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Re: Ask HN: If you could work remote where would you live?

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Post by nullz3r0 »

jhatemyjob wrote: post #315
121789 wrote: post #173

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Yeah everyone loves those things too, they just don't want to deal with the cost and quality of life from the homeless/drug problem. I walked up to beautiful Corona Heights today and saw all of the amazing views, but then I walked home past the ever-increasing numbers of tents popping up on the street to my overpriced apartment in the mission where I currently have to listen to one mentally disabled homeless person s…

Dude you live in the mission, probably the most disgusting part of the entire bay area, other than maybe the bay itself. I didn't last a single week there Move to Noe Valley or Bernal heights

Hell even park Merced area by SFSU is nice. I have a few friends who love out there.

Aside from the limited parking it is a decent area that does not smell like “San Francisco”

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Post by kenneth »

Mengkudulangsat wrote: post #437
martinesko36 wrote: post #432

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Just curious, which countries in SE Asia would you recommend?

KL (my hometown) is great. There's reliable gigabit internet, which is important to remote workers I reckon. Dying to convince tech folks to come here instead of Singapore.

Having spent the last few months stuck in Singapore's awful lockdown, I'm pretty convinced it's not the place for me. Can't wait to get back home to HK. I'm starting to miss the smell of teargas.

That said, wasn't the biggest fan of KL when I visited. It gave me "trying too hard to be Singapore and failing" vibes. Was much happier chilling in Langkawi. For a big SE Asia mega-city, BKK or Saigon are far more livable than KL, Manila, or Jakarta (and the associated crime, traffic, etc.)

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Post by ShorsHammer »

unavida wrote: post #436
martinesko36 wrote: post #432

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Just curious, which countries in SE Asia would you recommend?

definitely Thailand. Vietnam is nice on the coastal cities.

How do you work remotely from Thailand for any reasonable amount of time? They are incredibly strict about these things. Sounds like an extended holiday and no stable way to live.

Apart from applying for an education visa and learning Thai (unsure that actually grants work rights?) or an actual work visa with associated FT job, you'd be on 1 month tourist visas with repeated border crossings and in legal grey zone at the whim of regulators.

Vietnam you can apply for extensions up to 1 year and everyone leaves you alone if employed remotely or running your own business abroad. Central Vietnam is a beautiful place.

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Post by yakshaving_jgt »

travisgriggs wrote: post #388

I would repatriate to a quiet fjord in northern Norway, code outdoors in the summer with Grieg echoing through the fjord. In the winter I'd code in the sun room while the northern lights swirled overhead. That would be my dream at least. For those that have been to northern Norway, you'll get this. For those that haven't, you'll just scratch your head.

I've been as far North as Molde/Ålesund. I hated it.

Yeah, the fjords are desperately pretty. I had a great time driving around Geiranger and the Atlanterhavsveien. Trollstigen would have been nice if it weren't rammed with caravans.

But otherwise, no thanks. It's extortionately expensive, there's nothing to do there, it's a breeding ground for billions of mosquitoes, and there's nothing good about such extreme seasonal differences in day lengths.

After having lived in Scandinavia for seven years, I think there's an enormous delta between expectation and reality when it comes to Scandinavian Winters.

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Post by kenneth »

torgian wrote: post #262
peterburkimsher wrote: post #255

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I was in Kaohsiung from 2014-2018, which city are you in? I worked for OSE in the Nanzi Export Processing Zone, making USB, SD card, DRAM - so many good memories. There's a good community of hospex (was CouchSurfing, now hopefully BeWelcome), including weekly meetups in Taipei, Hsinchu, Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.

Taipei. Expat community here is pretty good and the locals are great.

I'll be based in Taipei for the next few months as a refugee of SG's repressive lockdown. A frequent visitor on quick trips, will be an interesting experience to get a bit more of the local expat experience.

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Post by refurb »

DrJokepu wrote: post #111
city41 wrote: post #91

I just moved to a small town in Michigan from San Jose this week. I love the lack of traffic, my giant backyard and deck, how completely quiet and pitch black it is at night and that I have yet to meet a software developer. Nothing against devs, but getting out of the tech bubble is nice. I can go to Detroit, Chicago, the Great Lakes and many other places if I need a change of pace. Of course it’s only been a few day…

I wonder if you’ll feel the same way after your first winter though

I used to live in Western Michigan and the winters are surprisingly mild due to the winds from the West being warmed by Lake Michigan.

It snows a lot, but it's often hovering around 32F, so the snow on the roads melts fast. A really cold day might 15F, but it's not that common.

Summers are gorgeous and I miss them living in SF. Being able to go out in the evening in shorts while it hovers in the high 70's is fantastic. Super lush and green.

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Post by karim »

bradlys wrote: post #456
JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #372

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If the number of renters exceeds owners statewide [0], Prop 13 will become a victim of it's own success. It helped existing homeowners stay in place so well that growth that otherwise would've occurred did not, and the minority of remaining homeowners will lose their property tax benefits. [0]: There's a slight tilt towards owners (54%). If property prices continue to become less affordable, it seems reasonable there…

The good thing for homeowners is that renters don't vote. On top of that - many renters are also ineligible to vote in CA. (Cause no citizenship) If prop 13 were to die, you'd think it'd be this year with all the budget problems coming up. It won't though. Politicians would face a mass exodus even if they kept in an exception for primary homes/business-locations. There's no way they'd all stay in office.

There actually is a measure on the ballot to modify prop 13 this year: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Tax_on_Commercial_and_Ind... — as you said, this is the year for it to pass.

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

121789 wrote: post #173
larrykubin wrote: post #101

I may be the only person left who loves San Francisco. Just got back from biking from my house through Golden Gate Park past the De Young and Cal Academy to Cliff House and down Ocean Beach. There was sunshine and people were outside. In different circumstances, there are people dancing on roller skates, learning tango, and skateboarding. Near our house there is a great Russian Bakery, tons of Chinese restaurants on…

Yeah everyone loves those things too, they just don't want to deal with the cost and quality of life from the homeless/drug problem. I walked up to beautiful Corona Heights today and saw all of the amazing views, but then I walked home past the ever-increasing numbers of tents popping up on the street to my overpriced apartment in the mission where I currently have to listen to one mentally disabled homeless person s…

Well if we built housing for those people they wouldn’t have to live in tents. And if we provided mental health services to all people there would be fewer people who slip to homelessness in the first place.

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

wolco wrote: post #391
121789 wrote: post #173

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Yeah everyone loves those things too, they just don't want to deal with the cost and quality of life from the homeless/drug problem. I walked up to beautiful Corona Heights today and saw all of the amazing views, but then I walked home past the ever-increasing numbers of tents popping up on the street to my overpriced apartment in the mission where I currently have to listen to one mentally disabled homeless person s…

Tents? I didn't realize it has gotten that bad. Do they try to remove them?

These people ostensibly have no other place to live. Why should the state or anyone else destroy what little housing they have?
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