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The universal criticism of things like this is 'you just codified your preferences and tried to make it seem scientific' What's scary about that is 99% of social science is just that.
What data do you have regarding social sciences beyond a trendy take?
Like the IS/LM curve broke for 40 years and is still the first thing we teach undergrads.
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What data do you have regarding social sciences beyond a trendy take?
A degree in economics. Like the IS/LM curve broke for 40 years and is still the first thing we teach undergrads.
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A good friend spends a lot of time in Montevideo, Uruguay and he says it has fairly steady pleasant weather.
Direct quote from my gf who lived in MVD for a while - “it’s cold and rainy often, and in winter it sucks because none of the houses have central heating”. For context we now live in Central Europe (toasty summers and long cold winters). She loved being there and to be honest I'd definitely visit, but I guess there's more to it than just the average temperature outside
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My takeaway from reading Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða was that Iceland is where you went when you got kicked out of Norway for killing too many people, and Greenland is where you went when you got kicked out of Iceland for killing too many people.
“fall of civilizations” podcast episode 4 ( https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/03/26/episode-4-... ) has an interesting, and alternative, take on this but to distill it, like so many other episodes in the series: climate change, man-made or otherwise, and the need to adapt pushed humans beyond the conventional borders of their tribes/clans. however, the precipitating event on the move from the mainland was a…
Interesting cultural difference on what is "nice" weather. For me, a good city should have seasonality, that is the "joy of life". The changing of the seasons and the cycle through life is what makes me happy. Snowy winter days, the springtime change, endlessly long summer days, and the first cool autumn breeze as the colours change.
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Exactly. Quito and (very similarly) Medellin missing? Huge red flag. The methodology is very clearly flawed; maybe amusing as a programming exercise, but of no value in determining where one wants to live.
Yeah I came here to say the same. Medellin has some of the nicest weather of anywhere I've ever been, and it's like that all year long. As a New Yorker, I personally like some variation of the seasons, but I guess if I lived in Medellin I could always head up to the Caribbean coast for some beach weather.
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I moved from SF, I work in tech, it is awesome (but don’t work for a Japanese company unless you want to get underpaid and overworked, foreign firms are much better).
Did you transfer then with a company you were already working for? Tokyo?
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I currently live in Dublin, I think you are exaggerating quite a bit. There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc) but the weather is absolutely not on that list. Dublin has about 130 rainfall days each year, and most of those are in the winter. Most days are mild and dry. The weather is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy water spor…
>"There are many reasons not to live in Dublin (poor housing quality / price, high cost of living, poor public transport, crime, etc)" I was kind of surprised to see poor public transport on your list as it's a major European city. Is this true of the whole city or just certain parts?
the public transit services also disappears for almost all intended purposes at night, which is weird for a very international capital with such a vibrant night life. and taxis often refuse courses outside the inner city, albeit that has been changing with ubers and whatnot.
The SF Bay Area has the nicest weather year round, which is probably a strong contributing factor to why the area is so rich. I'm currently in Tokyo. The temparetrue is not the nicest year round, but it feels very natural. There are four seasons. Winter is tolerable and it rarely goes below 0C. It snows about once a year. Summer is hot, just like it should be, but it hardly goes above 32C. The only thing that bothers…
Did you move there from SF? Do you work in tech? I'd be curious to hear how it is if so. My understanding is that they just announced they are going to let international travelers back in June.
It's great as long as you work for a US tech company. The selection is pretty limited though. As far as companies with 'US adjacent salary bands'* you've got Amazon, Google, Indeed and now Doordash/Wolt (disclosure, I lead the eng org for DD/W in Tokyo). Also Stripe, I guess.
There are a number of Tier 2 companies which are pretty foreigner friendly but don't have the same level of pay - Rakuten, Line, etc. So if you're willing to compromise a little then there are a lot more options.
*By US adjacent, I don't mean literally as high as in the US, but maybe within 70-90% of a similar role in the states.
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A degree in economics. Like the IS/LM curve broke for 40 years and is still the first thing we teach undergrads.
These claims seem like the same (putative) thing you are deriding, takes with little basis.
I’d be interested to hear more about why, since you say my claim has no basis.