Best city for remote work?
Criteria is LCOL(rent, tax, food), transportation infra availability, weather, safety, vacation flight availability Forgot to add Miami to the list. By Seattle I don't mean inside but nearby cheaper cities like Bellingham I feel Houston covers almost everything except safety and weather. Seems hugely underrated. Getting larger place without breaking bank is important to me Edit: Surprising Seattle placing so high in poll. Thought it was considered HCOL with depressing rainy weather
Twin cities cover all except weather
It looks like it has one of the highest taxes in US? Other than that seems promising
There are no cheaper cities nearby Seattle anymore.
Gary, Indiana
Detroit metro / columbus probably good if you like cooler weather. It doesn't get hotter than 90 around that area, and col is still cheap relative to the coast. Fair amount of food diversity, stuff to do but not as much as the coast. Flights probably more expensive than from Houston
Think they look great too if it wasn't for taxes, and less bothering but fewer flight and bus options as you say
Income tax in both places are probably around 4-5% if not in the city? I personally don't mind some levels of taxes as it helps fund the public. But if you optimize for the 0% tax, sure go to TX lol
You forgot Kansas, Detroit, ohio, oragon, Nashville tennessee, utah, verginia, Springfield
Howâd you come up with this list?
Looking at other posts and gmap for general idea of cost and variety
Phoenix, AZ Denver, CO Boise, ID Vermont Maine Add cool places to live if youâre just going there to save money. Idk where you got Cheyanne Wyoming. Have you ever visited there? Itâs 50 to 100 miles in every direction from everything (no exaggeration⌠literally). The best thing there is a âfancyâ motel and and and Texas Roadhouse (no joke⌠itâs actually a pretty decent Texas Roadhouse). The only reason Cheyanne exists is itâs a joke by a billionaire who own Sinclair and itâs where we dump our surface nukes (also⌠not exaggerating). Itâs truly the middle of nowhere. Chyanne frontier days is coming up and is the only time thereâs more than about 1000 people there.
Iâd choose weather and sunshine over space anytime
Not iowa. Itâs boring and expensive and you will have pay cut
St. Louis - try Maryland Heights, MO or Collinsville, IL. I live in the south part of the st louis city county.
Do you live in Ballwin ?
No I live in st louis city. The county name is st louis city. I live on the south side which has historically always done well.
Some places listed are LCOL-based pay but HCOL. At least at the west and east coast HCOL areas, you get HCOL comps.
My comp is fixed đĽ for full remote
Fixed? I thought you have to change your official work location in the system and get it approved, if you are looking to move permanently, which will adjust the base pay depending on the market rate for the new geo. Iâm fully remote too and thatâs what i had to go through. And iâm pretty sure Bellingham falls under a different bucket from Seattle/Puget sound. I mean, keeping Redmond pay for Cheyenne COL sounds too good to be true at a company like Msft (âdo more with lessâ), iâd love to do that too lol