In my home country Nepal. Cheap cost of living and beautiful places to travel and explore.
Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
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#362I 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…
My wife is from the Bay Area or obviously biased, but same thing. I'm from France and we both lived is over 10 cities/countries combined (together and separately) and recently came back to the Bay Area "for good". Before coming back we tried pretty hard trying to find somewhere else we could go live (and be much wealthier, afford a bigger house, etc) but we couldn't and decided on going back to Oakland.
Oakland is still more affordable, probably because the public schools aren't great and commute to the good jobs on the peninsula is pretty painful.
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#363I can work remotely, and I choose to live where I love living. For me, that's Hong Kong (with all its problems). If I wanted to save money, there are a lot of great options in Southeast Asia like Vietnam and Thailand.
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#364I would work remotely from a small town, away from the fast life of urban areas. Property costs are significantly lower, as with crime and traffic. Possibilities include somewhere on the DelMarVa peninsula. Constraints include 50+ Mbps internet and a newer house without asbestos/lead paint.
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#365New Zealand or Tasmania (AU). Assumptions: Timezone matching isn't a constraint. Political administrations within a nation oscillate, but in general little substantive changes as people pick between two similar options. Proximity to other specific humans isn't a constraint (this seems to be a common requirement expressed in this thread). Alternatively - assume international travel is restored to normalcy. Rationale:…
I've heard Tasmania is pretty bogan, but have never been. How does it compare to Melbourne? That'd probably be my ideal wfh location.
It's smaller, for sure. The population of the whole of Tasmania is 500k, with Hobart just under half of that. Compare the 4m in Melbourne alone (6m through the state of Victoria). NSW has similarly dense population around its capital.
At some deep level, the less centralised approach appeals to me.
I've worked in Melbourne for weeks at a time, but never really lived there. (I've lived in Sydney most of my life, and did 5 years in London.)
Everyone has their own list of things they want around them - that's why I included my rationale. If given the choice to live anywhere the idea of choosing to live in a city would be anathema. But I'm probably in the minority there.
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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.
You're aware around 90 percent of the bay area considers to homelessness to be a serious problem. Citation: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/08/when-it-comes-to-the-... "89% of residents say homelessness is an extremely or very serious problem — up from 79% the year before"
Considering homelessness to be a serious problem and considering homeless people to be a problem are very different (and to some extent opposed) things.
Advocates for homeless people think homelessness is a problem. People that oppose dealing with homelessness tend to portray homeless people as a problem.
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Also depends on when you started renting. I know people paying $700 a month in SF for a one bedroom but they moved here over a decade ago.
Also people who bought houses long ago pay almost no property tax. Prop 13 is rent control for landowners.
SF is a good place to be if you got in sooner than later.
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#368Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
#369I 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…
Another SF lover here. It is an amazing place. What I like so much about it is that you can just wander aimlessly through the city and stumble upon all sort fo cool stuff. Very walkable. Also, in contrast to NYC, you can easily string together a day where you're in Muir Woods, then hit a winery or two in Sonoma, and be back in SF in time for the Symphony. Sure, I don't do stuff like that all the time, but on occasion…
That’s a pretty narrow view of NYC. You can be on a beach in an hour or less, any number of state parks in a short time, etc.
California is amazing, but the NY metro area has a ton to offer with a much lower drama factor.
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The focus is not really on the "commercial" part of it but the part where I don't necessarily have to do everything from the flower stage. In a similar vein, I don't think that Berliners and Barcelonians are churning their own butter because there isn't a shop selling butter already made, or knitting every sock they own because nobody sells socks. The US marijuana sector isn't even really heavily commercialized, ther…
You'll only find in NL, and even then, it's only (priced) for tourists. You have to accept that most facets of life aren't quite as convenient as in the states — but most European's hold that as a positive, not negative. Life is more authentic.
Making oil is a serious hassle and in some places life already has more than enough authenticity to go around.
I don't think this is about some broader cultural thing around convenience, is it? Isn't it just about legality? Some people actually depend on marijuana on a daily basis, and for those of us that do it's really annoying to have grind up, dry, decarb, cook, strain, etc. every few weeks.