I'm not newly remote but have been remote since pre-COVID in San Antonio, Texas. Relative to the Bay Area and other major Texas cities, it has a really low cos

I'm not newly remote but have been remote since pre-COVID in San Antonio, Texas. Relative to the Bay Area and other major Texas cities, it has a really low cost of living. We also have great parks, great food, less traffic than Austin, and it's only about 2 and a half hours from the beach. In non-COVID times the social life is pretty great too. There aren't a lot of tech companies, but there are enough jobs for me not to worry if for some reason I couldn't do fully remote in the future. It's generally just a laid back place to be, and I enjoy living in a place where the cost of living is low enough that people in a variety of non-corporate careers can do pretty well. The only downside for me is the brutal heat, but you kind of get used to it.