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

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Post by WWLink »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #482
nwallin wrote: post #416

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The city has a limited ability to remove them. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Martin v Boise, which held that it was illegal for the city (of Boise, Idaho) to remove homeless people from public spaces if the city has insufficient homeless shelters. This is a binding precedent in San Francisco, which is also in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The city of Boise, Idaho appealed to the Supreme Court, prodded b…

cities in California oughta build more homeless shelters. Oh, please, god, no. California desperately needs more actual housing. That's a huge issue in California. More homeless shelters just drags out the problem. It doesn't solve it.

Plus if you throw all the poor people in 1 building you're not solving anything.

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

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2019-nCoV wrote: post #374
spicyramen wrote: post #337

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That sounds as if you visited SF for the first time...very good speech for tourism.I have been in Bay Area for 13 years, single, with GF, and now with kids. Good luck with the high real state prices and if you can afford it, is probably overvalued, homeless, drug addicts, lack of good public transportation and Infrastructure (no high speed trains). My take i would live in London.

London is dirtier and just as inflicted with "undesirables", unless you're willing to continue paying SF rent prices, or live in zone 3 or beyond.

Bad luck, I moved from London to SF a bit more than a year ago and:

* no, London is much much cleaner than SF. I'd rather take a stroll in London.

* there's very little amount of homeless compared to SF. Again, I'd rather take a stroll in London.

I was paying 1300GBP (so around 1500USD) for a one bedroom apartment in Battersea (so zone2). I am now paying 3350USD for a small one bedroom in Castro.

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

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Post by DoreenMichele »

natalyarostova wrote: post #488
DoreenMichele wrote: post #482

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cities in California oughta build more homeless shelters. Oh, please, god, no. California desperately needs more actual housing. That's a huge issue in California. More homeless shelters just drags out the problem. It doesn't solve it.

The people who scream at me in a schizophrenic drug addled haze aren’t going to go away because cheap 1br housing pops up in an affordable neighborhood. They do need help though. They need homeless institutions.

I spent nearly six years homeless and I have had a college class from SFSU on Homelessness and Public Policy.

There are mentally ill people in housing. They don't generally follow you down the street and scream at you when they have housing.

Being homeless is enormously stressful. It is itself crazy-making.

Lack of sufficient housing supply is a root cause of high housing prices and of homelessness. California has been under building for decades.

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

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Post by smattiso »

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…

Dude, (Dudette?) your thoughts are very similar to mine. The world is a big place with a lot of possibilities and this is totally possible. DM me.

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Post by baby »

eric_khun wrote: post #399

Taipei, Taiwan The most underrated city/country in Asia : - Chill and relax - Awesome people, polite and clean - Best place in the world to work from cafes. Many cafes shops welcome people who works for long hours. They also care about cafe ;) I actually prefer to work from cafes than co-working here - Surrounded by nature, mountain, sea, river are within 45minutes reach. Hundred of trails around Taipei. - Metro / Bu…

I've been thinking about moving to Taipei since I visited you. I wish I could go back to China but 1. pollution and 2. censorship are real deal breakers. On the other hand I'm wondering about how it compares to some cities in Thailand (ChiangMai) or even Korea.

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Post by baby »

ejflick wrote: post #435
eric_khun wrote: post #412

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Yes I do have it. and working remotely for few years now

Is your company also located in Taiwan? I've been studying Mandarin here for a while after being a software engineer for a few years. Been thinking about what I'm gonna do once I feel comfortable in the language. Working remotely would be great if I could pull it off.

he works for Buffer.

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

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Post by DoreenMichele »

WWLink wrote: post #491
DoreenMichele wrote: post #482

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cities in California oughta build more homeless shelters. Oh, please, god, no. California desperately needs more actual housing. That's a huge issue in California. More homeless shelters just drags out the problem. It doesn't solve it.

Plus if you throw all the poor people in 1 building you're not solving anything.

It's a great way to help them share their diseases and fun stuff like that. I went to soup kitchens about six weeks and then began doing everything I could to stay away from that crap.

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

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Post by Exmoor »

poulsbohemian wrote: post #457

FWIW for those considering relocation: I grew up in the Seattle area and spent part of my career in Portland. I made a move to eastern Washington ten years ago, to do the remote worker thing. There are sacrifices you’ll make, but the cost of real estate is so much less than the coasts, it’s not that hard to get to either place for their respective amenities, and the whole not having a commute + access to the outdoors…

As a lifelong resident of the Seattle area, eastern Washington would be very high on my list. Arguably better weather (less rain, not too cold in the winter, and not extremely hot most of the summer), much cheaper cost of living, lots of natural beauty and outdoor recreation. Depending on where you locate, you're not that far from Seattle for when you want to get the big city cultural experience.

PS: I smiled at your username.

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Post by keithnz »

cgrealy wrote: post #309
peterburkimsher wrote: post #264

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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.

from what I understand, the backlog is huge. I'd hate to think the mess the lockdown is going to create as everyones timelines get mucked up.
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