Probably Dallas/Austin... or Zurich.
Not sure how Dallas fits in there.
Live in Dallas. Can confirm, it’s trash here. Moving in the next two months. Really, this whole state is ass backwards (with awful weather).
Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world?
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#142Serious consideration : Much of the discussion is conditional on remote being the norm in the future, no? What if very few companies support remote 3-5 years from now?
This feels unlikely, particularly in software and skilled tech knowledge work.
First, "What if very few companies support X 3-5 years from now?", where X could be health insurance, paid vacation, or a 5-day work week. Yes, Remote-by-default was not demanded/bargained for, but it's still a historic concession toward labor. These genies are hard to put back in their bottles, even though companies try.
Second, if you're not leasing office and parking space for each employee or requiring them to commute every day, you're definitely saving money and possibly increasing their productivity (depending on which studies you believe).
Third, if you set aside the short-term labor shortage across all economic sectors, there is still a long-term labor shortage of software engineers and similar people. It's really hard to recruit and retain them, but it's easier if you build a remote-friendly workplace, which gets you access to a much larger candidate pool.
To pre-empt someone offering a FAANG as a counter-example, those are all weird outliers.
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#143If I had to choose one, it'd be Stockholm (or perhaps any Swedish city with water access). A couple years back I did take a two-week trip there consisting of one week sightseeing, one week remotely working for a West Coast agency. My work hours were around 4pm to 1am-2am Stockholm time, which was just on the edge of comfortable. My reasoning is as follows: 1) Fast internet everywhere I went, even the countryside 2) G…
Countryside Sweden is where it's at! In my area of southernmost Sweden countryside we have 99,8% fiber connectivity. You pay about 2000 dollar no matter what to get fiber ditched and connected to your cabin unless it's already connected. Also it is: - way warmer than Stockholm - way cheaper - way less douchebag people - 2 hours to Denmark (3 to Germany) SOURCE: lived in Stockholm for 20 years doing software dev. Move…
I have been living not too far from Lund for 7 years and it's a mixed bag here. Sure in Lund it's full of expats, people are friendly and generally almost everybody speaks English.
But 15km away in the country side it's quite different, here 35% voted for the far right in recent elections. You are clearly not "one of them", you consistently get the cold replies, shit quotes and let's say having a social life for us is not happening where we live (were we work it's much better).
Then yes, we own some land, I can walk 5min to a forest, we have wild animals passing through our garden, we have fiber coming to our living room.
But I wouldn't boast about the weather :)
That said many things are great: administration, school for small children, parental leave, housing is still quite cheap.
And some are just odd, like the healthcare system (lots of gatekeeping, slow, so so quality).
At this point we want to leave Sweden, it's not making it for us.
I am swiss, lived there for most of my life but I also lived in France (south and Lyon) and in the UK. I also work remote for a swiss company (have been working remote for the past 15 years).
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
Denver winters aren’t that bad, which I found a pleasant surprise after moving here.
Interesting—it sounds like I may have overestimated how cold it gets there. Basically I'm looking for a climate that is noticeably warmer in than the winter than my current location, Indianapolis.
Anywhere west of meridian 100 degrees west will feel more temperate due to less humidity.
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#145Lisbon
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#146I'd really like to go check out Slovenia. Everything I've read / heard indicates that it is a more affordable Switzerland. Be at the beach and skiing in the same day, high quality of life, etc.
After reading about Ljubljana in the article below, I'm dying to set up shop there for half a year or so:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8wq7/slovenia-car-free-cit...
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#147Has anyone heard Chattanooga TN is cool?
Chattanooga is wonderful. Good tech scene, especially in the innovation district. Great rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, white water rafting. Nice downtown near a waterfront with some of the best municipal internet in the country. Biggest downside is no direct flights to SF if you need to fly out occasionally.
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Denver winters aren’t that bad, which I found a pleasant surprise after moving here.
Interesting—it sounds like I may have overestimated how cold it gets there. Basically I'm looking for a climate that is noticeably warmer in than the winter than my current location, Indianapolis.
It can get cold but its mostly dry. Better than mid atlantic winters.
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#149I've been thinking about this a lot. My criteria: - Warm winters - Sunny (>200 avg. sunny days) - Good music scene - Good tech scene (for meeting other founders) - Beautiful nature nearby - Reasonable cost of living - In the US Based on these criteria, I think I've landed on Austin, Texas as the best option. Here are other places I considered, though: - California: L.A. or San Francisco would honestly be my top choic…
Moved to Austin this year myself, I think it's a great choice for everything you've listed (although the cost is getting up there, but still affordable in many areas!). I'm definitely not planning on leaving anytime soon with how nice it's been.
Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad to hear it has gone well for you. I visited Austin last week for Levitation music fest and quickly became fond of the city and weather. Hopefully I'll be back there soon for a longer stay.
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#150Chicago. Friendly people , cheap housing, great public transportation. Tons of things to do. No visa issues, it's much easier to move cities they countries.
Absolutely not [anymore]. Here is one reason: https://heyjackass.com/