Chicago. Friendly people , cheap housing, great public transportation. Tons of things to do. No visa issues, it's much easier to move cities they countries.
Brutal Winter.
Let the wrath of God humble you.
Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?
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#52Tech scene in the balkans is great for a couple weeks. Athens, Belgrade, Zagreb, Sofia were great remote weeks for me, in nice coworking spaces, cheap accommodation and food and lively night life and friendly people to hang out.
Having worked from almost everywhere around Europe, my next plan would be Seoul though.
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#53Anyone else afraid to say exactly where, for fear it might become too popular? :)
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#54I’m already living in one of my top choices: Cambridge, MA. (Four real seasons, high educational attainment generally, good public schools [some of them anyway].)
I’d love to buy a place on a TVA lake in TN and spend most of the summers there.
Younger and without kids, I’d have given serious consideration to moving to Costa Rica during/after COVID.
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#55After visiting many countries, and living in 10 US states this past year...
Mexico City. I lived there a month, I enjoyed the food even more than Japan, Vietnam, LA. People are friendly, lot of action and culture, felt extremely safe, cheap.
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#56Small, dense, walkable. Does it exist in America? I don't think so.
San Francisco obviously. Perfect density, access to nature, perfect climate. You just have to pay for it.
Wouldn't say walkable though. Public transit doesn't feel super well-connected. If you have the cash to Uber everywhere, it's good though it's a lot of traffic to go through to go a few miles.
The time of the slow sparse public transit or the costly Uber ended up having me still just drive everywhere, and then worry about parking everywhere I went.
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#57If I can work from anywhere in the world, why in all flying hells would I work from a city?
I've been nomadic living in both rural and urban areas. Because cities have events, people to meet, food to eat. There's a lot of conveniences.
For rural, I've lived in a town where there was only one restaurant, and it was a Mexican place that closed at 4PM. One small grocery store during height of the pandemic, no masks. I've driven 3 hours to make a grocery run to an Asian grocery store and get boba tea. In the US at least, I feel like I stick out like a sore thumb in rural areas in a time people were getting randomly attacked due to skin color. The nature is great though.
For urban, I've been able to go out at 1AM+ and get delicious cheap food at a restaurant and feel the energy of the city as everyone was still out drinking and wandering. Or I can get into pickup basketball games. Or listen to porch concerts walking down the neighborhood
It's nice to go back and forth.
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#58If I can work from anywhere in the world, why in all flying hells would I work from a city?
A lot of commenters come from wealthy / well off backgrounds. I agree with you, I like the openness and quiet that rural towns and areas bring. My only requirements are clean water and fast internet. Both of which were a problem in the farm house I grew up. Since moving to a city I’m always marveled at the difference between city water and well water. And now I get internet faster than 25 Mbps, consistently.
Software engineers like openness and quiet even more so than average. To get away. Hence why everyone is a hiker that wears Patagonia :) I'm sure lots of people's long-term dreams here are not software, but to live some Stardew Valley life or bake bread and make beer or something
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#59Anyone else afraid to say exactly where, for fear it might become too popular? :)
Don't worry, it won't become popular unless it has a craft beer scene
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#60Small, dense, walkable. Does it exist in America? I don't think so.
Boston fits that description well, it’s why I love living here.