Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

Post by closeparen » Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

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San Francisco. Some outdoors activities are permitted if you wear a mask and maintain distance from other groups, but within your group it's only supposed to be members of your own household. Obviously no one is going to check whether a couple is actually cohabitating or whether a group of friends are actually roommates. Compliance is low. But that's why this mess is dragging on forever.

There are health officials (I don't know what to call them) going around Mission Dolores Park handing out masks to groups sitting together that don't cohabitate. Banned implies they would have park rangers instead going around issuing tickets like they do for having glass, etc. While I agree that lackadaisical response is making this drag on, I don't think San Francisco contributes much to that.

Post by raybb » Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 12:55 AM UTC

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Either coastal Carolinas or Hawaii. We like living near the ocean and access to good outdoors activities on land. Coastal Carolinas is much more affordable than Hawaii and more access to certain outdoor activities (hunting and freshwater fishing). Also not as isolated as Hawaii. But Hawaii looks incredible. I hope to visit them both and make a decision when more things are open in both places to get a feel for them.…

I live in Hawaii. I've found that even though most companies are used to working across Pacific through Eastern time zones, they still want me to be online earlier, even though they don't expect someone in California to be online for an East coast morning. It feels unfair. And you're right, it's definitely a tech wasteland here. And the predominant culture of locals and hippies is anti-intellectual. But it's great to…

Post by triyambakam » Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 3:09 AM UTC

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I live in Hawaii. I've found that even though most companies are used to working across Pacific through Eastern time zones, they still want me to be online earlier, even though they don't expect someone in California to be online for an East coast morning. It feels unfair. And you're right, it's definitely a tech wasteland here. And the predominant culture of locals and hippies is anti-intellectual. But it's great to…

Are you on the Hawaii Slack? https://www.hawaiislack.com/ It's a small community but not totally a wasteland

Post by throw_this_one » Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 3:45 AM UTC

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In Brooklyn too and this summer's been great. Don't have to take the subway. All the bars and restaurants have patios, and my friends and I can get together for hikes and BBQs every weekend. However, I'm worried the QoL is gonna tank once the weather stops being so nice because I every one of these pandemic-resistant activies is weather-dependent

Wow - are we living in the same borough? Brooklyn has been a nightmare for me. It's gone downhill fast in my area - horrifyingly dirty streets and sidewalks, junkies laying around everywhere, there's even a pile of stolen belts being watched over by homeless people on my corner. This is in an area where a 3BR apt is at least $3k/month. I can't wait to get out. Been here ten years, working remotely for the past five.…

Post by mrfusion » Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 1:08 PM UTC

kls wrote: post #173

jupiter90000 wrote: post #30

Either coastal Carolinas or Hawaii. We like living near the ocean and access to good outdoors activities on land. Coastal Carolinas is much more affordable than Hawaii and more access to certain outdoor activities (hunting and freshwater fishing). Also not as isolated as Hawaii. But Hawaii looks incredible. I hope to visit them both and make a decision when more things are open in both places to get a feel for them.…

If you like Hawaii and the Outer Banks area, you may want to visit the FL Keys if you have not been here. It is almost like you took the two places and blended them together. As well, no better fishing in the world other than maybe the Bahamas. Cost of living here is more than coastal Carolina, but less than Hawaii. There is not much hunting on the islands, other than iguanas, but there is a big spearfishing communit…