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A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by ghaff »

robotnikman wrote: post #69
j_m_b wrote: post #4

I just got back from a visit with family in Cumberland. It's the epitome of rust belt. What used to be a thriving manufacturing area has become an abandoned service-sector economy with low-wage jobs. Property values are dirt cheap, even for nice houses. There isn't much nearby, you have to travel hours from Pittsburgh to even get there by plane. Tales of theft of items like power tools from relatively remote farms ar…

Sounds like a place I wouldn't mind working if I can find a remote position again. I'm a big introvert, and I would like to move somewhere more greener (getting tired of living in the middle of a bland hot dessert)

At some point, many people start thinking about things like access to good healthcare, various types of trades, ability to travel without it being a huge hassle, etc. Doesn't mean you need to live right around a big city but I doubt I would want every task or appointment to be a big undertaking.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by TylerE »

dgfitz wrote: post #88
whalesalad wrote: post #52

Maryland is so bad they need to pay you 10k to move there. I used to live in Nova and crossing into Maryland was always a drag.

Did you know that Columbia, MD is consistently voted one of the best cities in the country in which to live and work?

Columbia and Cumberland are about as opposite as you can get.

You might as well say “San Francisco is one of the greatest cities on earth, so you should move to Bakersfield.”

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by Barrin92 »

reducesuffering wrote: post #78
rjsw wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How good is internet access there?

70% of households in the county have internet speeds >25 Mbps. Is that metric meaningful to you? What would ideally mean "good internet access?" I'm working on a project[0] where I sourced this from the FCC Broadband data and am curious about what people are looking for in that respect. [0] https://www.exoroad.com/us/Maryland/Allegany-County/housing

> What would ideally mean "good internet access?"

For someone who relies on a internet connection for their professional work I'd say 100 Mbps is the floor of "good" in 2024. I think that's what the FCC updated their definition of broadband to earlier this year.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by mdp2021 »

abduhl wrote: post #44
dfc wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cumberland is equidistant (~2 hours) between Pittsburgh airport and Dulles.

I think this would be equitemporal rather than equidistant? Maybe isochronic? Isochronal? One of those…

Equidistant in time.

Edit: speak up, annoyant... "Distance" is "standing apart". It is not confined to space - in fact, the original meaning is that of "diverging in stances" (i.e. a quarrel), and the geometric one comes one century later. And there exist languages where speaking of "distance in time" is language in use - so, if in your neighborhood they don't speak this way, it is a problem of your neighborhood.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by kavok »

reducesuffering wrote: post #78
rjsw wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How good is internet access there?

70% of households in the county have internet speeds >25 Mbps. Is that metric meaningful to you? What would ideally mean "good internet access?" I'm working on a project[0] where I sourced this from the FCC Broadband data and am curious about what people are looking for in that respect. [0] https://www.exoroad.com/us/Maryland/Allegany-County/housing

Upload, download, latency, and how many options to choose from are what I looked for the last time I bought a house.

I actually asked some of the neighbors about it and called local ISPs.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

Barrin92 wrote: post #93
reducesuffering wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

70% of households in the county have internet speeds >25 Mbps. Is that metric meaningful to you? What would ideally mean "good internet access?" I'm working on a project[0] where I sourced this from the FCC Broadband data and am curious about what people are looking for in that respect. [0] https://www.exoroad.com/us/Maryland/Allegany-County/housing

> What would ideally mean "good internet access?" For someone who relies on a internet connection for their professional work I'd say 100 Mbps is the floor of "good" in 2024. I think that's what the FCC updated their definition of broadband to earlier this year.

ROFLMAO. I dream of 100Mbps. The only thing my ISP can guarantee is that it will be "at least" 10Mbps.

Unfortunately, knowing that fiber is a mere 0.5 miles from my house doesn't help me in the slightest.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by reducesuffering »

Barrin92 wrote: post #93
reducesuffering wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

70% of households in the county have internet speeds >25 Mbps. Is that metric meaningful to you? What would ideally mean "good internet access?" I'm working on a project[0] where I sourced this from the FCC Broadband data and am curious about what people are looking for in that respect. [0] https://www.exoroad.com/us/Maryland/Allegany-County/housing

> What would ideally mean "good internet access?" For someone who relies on a internet connection for their professional work I'd say 100 Mbps is the floor of "good" in 2024. I think that's what the FCC updated their definition of broadband to earlier this year.

Thank you! Turns out I was missing 'Urban' category, so Cumberland itself still has 99% of households with >100 Mbps available.

Re: A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

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Post by pessimizer »

xyst wrote: post #85
francisofascii wrote: post #80

Work from home. Commute into a DC metro based office once a month. You could even drive to Martinsburg and take the Marc. Sounds doable.

> Commute into a DC metro based office once a month Not even once. Have you ever driven in DC metro? No thanks.

The Marc drops you off in the DC Metro (the subway).

Which on first reading I thought you were referring to with "DC metro," and I got very confused.

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