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Visit Texas or Florida first. I've lived in Texas and visited Florida many times. I've also visited San Jose. TX and FL are hell compared to CA. I don't car

Visit Texas or Florida first. I've lived in Texas and visited Florida many times. I've also visited San Jose. TX and FL are hell compared to CA. I don't care for CA either, but that's because of cultural (coastal) differences. The NorthEast is heaven on Earth.

dang 5y ago
Please don't take HN threads into regional flamewar. You can make your substantive points without name-calling and swipes. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29541695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29541695.
gautamcgoel 5y ago
Can you elaborate why you like the Northeast? I'm thinking of spending a few years in Boston.
- 0_____0 5y ago
  Where are you moving from? I just moved to greater boston and I love it. Where I live has just the right level of density -- you see people around at all times of day, but it's still peaceful at night. And almost everything I do is walkable.
0_____0 5y ago
As a recent transplant from SF Bay to Greater Boston... I'm inclined to agree. It's actually cheaper in my neighborhood than it was in East Oakland, and I can walk to almost anything I care about, incl. work, friends, pub, gym, grocery. Massive quality-of-life upgrade, assuming you're OK with freezing temps in the winter, and humidity and bugs in the summer.
- yurishimo 5y ago
  There are humidity and bugs in Texas and Florida too, and even more so! If you're lucky, Texas will get another snow-pocalypse too if that tickles your fancy.
AdrianB1 5y ago
Can you provide some details on why it is hell?
- willis936 5y ago
  If you think human feces in public is a problem worth leaving for then try living in a place where you don't know if the water is poisoned, if the power will stay on, or the ground will literally crumble under your home. The local governments are neither equipped nor interested in making those places habitable. It's getting worse and will continue to. Hurricanes and rising sea levels will bankrupt TX and FL each in this century.
  - TechBro8615 5y ago
    So basically you’re upset about Florida and Texas for a different set of hysterical political reasons. Personally, I’d find my daily life more affected by feces on the sidewalk than I would the existential dread of sea level rising half a meter in the next hundred years. Frankly if you want to be scared of natural disaster over that time period, it’s probably more dangerous to live on the fault line in San Francisco than it is to live on the beach in Miami (sudden catastrophe with no warning vs. decades of observably rising sea levels).
    - willis936 5y ago
      A sudden catastrophe such as a highrise you live in collapsing, a sinkhole swallowing your house, the power in your region being off for an indeterminate amount of time while it is below freezing, or a hurricane wiping your city off the map? Wanting to live isn't hysteria and knowing how to survive is not a political stance.
    - dang 5y ago
      Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar. That's exactly the opposite of what commenters should be doing here, and we ban accounts that do it repeatedly. We've already had to warn you about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29018199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29018199. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
hunterb123 5y ago
Both Florida and especially Texas are too large for such a blanket statement. Weather-wise, Central East Texas is perfect if you survive August and September. Austin (suburban outskirts) and Dallas (Plano & Frisco) are nice. Houston is way too humid. North East US is way too cold, I like a 70F winter.
- yurishimo 5y ago
  You won't find a 70F winter in Dallas... you'll be lucky for high 60s in the deep winter months. Most weeks are more in the 50s. That said, given how climate change is progressing, it tends to be warmer until January, so if you just want the nice temperatures for your holiday plans, then it's a decent option!
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    It's a nice 66F right now, high of 77F Wednesday. Yeah it's 50s in the winter frequently, but the same week it can be 70-80s haha. Allows you to eventually go outside instead of the whole season being cold and miserable.
- mrkstu 5y ago
  Yep- though I'm leaving to be closer to family, Austin suburbs are a nice in pretty much every axis other than commute, which hasn't been an issue since going remote.

dang 5y ago

Please don't take HN threads into regional flamewar. You can make your substantive points without name-calling and swipes. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29541695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29541695.

gautamcgoel 5y ago

Can you elaborate why you like the Northeast? I'm thinking of spending a few years in Boston.

0_____0 5y ago
Where are you moving from? I just moved to greater boston and I love it. Where I live has just the right level of density -- you see people around at all times of day, but it's still peaceful at night. And almost everything I do is walkable.

0_____0 5y ago

As a recent transplant from SF Bay to Greater Boston... I'm inclined to agree. It's actually cheaper in my neighborhood than it was in East Oakland, and I can walk to almost anything I care about, incl. work, friends, pub, gym, grocery. Massive quality-of-life upgrade, assuming you're OK with freezing temps in the winter, and humidity and bugs in the summer.

yurishimo 5y ago
There are humidity and bugs in Texas and Florida too, and even more so! If you're lucky, Texas will get another snow-pocalypse too if that tickles your fancy.

AdrianB1 5y ago

Can you provide some details on why it is hell?

willis936 5y ago
If you think human feces in public is a problem worth leaving for then try living in a place where you don't know if the water is poisoned, if the power will stay on, or the ground will literally crumble under your home. The local governments are neither equipped nor interested in making those places habitable. It's getting worse and will continue to. Hurricanes and rising sea levels will bankrupt TX and FL each in this century.
- TechBro8615 5y ago
  So basically you’re upset about Florida and Texas for a different set of hysterical political reasons. Personally, I’d find my daily life more affected by feces on the sidewalk than I would the existential dread of sea level rising half a meter in the next hundred years. Frankly if you want to be scared of natural disaster over that time period, it’s probably more dangerous to live on the fault line in San Francisco than it is to live on the beach in Miami (sudden catastrophe with no warning vs. decades of observably rising sea levels).
  - willis936 5y ago
    A sudden catastrophe such as a highrise you live in collapsing, a sinkhole swallowing your house, the power in your region being off for an indeterminate amount of time while it is below freezing, or a hurricane wiping your city off the map? Wanting to live isn't hysteria and knowing how to survive is not a political stance.
  - dang 5y ago
    Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar. That's exactly the opposite of what commenters should be doing here, and we ban accounts that do it repeatedly. We've already had to warn you about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29018199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29018199. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

hunterb123 5y ago

Both Florida and especially Texas are too large for such a blanket statement. Weather-wise, Central East Texas is perfect if you survive August and September. Austin (suburban outskirts) and Dallas (Plano & Frisco) are nice. Houston is way too humid. North East US is way too cold, I like a 70F winter.

yurishimo 5y ago
You won't find a 70F winter in Dallas... you'll be lucky for high 60s in the deep winter months. Most weeks are more in the 50s. That said, given how climate change is progressing, it tends to be warmer until January, so if you just want the nice temperatures for your holiday plans, then it's a decent option!
- hunterb123 5y ago
  It's a nice 66F right now, high of 77F Wednesday. Yeah it's 50s in the winter frequently, but the same week it can be 70-80s haha. Allows you to eventually go outside instead of the whole season being cold and miserable.
mrkstu 5y ago
Yep- though I'm leaving to be closer to family, Austin suburbs are a nice in pretty much every axis other than commute, which hasn't been an issue since going remote.