Was working in Toronto, covid19 happened, moved back to Montreal, and work agreed I could permanently stay there even after covid19.
Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
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#42If it were just me and I could go anywhere: In US, I would get somewhere with a lot of land. Montana, ND, Wyoming, something like that. Outside US, Probably Norway for a while. Would also love to try out New Zeland or SE Asia.
Montana has terrible internet, no local tech jobs, and is below zero for weeks in the winter. I recommend Colorado.
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#43You would have to be insane to move because you've recently been given remote work privileges, especially in the middle of a recession caused by an ongoing pandemic. Companies provide remote work options all the time and once you move they ask you to come back into the office out of the blue thenlay remote workers off if they cant come back into the office. The other thing you need to keep in mind is a lot of the pla…
> ask you to come back into the office out of the blue
I watched this happen a few jobs ago. New CTO came in and changed everything. Fired all the Business analysts and gutted a few other teams. The few remote workers were told to move back or say goodbye.
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#44Moved to Reno, NV. Already sold all my property in the bay area and went back to renting. No state income tax in NV! and we have lake tahoe close by. I sold my property because I'm figuring that the bay area is going to be less appealing from a property investment stand point, so I cashed out while prices are still high.
I honestly don't see companies going back to in-office stuff, at least not as much as it was in the past. I could see meetings and stuff like that being in-person. My company has already basically transitioned to 100% online and our productivity has increased overall so no way we are going back to in-office working exclusively.
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#45I was already remote, but I’m moving from Seattle to Denver.
Combination of family and a more favorable climate. The somewhat lower cost of living doesn’t hurt, but it’s not like Denver is cheap.
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#46Staying in Brooklyn, but without a commute. New York is still a nice place to live, and rent prices seem to have come down 10-20%.
Let’s see how things are looking come winter though. Could be pretty grim without bars/restaurants to go to.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
There might not be any state tax, but the property taxes are nuts.
15k a year for me. Approx 7.5 to the various Governments and the other half to schools. Those 5 million $$$ sports complexes and artificial turf football fields at the middle school (Grade 5-8) aren't going to build themselves.... Meanwhile they can't create a decent online curriculum so kids can learn from home. It's a joke. Teachers and the School Districts get whatever they ask for because voters are too stupid to…
Not looking forward to the dystopian future when the econ theory of "price discrimination" is adopted by state and local governments, and they target people who pay property taxes through an escrow account. Once the mortgage is paid off just bump up the property tax to match the amount of the previous monthly mortgage payment and see who notices. Instead of a 30 year mortgage, it can be called in infinite mortgage at which point 99% of people will all effectively be renters
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#48If it were just me and I could go anywhere: In US, I would get somewhere with a lot of land. Montana, ND, Wyoming, something like that. Outside US, Probably Norway for a while. Would also love to try out New Zeland or SE Asia.
Well, if you go to North Dakota live near Fargo but far enough west of town to get the fast internet. Also, pick a higher area in case the 500 flood returns.
ND has quite a lot of Norwegians. Since I cannot eat potatoes, I fear their cuisine.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn’t Florida, in most places, worse than SoCal in terms of response to BLM and Covid?
Your definition of “worse” may be other peoples’ definition of “better”.
but based on tayo42's initial comment they'd probably regard FL on the "worse" end of the spectrum. It's fair to say much of Florida is Orange County, CA on steroids (with all of the rage and none of the potential covid prevention benefits)
Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?
#50If it were just me and I could go anywhere: In US, I would get somewhere with a lot of land. Montana, ND, Wyoming, something like that. Outside US, Probably Norway for a while. Would also love to try out New Zeland or SE Asia.
If it was just me: Lyon, Tokyo, Barcelona, Hokkaido, Auckland, Chile, or somewhere in Norway (summers only). Since it’s not just me, somewhere in the southeastern U.S. close to family.