Consider Boulder, CO if you've got stupid amounts of money. The winters here are very mild (no, not sarcasm) and you'll find plenty of 50-70 F sunny days in the dead of January.
Ask HN: Where should I live?
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Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#52Not Dubai, right? It probably falls on point 4.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
$1000/month will make you live like king in Tbilisi and Georgian cuisine is unmatched worldwide. Also super cheap craft beer and wine.
Are many Russians moving there because of the sanctions?
~25,000 Russians moved there right after the incident. So maybe many will return or move farther.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#54Vancouver is not too cold in Winter but you get lots of rain. It has great public transport too. It's very expensive though.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are many Russians moving there because of the sanctions?
~25,000 Russians moved there right after the incident. So maybe many will return or move farther.
How is the attitude from locals towards them? Russia did invade Georgia not that long ago (2008), so I'm guessing there must be some tensions.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#56Honestly all things being equal you should live where you are relevant.
The scenary, temperature and all the rest gets old pretty quickly and you are left with the social connections you can make as the only metric of how you are faring in a city. And that is dependant upon your relevancy
Given that you are planning to go as a foreigner all things being equal you should go for a place where you speak the local language and it has a decent amount of mobility and social volatility.
Without mobility and social volatility you are essentially looking at people still latching onto social relationship they established early on such as high school or college, that makes harder to create connections for somebody who is just arriving.
Mobility I don't think I have to explain, social volatility I'd define it as uhmm...essentially if you don't see fist fights or people arguing and going at each other, you won't even enjoy the opposite side of the emotional spectrum . Which I suppose is what you desire (maybe I am projecting)
An international South American city where people make friends and fall off quickly: say Sao Paolo or Rio or Mexico City seems a good fit, but as I said depends upon your relevancy and ability to speak the language.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#57This is probably going to be the most ridiculous suggestion on this thread, but since you mentioned Latin American and African cities:
Have you thought of India? the major South Indian cities (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad) have large tech scenes, with Bangalore probably have one of the largest in the world. Many major US and EU employers have remote workers and/or offices here. The weather is certainly warm, perhaps even too warm :P
I'm from one of these cities and spent several years living in Europe. It wasn't until I moved from continental Europe to the UK that I found a comparable restaurant scene to my home city. Beaches, deserts, forests, and mountains are all just a short flight away. Not sure what diversity means to you though, so I might get this one wrong.
Uber, Ola, and other alternatives to cars are preferred by many, if not, well, you could always get a car with a driver, it's quite affordable on a developer wage. All three cities are building up their metro systems as well.
Of course, life in India doesn't suit everyone. There are several negatives, which I guess everyone knows. As I said, it's probably the most ridiculous suggestion, but here it is.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
~25,000 Russians moved there right after the incident. So maybe many will return or move farther.
How is the attitude from locals towards them? Russia did invade Georgia not that long ago (2008), so I'm guessing there must be some tensions.
There is some tensions but so far it just discussion, you know - nothing physical.
Re: Ask HN: Where should I live?
#59If you want extra hot places that had improved in terms of cars there is Seville also with a lot of recent bike lanes. Like Scottish in UK, they have a peculiar way to speak Spanish and all the common nuissances of being in a big city, but you will be dealing with just one language (Valencia and Barcelona speak two at the same time) and should be cheaper to live than both. Andalucía has a lot to offer in terms of gor…
To mitigate the hot weather of Seville, you can live in one of the smaller towns closer to the beach. If you don't want to be around of a bunch of Americans, avoid Rota and El Puerto de Santa Maria as there is a U.S. Naval Base there. This could be a plus though as it may help you make friends quickly if you don't speak Spanish. If you have any questions about that particular area, let me know. I lived there for 3 years about 10 years ago while I was in the Navy.