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Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by brailsafe »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #79
rococode wrote: post #21

Tokyo! Pros: - Safe almost everywhere even at night and generally very clean - Infinite amount of things to do, you'll never finish exploring new restaurants (with delicious food) and stores - International events happen there: conferences, concerts, etc. - Very walkable (including the metro), especially around city center - Reasonable housing prices - high, but comparable to cities in the US - Politeness is baked in…

>Reasonable housing prices - high, but comparable to cities in the US If you count number of bedrooms, but if you look at sq.footage isn't it much much higher than almost anywhere in the US?

The U.S is probably uniquely excessive when it comes to McMansions and overall bigness of everything. You don't get affordable giant places in either country though if you live in a dense urban centre.

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by Barrin92 »

legerdemain wrote: post #90
Barrin92 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me personally, quality of life. No need for a car, I love theatre and as a kid I had to commute two hours to get to the next chess club because I lived in the middle of nowhere.

Theater can be live-streamed. You can play chess online with anyone in the world. Why would you need to live in a city to enjoy these experiences?

I hope that's a joke because sitting in front of a screen isolated at home isn't a replacement for experiencing a play live. I've played enough online chess during the pandemic for a lifetime, I want to sit in a club with a beer and my friends over a physical board having face-to-face conversations, there's no online replacement for that. And in a city that is always only 15 minutes away by foot and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by ryandrake »

My criteria... good luck--many conflict with each other, and I don't really think this unicorn town exists.

English speaking

Very low population density (rural-er is better)

Inexpensive, reliable high speed internet for work

Low tax burden (state income tax + sales tax + property tax)

Affordable land + housing

Unpolluted air and water

Good schools and universities

Politically stable

Culturally moderate: not overly liberal or conservative

Legal gambling: nice to have :)

Things I don't care about:

Access to cities, music scene, art scene, any scene really

Sunshine/warm weather

Walkability

Neighborhood culture (I'd prefer to live far enough from my neighbors that I never see them)

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by brailsafe »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #44
gremloni wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find that people approaching woke but not “there” yet are the best.

Sarcastic 'best'? The 'locals' are extremely unfriendly, actively try to sabotage new businesses, bring in foreign workers and lock them into work/living arrangements to take advantage of them, heck (attempt to) take advantage of all workers, etc... But they claim to not be whatever 'ism' isn't politically popular.

I feel like the parent wasn't referring to specifically your situation, but rather centre-left people rather than very-left people

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by legerdemain »

Barrin92 wrote: post #92
legerdemain wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Theater can be live-streamed. You can play chess online with anyone in the world. Why would you need to live in a city to enjoy these experiences?

I hope that's a joke because sitting in front of a screen isolated at home isn't a replacement for experiencing a play live. I've played enough online chess during the pandemic for a lifetime, I want to sit in a club with a beer and my friends over a physical board having face-to-face conversations, there's no online replacement for that. And in a city that is always only 15 minutes away by foot and I wouldn't trade…

That's why there are different kinds of people in the world. I wager there are lots of people like me on this site. If warm food regularly appeared at my door, I'd be happy never leaving my room and interacting with the world exclusively using my computer. I think it's useful to be aware that not everyone is a social butterfly who demands constant IRL interaction!

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by brailsafe »

Where I am now, nearish to central Vancouver. I'd love to live in other places for some time for other reasons, but they're all cities in Europe with different ages and cultures. Smaller places are great to visit, but are boring and lack breadth of novelty. It takes me 4 mins to walk to the gym where I bump into people I'm gradually getting to know, then 2 mins to the next cafe where I might get to know someone, then 2 mins to groceries, 30 mins to the mountains, 2 hrs to whistler if I can get a car or bus.

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by alophawen »

I been working remote for the last 8 years, and thank you covid for even more work!

I moved far out the country side and picked up farming, animal keeping and all that.

When I need some think time, I have a 1-2 hour walk in the woods listening to the birds and experiencing nature. This is where I want to die. I left the big city and am never looking back.

OP, why do you consider living in a city for remote work???

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by alophawen »

legerdemain wrote: post #95
Barrin92 wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope that's a joke because sitting in front of a screen isolated at home isn't a replacement for experiencing a play live. I've played enough online chess during the pandemic for a lifetime, I want to sit in a club with a beer and my friends over a physical board having face-to-face conversations, there's no online replacement for that. And in a city that is always only 15 minutes away by foot and I wouldn't trade…

That's why there are different kinds of people in the world. I wager there are lots of people like me on this site. If warm food regularly appeared at my door, I'd be happy never leaving my room and interacting with the world exclusively using my computer. I think it's useful to be aware that not everyone is a social butterfly who demands constant IRL interaction!

Socializing has little to do with experiencing outdoors. You should try it sometime

Re: Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?

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Post by alophawen »

mayormcmatt wrote: post #45

If I had to choose one, it'd be Stockholm (or perhaps any Swedish city with water access). A couple years back I did take a two-week trip there consisting of one week sightseeing, one week remotely working for a West Coast agency. My work hours were around 4pm to 1am-2am Stockholm time, which was just on the edge of comfortable. My reasoning is as follows: 1) Fast internet everywhere I went, even the countryside 2) G…

Countryside Sweden is where it's at!

In my area of southernmost Sweden countryside we have 99,8% fiber connectivity.

You pay about 2000 dollar no matter what to get fiber ditched and connected to your cabin unless it's already connected.

Also it is:

- way warmer than Stockholm

- way cheaper

- way less douchebag people

- 2 hours to Denmark (3 to Germany)

SOURCE: lived in Stockholm for 20 years doing software dev. Moved away. I never worked inside of US so I cannot relate to your back story fully.

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