Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by _kyran » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:54 PM UTC

tmnvix wrote: post #86

andrewhyde wrote: post #69

Melbourne, Australia needs to be on your list. Pros: Most livable city in the world. Great startup scene. Phenomenal transportation options. Great universities. Fantastic street art everywhere. Amazing food. USD vs. AUD is quite good for USD right now so it is pretty affordable. Cons: Internet not blazing fast. Beaches elsewhere in Australia are much better (it is on a bay = no waves).

Pros: great culture. Cons: no landscape to speak of.

What do you mean by no landscape? Sure it's no Queenstown, but there's awesome beaches within an hour, mountains and snow within 4 hours.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by miguelrochefort » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

New York or San Francisco.

With their salaries, I could retire at 30 instead of 65.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by tempo-lempo » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:56 PM UTC

Bern

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by saryant » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

avenoir wrote: post #244

dogismycopilot wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm here. It's not that awesome.

I moved to Denver about a year ago. It's all subjective of course, but I really struggle to understand the benefits of living in Boulder outside of a more vibrant tech scene and being a nice cozy town. The rent is ~$300-$400 more expensive. The trails are absolutely packed with people. There is beer pong and loud parties on every corner in the summer. Yes, it's a little closer to skiing resorts, but we're talking ext…

If you aren't on the hill or a in a tiny handful of bars on Pearl, you never run into the college kids. They mostly stay south of the creek, with the exception of the dive bars on Pearl (and Absinthe House, but that place is a dump anyways).

I've lived here for three years, go out every weekend and never once have I seen anyone playing beer pong.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by thomasthomas » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

San Diego. Best coastal city that has warm weather year-round in America in my opinion. Warm climate coastal city is my preference though. For the east coast that really only leaves charleston and savannah. Those two aren't big enough though. LA is too big for me. SD is perfect.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by cylinder » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

jenoer wrote: post #214

rocky1138 wrote: post #210

Taipei, Taiwan. The friendliest people you will ever meet, living and working in the most convenient country you will ever visit. Everything for daily life is within walking distance but if you do need something a bit further out, public and private transportation is exceptionally cheap and effective. The weather is fantastic year-round (save for heavy rains sometimes coming from the ocean) and taking a weekend to vi…

My fiancé is from Taiwan and recently moved in with me in Europe. I've been there a couple of times and can not agree more with what you say! We want to live a couple of years together in my country and eventually switch to Taiwan once I feel comfortable with leaving my family and current life behind (and when she has (western) working experience & study that will grant her instant "You worked/studied in the west? Ta…

Will it ever feel comfortable? I'm in the same position as you, on the brink of moving far away (not Taiwan), but the anxiety of going somewhere new (possibly permanently!) so far from family always restrains me.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by ak217 » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 5:00 PM UTC

thenewwazoo wrote: post #39

Xcelerate wrote: post #31

Well, it depends. Do I have a remote job with all of the computational resources and salary I could possibly want? Then Asheville, North Carolina. Beautiful scenery, great food, plenty of high quality coffee shops, and close to family. If "close to family" wasn't a factor then: San Francisco, Seattle, Lyon (France), Barcelona, and London (for a little while). It's hard to beat the benefits of the massive tech ecosyst…

As a southerner who has moved West, I contend that the South needs to fix a huge amount of its culture before there will be the thriving mix of industry and creativity you can find in cities like SF, Seattle, and Boston. Let's not forget that the south has not been the engine of the American economy since slavery was (de jure) abolished. The South's peculiar mix of dominionism and right-wing fervor makes strange bedf…

I definitely appreciate your perspective on the South in general. But I'm a westerner who has lived in Atlanta for a number of years. The gentrification and densification of Atlanta's inner neighborhoods is unlike anything I've seen elsewhere. I'm curious why you think Georgia will hold Atlanta back from further success, instead of Atlanta dragging Georgia kicking and screaming forward. As of 20 years ago I think nobody imagined the progress Atlanta would make.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by pauldix » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #162

Already here. New York. If you like urban life, as long as you can pay your bills it's the best and most interesting city in the world. It also helps with a good view :) http://000fff.org/uploads/PH6.jpg

Agree, NYC. There's no better place to be. Unfortunately, SF/SV keep pulling me back in so I spend almost half my time there.

I'm in Williamsburg on the waterfront too :)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6fyj1iklxtg852/view.jpg

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by vinceyuan » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC

morgante wrote: post #35

Hong Kong. I love the food, culture, and fantastic public transportation. It has a nice mix of Asian and British influences. The city has tons of energy and is always alive. Plus, despite being a huge metropolis, there are tons of hiking opportunities nearby in beautiful natural areas. Unfortunately I'm not alone in loving it so real estate is crazy expensive (even more so than NYC/SF).

Food, public transportation, beach, hiking in HK are good. But housing in HK is super expensive. You can't find a room in any other cities smaller than HK. People feel desperate because of the super expensive housing. The city's economy is kidnapped by real estate. I am living in HK and thinking about leaving.

Re: Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

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Post by ladelfa » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 5:03 PM UTC

rocky1138 wrote: post #210

Taipei, Taiwan. The friendliest people you will ever meet, living and working in the most convenient country you will ever visit. Everything for daily life is within walking distance but if you do need something a bit further out, public and private transportation is exceptionally cheap and effective. The weather is fantastic year-round (save for heavy rains sometimes coming from the ocean) and taking a weekend to vi…

I've only been there as a tourist (and happened to go during a period of historically awful weather last February), but I'm inclined to agree with all of this. I've never felt as safe walking around a city alone in the middle of the night, the food is crazy good, and the people are educated, courteous, industrious and free. I maintain that if aliens came to Earth, there could be no better place for them to land and get a first impression of mankind than in Taipei.

Or Tainan. Tainan was awesome too.