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Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by dnishimura »

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…

Honolulu's cost of living is comparable. Housing costs are slightly lower but food is much more expensive. I make just a little over 90k as a senior engineer and still living pay check to pay check. I probably can make almost double in SF from talking with other engineers I know there so it may be better for me to move.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #144
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.

Also, Apple and AMD have facilities in Orlando.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by GeneralMayhem »

ohazi wrote: post #127
DanBlake wrote: post #109

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The advantage is for high income people, of course. If you make alot of money (or have alot of retirement income coming in) florida kicks ass. As a simple example: If you make 1 million a year and live in a 2 million dollar house. Property tax in Cali : 20k Income tax in Cali : ~65k Property tax in FL : 40k Income tax in FL: Zero So in this example, you are 100% better off being in florida.

> If you make 1 million a year and live in a 2 million dollar house. > Property tax in Cali : 20k Income tax in Cali : ~65k Only 65k taxes on 1 million in income? In California? I'll pay you to do my taxes.

That's for state tax only - federal would be another good chunk on top of that - but yeah, assuming that's all straight-up income (not investments or anything), just the state-level taxes should be about 100k at California's current rates.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by nwatson »

malandrew wrote: post #48
nwatson wrote: post #2

I'm now working for a San Jose startup from North Carolina ... and not from RTP, but from a much less tech-focused area. My wife's family lives here and that's great for our daughter. Our house here costs 20% what an equivalent house would have in San Mateo, my bay area home from 1995 to 2013. This place has a nice downtown, a pretty diverse population (a lot of medical research and university action). The food's pre…

When you head to Raleigh, be sure to stop by Royal India on Capital Blvd. It's Indian, not Pakistani, but they excellent dishes including a saag gosht.

I'll try that!

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by throwaway9848 »

moron4hire wrote: post #85
leif wrote: post #72

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No, I've been around the block. There is a legitimate and drastic difference between everywhere else (in the U.S. and Europe, at least) and this city. The only other place in the U.S. that competes is L.A., and S.F. but only for burritos (why doesn't NYC have burritos?).

I've eaten well in every major city of the east coast, and a few in the UK. NYC is a monoculture of food. A distinct culture of its own, but a monoculture nonetheless. You won't find good BBQ in NYC. Decent fried chicken is easier to find in some backwards farm town of Pennsylvania than it is in NYC. I still assert that the best burger in the world is in Harrisburg, PA, and I specifically look and test everywhere I g…

"Pizza comes in one form"

That is not a critique, that is a statement. Pizza comes in one form, and that form is NY/Neapolitan style. The rest is some kind of bizarre cheese/tomato pie bread thing.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by voltagex_ »

redthrowaway wrote: post #87
voltagex_ wrote: post #71

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Hey, there's no contact details in your profile but can I borrow some of your time to chat about tech work in Vancouver? voltagex at voltagex.org

Shoot an email off to the guys at growlab. They were really helpful and inviting when last I talked to them.

Thanks for this - for anyone else wondering, http://growlab.ca/, not the portable greenhouse!

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by nwatson »

jacoblyles wrote: post #59
nwatson wrote: post #24

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Yep! Do you have experience with the town?

Wake Forest class of 2005 here, now working in the Valley. I can't help but be jealous of my college friends when I go back home and see their humane cost of living. Everybody I know in NC owns a home that would cost seven figures in Mountain View, CA. Everybody I know in California rents and lives dorm-style with roommates. Making a Silicon Valley salary remotely in Winston-Salem would let you live like a king. Besi…

I also think North Carolina is beautiful. A drive through the countryside on a two-lane road is amazing. The epitome of evil here is to not mow your lawn or keep up your landscaping or to not apply that coat of paint, so everyone's place looks great. And the city of Winston Salem itself has improved in the last fifteen years tremendously from what I've heard. Many old-timers shun downtown for what it used to be, but 4th Street is busy every single night of the week. And for good work/hangout places, Camino Bakery is awesome, and Krankies Coffee beats any coffee shop in SF Bay Area hands down for atmosphere -- and coffee. SF would go nuts if the place were transplanted into The Mission.

But on my first visit to the San Jose area in six months I was struck by how beautiful the place I left really is, too. In NC the trees are a bit suffocating. I like seeing the hills around the bay. And the NC trees are all the exact same shade of green during the summer. The hike I took at Purissima along Skyline Blvd was beautiful. And even the crowded housing everywhere has its charm.

We made our choice and moved on to NC, but I'm real glad to be working for a bay area company again.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #154
grogenaut wrote: post #147

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

Kirkland and Bellevue are both in king county.

thus the effing quoties. I live here I know theyre both in king county. But thanks for being both pedantic and stupid. it keeps smart people in SV and away from trying to get my job.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by volaski »

ars_technician wrote: post #120
leif wrote: post #100

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Paris only has good french and moroccan food, san francisco actually doesn't have nearly as good food, so just stop.

Why are you so defensive? Are you worried you are going to find out you've just been enjoying the taste of your own smugness rather than spectacular food?

I've lived both in SF and NY, and NY significantly has more. Not saying SF has bad food, it does, but it pales in comparison to NY. Of course--that is--excluding Burritos. There's nothing smug about saying the truth.
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