer wrote: post #181

Really depends on what phase of life, but right now one of: * Most likely: somewhere between Austin and San Antonio TX. * Alternate: ~45 minutes southwest of Denver, CO. * Wildcard: Minneapolis, MN. * If U.S. adopts laws like what Hungary just did WRT LGBT people: Iceland.

can you explain the laws?

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Post by chiefgeek »

habosa wrote: post #185

Philadelphia It's one of the five biggest cities in the US but most people routinely look past it. First of all it's fairly cheap, less than half as expensive as SF even in the nicest parts. It's got the best restaurant scene of any city I've spent time in (and almost all are free BYO). It's got a great art scene including a ton of amazing live music. 4 sports teams with passionate fan bases. It's racially diverse (n…

Philly does have a great restaurant scene!

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Post by hiram112 »

gaara87 wrote: post #7

If I can get a tiny home on wheels, I'd give that a shot. If I can move with a community that wants to be nomadic I'd try that. If not, Vegas, here I come :)

This next year or two might be your chance to get a home for a good deal. Vegas and similar cities are projected to have a very hard landing due to them being so dependent on tourism, boom and bust cycles, etc.

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Post by antisthenes »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #156
antisthenes wrote: post #13

Mediterranean coast for sure. Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, South France, etc. Maybe Tunisia or North Morocco. Depends on which culture makes the best impression, and after that, I would settle down for 5-6 years. My 2nd choice would be the Carribean, but the countries are more hit and miss, small islands means everything is expensive, and hot weather year round sounds nice in theory, but I'm sure I'd ge…

Problem with the Mediterranean is that human beings have put it at the top of their list for at least 5000 years :) It's a bit like California: all the parts of it I'd want to live, I can't afford, and all the parts I can afford, I don't want to live in.

Mediterranean coastline is 28,600 miles.

Californian coastline is ~850 miles.

Also, much, much lower COL in certain countries, obviously going up for premier destinations (like Ibiza, etc.)

California coastal properties are ALL mind-blowingly expensive. I don't work at FAANG so CA property is a non-starter.

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Post by CapitalistCartr »

I live in Florida; I don't particularly care for it, I don't see the charm. But my life is here, well established: wife, children, parents, in-laws, friends. My life is here. My work is only a part of that, and not the biggest part; it certainly doesn't keep me from moving.

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Post by cgrealy »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #264
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.

I'm surprised at that. My wife and I became permanent residents in 2007. It must have changed a lot since then as it took us under a month from application to residency.

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Post by city41 »

jdhn wrote: post #253
city41 wrote: post #91

I just moved to a small town in Michigan from San Jose this week. I love the lack of traffic, my giant backyard and deck, how completely quiet and pitch black it is at night and that I have yet to meet a software developer. Nothing against devs, but getting out of the tech bubble is nice. I can go to Detroit, Chicago, the Great Lakes and many other places if I need a change of pace. Of course it’s only been a few day…

I'm curious as to why you moved back to MI. Was it a desire to be around family and/or friends? While I'm not a software developer, I feel that my options here are limited, and will be looking to potentially make a move next year.

We wanted a quieter, slower life. We researched a lot of places in the Midwest and south and Michigan came out ahead for us. We’re also right in the middle of my parents and wife’s parents. I plan to work remotely for the rest of my career, focusing on freelancing.
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