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The part about 8 days being peak vacation happiness rings true. Once you’ve been somewhere for a few weeks it starts to feel like home and like a routine. This

The part about 8 days being peak vacation happiness rings true. Once you’ve been somewhere for a few weeks it starts to feel like home and like a routine. This can be either really good or really bad depending on how nice the place actually is to live. Turns out most of the nice places happen to be expensive too.

lambdasquirrel 6y ago
Yes, but up to a point. For many of us on HN, the issue is that we’ve been forced to live in the Bay. But there are plenty of nice, “expensive” places that are still a lot cheaper than the Bay. The non-techie residents have had to leave for elsewhere for a long time now.
travgary 6y ago
personally I think 1 month is the peak for me. I love that feeling of building a routine in a new place. Right now I feel like any place is going to get boring because we are stuck. May as well trade apartments for a month so we can get tired of a different routine and then miss the comforts of your home. Some time away makes the grass seem greener.
em-bee 6y ago
it depends on what you are looking for. if i don't stay in a place for at least a month, then it's almost not worth it for me. i want the routine, i want to live and work and not be on a permanent vacation. i have done both, backpacking for 3 months at a time, during student holidays, being a digital nomad where i stayed for days, sometimes weeks, essentially as long as i was welcome, or as long as my passport allowed me to stay, at someones couch. but i also got jobs with work permits and stayed for longer, so that over a decade i lived in 7 different countries and visited a few more. 20 years later i still don't consider myself having settled, i am just staying longer in each place. and i am open to new opportunities. i am just thinking in years now, instead of days or weeks.

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The part about 8 days being peak vacation happiness rings true. Once you’ve been somewhere for a few weeks it starts to feel like home and like a routine. This

by throwaway1777 6y ago

lambdasquirrel 6y ago
Yes, but up to a point. For many of us on HN, the issue is that we’ve been forced to live in the Bay. But there are plenty of nice, “expensive” places that are still a lot cheaper than the Bay. The non-techie residents have had to leave for elsewhere for a long time now.
travgary 6y ago
personally I think 1 month is the peak for me. I love that feeling of building a routine in a new place. Right now I feel like any place is going to get boring because we are stuck. May as well trade apartments for a month so we can get tired of a different routine and then miss the comforts of your home. Some time away makes the grass seem greener.
em-bee 6y ago
it depends on what you are looking for. if i don't stay in a place for at least a month, then it's almost not worth it for me. i want the routine, i want to live and work and not be on a permanent vacation. i have done both, backpacking for 3 months at a time, during student holidays, being a digital nomad where i stayed for days, sometimes weeks, essentially as long as i was welcome, or as long as my passport allowed me to stay, at someones couch. but i also got jobs with work permits and stayed for longer, so that over a decade i lived in 7 different countries and visited a few more. 20 years later i still don't consider myself having settled, i am just staying longer in each place. and i am open to new opportunities. i am just thinking in years now, instead of days or weeks.