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Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

ars_technician wrote: post #125
ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #98

Hell no: Hot weather is bad for productivity. I lived in Florida for 5 years. Lived in St. Louis for 15. It's not a myth, being in a hotter state makes you lazier, more tired, and decreases your productivity levels (unless you're indoors 100% of the time). It's the heat & sun and the way it affects productivity and thinking, and blood distribution. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/24/a... http:…

If everyone was inside with AC, why was your productivity lower? What you said can only make sense if your business requires you to work outside.

pretty sure that it's because you don't get the cold to make you feel less fat after big ass cuban sammiches. Sure you get the AC but then you walk out the door and sweat congeals all over your fat. I know. In the colder climates you just put a packers jersey over it and you sweat on the inside.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by aimhb »

mbreese wrote: post #49
lobster_johnson wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's pretty common to use the main airport name as a synecdoche referring to the city. I regularly see CPH used instead of Copenhagen, OSL instead of Oslo, BCN for Barcelona, etc. Doesn't work for all cities, of course.

Yeah, but how many people know where ORD is without having to think about it for a minute.

Quick! What's MCO? You guessed it — Orlando.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

JDDunn9 wrote: post #118

I recently moved to Orlando from Hawaii for the cost benefits. Pros: - Florida was the hit the hardest by the housing collapse, so it's like houses are having a 50% off sale. - Lots to do. Many cities here like Orlando and Miami were built on tourism, so there's a lot of interesting things to do compared with cities built for business as usual. - Decent beaches and nice weather in season. Cons: - The state government…

gotta say that sinuses bug out moving a lot. I moved from STL to SEA and had sinuses bug out for first time in 30+ years even though the allergens are way lower in SEA.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

DanBlake wrote: post #106

I just moved from SF to Miami Beach a month ago. I loved SF but if you have the ability to work from home as I do, financially it does not make sense to stay. I honestly would have preferred to move to Honolulu over here but the only area I liked (Tantalus/roundtop/pacheights) really didn't (at the time) have any nice houses for sale that were under 5 million. Also, while the cost of living is way down here, so is th…

I did an internship at IBM's Boca Raton site back in '95, where Microsoft used to work with IBM on OS/2 and NT. There used to be a much more vibrant tech scene in that area in the 90s, before everything moved to....Texas.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

grogenaut wrote: post #86
chrissnell wrote: post #11

There are so many great places to live outside of SF and NYC. For the price of my old Bay Area rental, I rented the upper half of a gorgeous house in the Old Town of Park City, Utah. I was a 35 minute commute from Salt Lake (half of my SFBA commute) and my front doorstep was two short blocks from the ski lift. I could walk or ride my bike to everything that I needed. Sundance screenings were half a block away. In the…

Plenty of good non-mormon places in WA and OR to reside. While not quite SLC for outdoors, they aren't bad. Bend for example

Park City is hardly Mormon, I'm not sure what your point is.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

XorNot wrote: post #113
waps wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get why people are under the impression that (a small portion of) atheists are any less extremist than extremists of any religion. You wouldn't believe the lengths some people go to to spite believers.

Atheists aren't a religious group. They're the absence of one.

not if they're vehement about it

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

turar wrote: post #31
analog31 wrote: post #26

I spent a few years in Texas -- another zero income tax state, before moving back to the Midwest. Something to consider is whether or not you've got kids. Right now my family lives in an affordable neighborhood with a tolerant culture and excellent public schools that my two kids attend. In Texas, it seemed more like getting a good secular education for your kids was something that you had to pay a lot for, one way o…

I was under impression that Texas does have good schools, e.g. 3 of top 20 schools in the nation according to USNews are in TX: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-r... Also, what are the "education states" and why?

2 are in neighboring "counties" in seattle. Wooh boring seattle.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by ec109685 »

mp3tricord wrote: post #61

Can someone explain to my why its an advantage to live in a state with zero income tax? Does it really matter how the state makes its money. If it does not come from your paycheck directly they get it other ways. For instance in Florida you pay ~2% property tax on your assessed value and in california you pay ~1% on your purchased value. If you bought property at 500k and its appreciated to 1 million in CA you pay 5k…

You also can deduct your state taxes on your federal tax return, further lessening that burden.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

grogenaut wrote: post #126
auston wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to come off as suggesting you're any less smart for your decisions. I just wrote this up as a formalization for when my friends ask me why I live in Miami. I didn't expect for it to front page HN. Again, I'm sorry for offending you!

No way not a problem. I live in Seattle and it's gorgeous for 2-6 months a year. 6 on a good year fingers crossed for global warming . But the rest of the year means a shit ton of snow and I LOVE snow. If I didn't I'd be in Austin or the south. I agree with you, it's absurd for most of these people to live in SF.

Seattle gets snow maybe once every 2 years, otherwise you only see it if you go to the passes or on a clear day when you can see it on the mountains.

Now rain on the other hand....

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

Crake wrote: post #133
leif wrote: post #63

It often happens that someone outside new york talks about the amaaaazing food in their city. I used to laugh, or correct them. Nowadays I just feel pity. Nothing compares to the food of new york city. Absolutely nothing. Don't even fucking try. "I live within walking distance of two zagat top 10 rated restaurants." There are sixty restaurants within walking distance of my apartment and they're all better than anythi…

Yeah, Miami can't hold a candle to NYC food. NYC is great because it's just so DENSE. Very little time required to get somewhere awesome, and what travel time you have you can spend reading or whatever.

but that's exactly what makes food taste better. Having to work for it. Thats why sunflower seeds are better than shelled, Wings better than nuggets, unwatched human children mggriddles better than processed mcgriddles.
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