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I moved from Cupertino to very upstate New York about 15 months ago. I was able to buy a house, on a lake, forest on all sides of me and I spent less than $200
by jason_slack 11y ago
I moved from Cupertino to very upstate New York about 15 months ago.
I was able to buy a house, on a lake, forest on all sides of me and I spent less than $200,000 to buy the house, move, furnish a new place and remodel a bit to my liking.
No startup scene here. For me, it was the slower pace of life, peace and quiet and more time to work on my personal goals.
- shostack 11y agoI feel like this is the dream, but the reality for many people is that they need to be where the jobs are. For those who are not developers easily able to get remote work, that's a major consideration. What's the job market near you like? How long is the average commute? Those are both major considerations for a lot of folks. (PS I'm not criticizing you--major props for living your dream. I just think that people read comments like this without giving these considerations much thought)
- JshWright 11y ago"Upstate New York" is a very large area. It would be tough to generalize... I'm in the Syracuse area (smack in the middle of the state), and the local scene is reasonably unimpressive (I work remotely, as do most of the folks I know in the area). There is a bit of a tech job market 45 minutes east of here in Rome, but that's mostly DoD related work (Rome Labs, etc). An hour and a half south is Ithaca, which is a 'hippy' college-town (Cornell, Ithaca College, and TC3), and has a bit of a startup scene, but again, nothing huge... I'd certainly want to have something lined up before moving.
- hijinks 11y agoI grew up 30 minutes outside of Syracuse and 15 years ago when I moved out there was almost zero tech except for the few large enterprise companies. I wish the area the best and its a great place to live in for the 3 months of good weather they have :)
- jason_slack 11y agoI also grew up 30 mins outside of Syracuse. South though.
- ryanSrich 11y agoI grew up in cuse and went to school at RIT. Why I'd never go back: 1. Snow, 2. Taxes Why I'd go back: 1. Insanely cheap 2. Hot plates Thus is life.
- jason_slack 11y ago1. I don't mind the snow. 2. Taxes totally suck. I am at $6,000 a year. 3. It is cheap. 4. Hot plates? I don't follow this :-)
- JshWright 11y agoHot plates (also called 'garbage plates', or just 'plates') are a Rochester thing. http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates
- jason_slack 11y agooh! yes, there was a place in Rochester, I think it was called "Sals" or "Salvatore's" and they had a $5 garbage plate when I was younger.
- JshWright 11y agoThe snow is less of an issue lately (we only got ~6ft of snow this year in Syracuse, thanks to a warm Pacific (yay climate change...)). Con #2 is largely offset by Pro #1.
- jason_slack 11y agoYes, this winter was mild compared to last winter. I still have a lot of wood and eco-bricks left over for next year!
- cmcginty 11y agoDid you mean garbage plates ;-)
- jason_slack 11y agoI am 35 mins south of Syracuse.
- jason_slack 11y agoI work for a company in California, so my commute is zero. If I have to one day find a job. I am looking at at least a 45 minute commute to the nearest major city. If I can't find a programming job there, it would be a 2 hour commute in the other direction.. There are a few universities that are close that might have something as well....
- cylinder 11y agoWhat are you doing for income?
- jason_slack 11y agoI work for a California University.