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Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by pbourke »

tomcam wrote: post #24
mnm1 wrote: post #13

WA. No state tax. Nice nature. Not completely overrun with corona like most of the other no tax states. Post pandemic, somewhere in Western Europe hopefully. Some place that actually cares about its residents unlike this shithole country that's doing everything in its power to ensure the most corona cases and deaths possible.

Serious question. Do you think they care about the hundreds of businesses, many LGBT owned, that were closed, destroyed, or extorted by the peaceful protestors of CHAZ/CHOP? About citizens who slog through miles of filth, shit on the sidewalks, and needles on the ground?

There is more to Washington than downtown Seattle.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by tayo42 »

lefrenchy wrote: post #27
tayo42 wrote: post #18

Hawaii if flying didn't feel risky(virus) and logistics were easier. The 2 week quarantine makes a hard move harder. I'm not sure I actually want to be in a hotel. I am "settling" lol for Santa Cruz. I really thought I wanted to live in so cal for awhile too but watching the reactions to blm and covid makes me second guess that. Actually made me really unsure where I might want to live. Also thought about Florida in…

Isn’t Florida, in most places, worse than SoCal in terms of response to BLM and Covid?

Yeah that was probably weird wording on my part. I meant Florida was also a contender in the future, but due to recent events it's not really any more.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by destitude »

Bedon292 wrote: post #20

If 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.

Have to look out for all the fracking especially western ND. Looks like a war zone at night with all the flames from burning off the gas.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by throwaway-blr »

Haven't moved yet but I am planning. Hopefully somewhere warm where the cold/moisture/pollen triggered allergies don't have me pinned for months every year.

I am in Bangalore so I guess I'd be Hyderabad or Chennai. On the plus side I will also get rid of atrocious rents and traffic of Bangalore.

1-2 year plan also involves exploring options outside India. Somewhere where if something like COVID-19 hits again I won't need a politician's phone call, or a powerful bureaucrat relative's clout to get even a test done (though I've neither), let alone a hospital bed. Yeah, it's that bad here.

Maybe years/months later when real numbers come out (if it happens) the world will see on what scale it was going on in India. Is there a word for this - something like a genocide but not really genocide in literal sense?

[NSFW/L] https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/andhra-pradesh-shocker...

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by laluser »

newguy1234 wrote: post #44

Moved 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 t…

What are you going to do if your company makes an adjusted cost of living to your compensation? My company is already advising people to come back near our address due to tax reasons.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by GhettoChild »

hesdeadjim wrote: post #8
shekade wrote: post #2

Florida or TX, no state tax and relatively warm weather than NY where I stay now.

There might not be any state tax, but the property taxes are nuts.

You still pay less money for a comparable property even though the rates are higher.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by bradlys »

newguy1234 wrote: post #44

Moved 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 t…

Reno is a very big change... Did you grow up there or? I’ve never really met anyone who said they were moving to Reno and works in tech (especially from the Bay Area).

Also, how much did you sell in the Bay? I’m just kinda like... “why live in Reno if you sold Bay Area property and therefore could easily buy a house in Lake Tahoe proper...”

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by ilaksh »

I am not who you are asking about because I went almost completely remote like ten years ago.

I am from San Diego. It took me awhile but I eventually got the courage and circumstances to move to Tijuana a few years ago. I couldn't really afford to stay in the US anyway unless I got a different job.

Its a tiny startup and very low pay but I have plenty of energy on the weekends etc. for my own projects and it's low stress. Also have the ocean a block away and convenience store downstairs and very low rent.

If I had a real salary I would probably move back to the US though. Somewhere that they don't turn the water off multiple times during the summer.

Re: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

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Post by GhettoChild »

tayo42 wrote: post #18

Hawaii if flying didn't feel risky(virus) and logistics were easier. The 2 week quarantine makes a hard move harder. I'm not sure I actually want to be in a hotel. I am "settling" lol for Santa Cruz. I really thought I wanted to live in so cal for awhile too but watching the reactions to blm and covid makes me second guess that. Actually made me really unsure where I might want to live. Also thought about Florida in…

Monterey >>> Santa Cruz
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