Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service

Post by JacobSuperslav » Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 12:00 PM UTC

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JacobSuperslav wrote: post #480

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I agree with everything you said, except that moving away from SF can only be ideological. To me there are some other advantages: 1. some of the cities here are walkable and cyclable. can't say the same about SF. 2. my kid goes to a free kindergarten and it's been fantastic 3. healthcare doesn't revolve around money, and again, great experience with the public sector, including my wife giving birth here. it's a breat…

Healthcare is a good point, especially since good insurance outside of an employer is either expensive or requires a significant other with a job with good benefits. In the scheme of things though, once you've incorporated and put yourself on payroll, health insurance becomes just a cost of doing business. If you're the type that thinks purely think in terms of maximizing lifetime earnings, or even lifetime impact, f…