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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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[–] FPSkra 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Seriously consider Scranton, PA. I live here and most houses go for well under your budget. You get all the seasons, are surrounded by state forest, and multi gigabit internet is available (thru Comcast unfortunately but other ISP's are moving in soon). Also it's in a county that remained blue during PA's 2016 turn to red.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Would you say there’s any downsides to PA? Scranton seems like it may fall on the colder side yearly but not too bad

[–] FPSkra 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly it's a crap shoot....this past year winter was relatively mild but two years ago we had the most snow we have ever gotten since recording snowfall....summer can range from mild to Vietnam levels of heat and humidity....but the nice weather generally starts late March and ends late October....so most of the year is shorts and hoodie weather.

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