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

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Post by zumu »

bradlys wrote: post #136
zumu wrote: post #112

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Portland, OR is pretty close.

Definitely not dense. Portland is extremely sprawly. Have lived in Portland for years - no one there thinks of it as dense - as that’s one of the main draws of it.

Not super dense no, but denser than most places in the US. In fact, there are actually laws on how far it can sprawl.

I lived there for 14 years or so and never lived there more than walking distance from a grocery store. I think the farthest I lived from school or work was a 40 minute walk or 20 minute bike ride. I wasn't rich either. I worked through college at PSU.

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

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Post by titledlee »

brailsafe wrote: post #96

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…

wow really? I'm currently in Richmond and i've finding the housing issue here so out of hand that it's depressing... Even with FAANG salary my friends are finding it tough to afford a decently sized home :l

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Post by titledlee »

muzani wrote: post #86

I'm happy where I live now. Bangi, Malaysia. Great food, and it's cheap enough to eat at a restaurant every day. Everything from the humble fried rice to wagyu steak. It's next to Putrajaya which has some amazing parks, whether it's skate parks or just picnic spots. Weather is great. Lots of beautiful people. About half an hour's drive from a cinema or major mall, but that's not too bad.

2nd this^^ Though i'm 100% more a KL person , but bias since i grew up there lol. I feel Malaysia is so so so underrated. It's almost perfect in the sense that it's a foreign country u can get away with with just english, everything's cheap. There's luxury if you want it, malls up the wazoo. Only con would be the price of cars and alcohol i guess but heyy Proton's getting pretty good

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

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Post by nbhusal »

justfortruth wrote: post #158
justfortruth wrote: post #155

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I live in Bangalore but I disagree. Bangalore is not such a good place to live in. Reasons being: 1) Dirty. Yeah, Most places in Bengaluru are very dirty. No effective dirt management system. Also, people throw trash on roads, on empty sites, on footpaths, and everywhere making it very dirty. 2) Roads and Traffic. First of all, let me tell that Road Infrastructure is not at all good. Also, People don't seem to value…

5) Dating Scene People are mostly conservative here. Although Dating Scene exists, it's very very less(nil to most people). You will be disappointed. 6) Commutation Huge amount of Vehicles, many not following rules, many hurrying to overtake, to get inserted into the road, lot of honking, and time-eating traffic congestion. It's not at all a good experience and will suck energy outta you. 7) Power cuts Power cut is v…

Thanks! It'd be great if someone could go on about this for Mumbai as well.

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

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Post by rsj_hn »

binarynate wrote: post #26

I've been thinking about this a lot. My criteria: - Warm winters - Sunny (>200 avg. sunny days) - Good music scene - Good tech scene (for meeting other founders) - Beautiful nature nearby - Reasonable cost of living - In the US Based on these criteria, I think I've landed on Austin, Texas as the best option. Here are other places I considered, though: - California: L.A. or San Francisco would honestly be my top choic…

Miami is fantastic. Phoenix has air quality problems, but I find the desert to be beautiful. To each his own.
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