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> Here's a house in Indiana for $125K Laketon, IN, population 606, had its post office closed in 2010 and, from a quick perusal of Google Maps, probably doesn'

> Here's a house in Indiana for $125K Laketon, IN, population 606, had its post office closed in 2010 and, from a quick perusal of Google Maps, probably doesn't have a single traffic light. Doubt there's much public transit out that way. Only 30 miles to a town I might be able to get a job in, though...

daenz 4y ago
There's a post office 5 miles away[0], where there are plenty of businesses that you could work at. Let's not be dramatic. 0. https://goo.gl/maps/y3dERcUkD7wMLzEW8 https://goo.gl/maps/y3dERcUkD7wMLzEW8
hotpotamus 4y ago
Are you not able to work remotely? Or is that too much remote?
- furyofantares 4y ago
  Over satellite internet?
  - hotpotamus 4y ago
    I've got a coworker who's looking into this and he seems to bounce around the idea of Rural New Mexico or Colorado, then another week he's got his eye on some 3K square foot house in Ohio for $125K or something like that, but just as rural. Every place he's looked at has fiber available.
- anoonmoose 4y ago
  Combo electrical engineer and embedded firmware engineer, who spent the previous ten years in production test engineering...nah, my job is pretty hands-on. I went into a pretty empty building during most of 2020 and 2021 five days a week. I mean, I've got a few skills that might be sharp enough to get me a remote job but I really like the hardware world.
tzs 4y ago
> Doubt there's much public transit out that way. Only 30 miles to a town I might be able to get a job in, though... Lots of people in the SF area and lots of other big cities have commutes of 30 miles or more. And I'd bet the traffic on those commutes is a lot worse, so 30 miles in the Laketon area is likely equivalent to maybe 10 miles in SF. I'd expect entertainment and cultural events are limited in Laketon, but it's a 100 mile drive to Indianapolis and 140 mile drive to Chicago. With all that you'd be saving on housing compared to SF weekend getaways to those cities should be affordable.

daenz 4y ago

There's a post office 5 miles away[0], where there are plenty of businesses that you could work at. Let's not be dramatic. 0. https://goo.gl/maps/y3dERcUkD7wMLzEW8 https://goo.gl/maps/y3dERcUkD7wMLzEW8

hotpotamus 4y ago

Are you not able to work remotely? Or is that too much remote?

furyofantares 4y ago
Over satellite internet?
- hotpotamus 4y ago
  I've got a coworker who's looking into this and he seems to bounce around the idea of Rural New Mexico or Colorado, then another week he's got his eye on some 3K square foot house in Ohio for $125K or something like that, but just as rural. Every place he's looked at has fiber available.
anoonmoose 4y ago
Combo electrical engineer and embedded firmware engineer, who spent the previous ten years in production test engineering...nah, my job is pretty hands-on. I went into a pretty empty building during most of 2020 and 2021 five days a week. I mean, I've got a few skills that might be sharp enough to get me a remote job but I really like the hardware world.

tzs 4y ago

> Doubt there's much public transit out that way. Only 30 miles to a town I might be able to get a job in, though... Lots of people in the SF area and lots of other big cities have commutes of 30 miles or more. And I'd bet the traffic on those commutes is a lot worse, so 30 miles in the Laketon area is likely equivalent to maybe 10 miles in SF. I'd expect entertainment and cultural events are limited in Laketon, but it's a 100 mile drive to Indianapolis and 140 mile drive to Chicago. With all that you'd be saving on housing compared to SF weekend getaways to those cities should be affordable.