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Looking for suggestions for a place to move in the US as a remote employee (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Anissem@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So the work I do is 100% remote now. I moved to Southern California because of an industry that has in part moved to remote work. My only requirements are a temperate climate, nature access and hopefully a blue-ish state. Is there a place out there that makes sense financially? I’m hoping to buy a house less then 500k. I don’t need access to large cities as I honestly don’t do anything. The only requirement I can think of is access to solid internet as I stream full screen video for what I do.

I’m currently looking at Michigan and Virginia as options.

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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Brother in law wants to move to some Washington/Oregon border town to take advantage of tax stuff. What would you say are the downsides of Oregon?

[–] JimmyDean@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The biggest downside of late in my opinion has been the homelessness and mentally unwell / drug abuse issues. Measure 110's decriminalization of hard drugs without actually having sufficient treatment options available just exacerbated existing problems. Rural areas have a lot less of this but you're almost guaranteed to see some nasty stuff if you're in the bigger cities.

A lot of people do take advantage of taxes around here. There's no sales tax in Oregon so people from Vancouver just drive over one of the bridges to do their shopping.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Corbett looks nice, the yearly average temps look good. Would you say that’s a more rural option? I’m looking for something outside any major city, I don’t go anywhere honestly.

[–] invno1@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the amazing pluses for Corbett is it's proximity to the Columbia River Gorge. One of the minuses would be zero grocery stores in close proximity. I believe the closest is in Troutdale about 20 minutes away.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That’s not too bad, I’ve literally gone nearly a month not leaving my house. I know it might not be healthy but that’s me

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