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I moved back to Austin, Texas when this all started. Family, breakfast tacos and more living space were all factors.
I mostly lived around the city center in a house until the high rise condo developers came.
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.
If 50% of income goes to rent, you burn right through your savings if you want some time off.
We tried to move to Santa Cruz. My significant other grew up near there and desperately wants to be near her friends again. Turns out, all the Bay Area peeps wanted to do the same. Rents haven’t gone down there and the competition is really fierce. (“Honey, what if you got a job at Looker/Google?! We could be in Santa Cruz forever!!!”) Started thinking about moving to Denver... But, I don’t really want to move yet. S…
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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.
If you get a cost of living adjustment, you still live in a place with much lower cost of living which gives you way more flexibility. If 50% of income goes to rent, you burn right through your savings if you want some time off.
Chattanooga most likely. My company is doing 85% base salary with no adjustment to RSUs. Tennessee is a great place to save money due to 1) no state income tax, 2) no capital gains taxes, and 3) low cost of living. I estimate I’ll be able to save ~$100k more per year than I currently am in the Bay Area. Plus Chattanooga is known for having some of the fastest internet in the country, rolled out by the city a few year…
Edit: California doesn't distinguish between income and capital gain. Federal, though, you would still have to pay even if you go to Tennessee, right?
We tried to move to Santa Cruz. My significant other grew up near there and desperately wants to be near her friends again. Turns out, all the Bay Area peeps wanted to do the same. Rents haven’t gone down there and the competition is really fierce. (“Honey, what if you got a job at Looker/Google?! We could be in Santa Cruz forever!!!”) Started thinking about moving to Denver... But, I don’t really want to move yet. S…
What's "the" job? Are we talking founder or corporate ladder? How much does this dream house cost?
Staying 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.
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.
Is that statement just based on your general feeling or data? Because the data does not show that Western Europe is doing better in Covid deaths per capita than the US. Top 10 countries in covid deaths per capita (as of today)... US is #8 and 5 of the top 7 are in Western Europe. 1. Belgium 2. UK 3. Peru 4. Spain 5. Italy 6. Sweden 7. Chile 8. USA 9. Brazil 10. France Of course the pandemic isn't close to over, so th…
Chattanooga most likely. My company is doing 85% base salary with no adjustment to RSUs. Tennessee is a great place to save money due to 1) no state income tax, 2) no capital gains taxes, and 3) low cost of living. I estimate I’ll be able to save ~$100k more per year than I currently am in the Bay Area. Plus Chattanooga is known for having some of the fastest internet in the country, rolled out by the city a few year…
What? No Capital gains taxes? Sounds too good to be true. Can you elaborate more? Edit: California doesn't distinguish between income and capital gain. Federal, though, you would still have to pay even if you go to Tennessee, right?