I grew up in San Diego, work for an unfunded startup with low pay currently, so I moved right across the border to Playas de Tijuana. Its not actually totally ideal because some days it smells bad. But I live a block from the beach, the weather is just as perfect as San Diego, and my cost of living is like 70% less.
Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?
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#382Asheville NC. My wife and I moved here in early March just before the shutdown. Beautiful. I pinch myself everyday that I get to live And work (from home) here.
I still consider Asheville home although I've been in Austin for 15 years now. I would move back in a heartbeat (provided I could convince my wife). Luckily, family is still there, so I get to visit regularly.
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#383Sacramento or the surrounding metro (Granite Bay, Folsom, etc.) I’m not surprised no one has said it but it’s a really great city. I’m slightly biased in that I grew up in Sacramento but it’s really well located. 2-3 hours to everywhere in the Bay or to anywhere in Tahoe. The American and Sacramento Rivers run through Sacramento and there are miles upon miles of walking trails along them. The rents are significantly…
I moved to Elk Grove a few months ago and wrote an article on this topic and touched on most of the points you mentioned! :) https://medium.com/@bigilui/moving-from-the-bay-area-to-the-...
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#384I'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.)
I like the notion of 'slow nomad'!
I don't like the idea of bouncing around a lot - a month here, a month there - it feels superficial. On the other hand, between reading and talking to a lot of people, and exploring the hell out of wherever I am by bike, a place can start to feel old... I've been here in Bend, Oregon for 5 years, and have ridden more roads and trails than some who have been here much longer. It's difficult to find new stuff to explore at this point without driving further afield. I kind of miss the sensation of it all being new, yet to be discovered (by me).
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#385My wife and I talk about leaving Seattle to go somewhere. Except both of our extended families are mostly here, we have extensive social networks, our kids are deeply integrated, and we got major homesickness when we moved from an island on one side of the city to a suburb on the other.
I'd love to go spend a year teaching software engineering in Costa Rica or New Zealand. Settling permanently? I dunno. I've ripped up what roots I've had multiple times now, and I don't really want to do it again.
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#386On a small sailboat outfitted with batteries and solar panels. Ideally I'd dock only once every few days to take meetings/sync my data/connect to the internet, and then head back to open waters.
This is my fantasy as well. We are so close to reliable cheap satellite internet, the only thing you'd need to come to shore for is groceries/ water/ fuel.
You can get a watermaker and if it's a sailboat you won't need that much fuel. Food is still an issue though.
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#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I got to visit SF, it was a lovely, magical city and it inspired me to buy $300 worth of books related to my interest in someday becoming a city planner (or something similar). The problem is I can't possibly afford to live there. If you can live there, cool. For many people, it's just too expensive to make it into a nice experience. All those restaurants nearby are only cool if you can afford the high cost of h…
Curious, what books did you buy? I’ve been getting interested in this sort of thing lately.
If interested in urbanization and the particular problems SF is running into today, I would highly recommend Progress & Poverty by Henry George. Fairly dense at first but it lightens up.
It was written in SF post-gold rush to answer the question of why the obscene wealth generated by the gold rush resulted in abysmal quality of life and skyrocketing inequality in SF. Sadly relevant these days.
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#388I would repatriate to a quiet fjord in northern Norway, code outdoors in the summer with Grieg echoing through the fjord. In the winter I'd code in the sun room while the northern lights swirled overhead.
That would be my dream at least. For those that have been to northern Norway, you'll get this. For those that haven't, you'll just scratch your head.
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#389My wife and I talk about leaving Seattle to go somewhere. Except both of our extended families are mostly here, we have extensive social networks, our kids are deeply integrated, and we got major homesickness when we moved from an island on one side of the city to a suburb on the other. I'd love to go spend a year teaching software engineering in Costa Rica or New Zealand. Settling permanently? I dunno. I've ripped u…
Meanwhile here I am debating about doubling down on Seattle with cheap real estate - or Florida.
You should go out and travel! I'm planning on doing so because a home purchase is not overnight - and even then I could never really settle down somewhere. The world is accepting remote work - take the opportunity and worse comes to worse you have a family in the area.
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#390Switzerland. My family left in the 17th century to avoid religious persecution, but it is the perfect blend of everything I like - small villages, cosmopolitan cities, natural beauty. Where I live now gives me about the closest approximation that I could create in the US. Once the kids are gone, we are likely to become nomadic.
I like the idea of working from Switzerland; it's a lovely country but the only thing about it that gives me pause is the taxation level.
You'll pay lower taxes than, say, in America. But it's expensive for many things and it can be hard to make friends. That said, it's a stunningly beautiful place to live.