Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by robocat on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @08:41PM
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I wouldn't worry tooo much about earthquakes in any country with good local building codes. Background: I am from Christchurch New Zealand; my parents live on top of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and my sister lives on top of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.
Avoid living or working in brick buildings (they fall apart).
If worried, perhaps avoid high tsunami risk zones (that lack high ground, roads are less useful since they will be unusable during large earthquakes).
If you catalog your risks, earthquake death or disability is probably low in scheme of things.
From my experience, if you work in software with a laptop, earthquakes are not likely to affect your work too much.
Unless you have a neurotic partner, in which case avoid earthquake zones, because they lose the plot when the earth takes control.
Avoid living or working in brick buildings (they fall apart).
If worried, perhaps avoid high tsunami risk zones (that lack high ground, roads are less useful since they will be unusable during large earthquakes).
If you catalog your risks, earthquake death or disability is probably low in scheme of things.
From my experience, if you work in software with a laptop, earthquakes are not likely to affect your work too much.
Unless you have a neurotic partner, in which case avoid earthquake zones, because they lose the plot when the earth takes control.