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I’m not going to criticise the authors choices because each situation is unique. But if you’re both working from home then I do wonder if your money is better
by hnlmorg 3y ago
I’m not going to criticise the authors choices because each situation is unique. But if you’re both working from home then I do wonder if your money is better spent moving out of the Bay Area and thus somewhere you can have a 3 or 4 bedroom house. Rather than trying to suffer through an ineffective home office.
This is what I did. I had two young children (still young but not as young as when this anecdote happened) and we ended up moving to accommodate for working from home. Before we moved I was finding my home office space (a literal garage) was freezing during the winter and boiling during the summer. And like the author, it was affecting my ability to work. So my options were go back to the office, or buy something more suitable for working from home.
It also came with the bonus of a bigger garden for our kids to play in.
- mindyopeas 3y ago[flagged]
- hnlmorg 3y ago> The passive aggressive irony in this crazy. I’m not being passive aggressive in the slightest. If anything, I have an appreciation for how hard their situation is because I’ve been there myself. Let me rephrase my original point: I was in a similar situation and realised that hacking my house wasn’t going to cut it. But I also understand that my personal circumstances might have been different from the authors in ways that aren’t publicised. What is disappointing is that you felt you needed to create a burner account to post your criticism.
- mindyopeas 3y ago[flagged]
- hnlmorg 3y agoI was in the same situation as the author and the purpose of my comment was to share my experiences. It’s hard working and raising kids. So I fully appreciate their position. And that’s the last I’m going to say on the topic.
- thatfrenchguy 3y ago[flagged]
- akerl_ 3y agoWhat? There’s definitely wide sprawl in culture across the US, but it’s bonkers to suggest that the Bay Area is the only place for people who aren’t “white-born-and-bred”.
- temp_praneshp 3y ago> If you're a white-born-and-bred American, You _really_ need to go out of the bay area a bit more
- 10u152 3y agoWell this seems incredibly ignorant. A quick google search would show a bunch of states as diverse as California.
- noah_buddy 3y agoI live in probably one of the most culturally diverse and unique areas in the US and it’s not even on the West coast. YMMV :^)
- geraldwhen 3y agoBlack Americans primarily live in the southeast. Oftentimes when you see online disparagement of the south as poor and uneducated, they’re describing predominantly black communities. Florida and Texas are bastions of Hispanic culture, for obvious reasons. California is certainly diverse with respect to kale options in the grocery store, though, I suspect.
- DeRock 3y agoFlorida is significantly more white than California (51% of the population, vs 34%).
- geraldwhen 3y ago
- tomtheelder 3y agoI think for many the decision to live in a HCOL metro area has never really been about proximity to work. I moved to Los Angeles without a job simply because that’s where my partner and I wanted to live. We were both made remote, but that doesn’t change anything.
- hnlmorg 3y agoThat’s fair. I quite enjoy the quieter pace of life in the suburbs but I do get that isn’t desirable everyone
- AtlasBarfed 3y agobetter have faith in that job security, or your ability to get another remote job
- vachina 3y agoThis is the truth. People squeeze in cities not because they love it, but because that’s where the jobs are.
- iddan 3y agoNot always true. I for one love cities (if they’re walkable, clean and safe). Never intend to move to the suburbs.
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- marssaxman 3y agoSome of us certainly do love city life. My current job is remote, and my family could live anywhere; we chose to give up our spacious house in a charming small town, with a lawn and a garden and separate home offices for me and my wife, and move back to the city, where we now live in a two-bedroom townhouse. No more home office - I visit a coworking space instead - but we're in a lovely walkable neighborhood near the heart of it all. We are much happier here and wouldn't go back.