Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money”
by ido on Saturday July 25, 2020 @10:03AM
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I also live in Germany! We're in Berlin and we only moved here in 2013 so we dont really care about the family/friends angle (we have no other relatives in Berlin & all of our friends here we've made in the last 7 years, so we could probably make new friends elsewhere easy enough).
You also don't have to go rural, there are plenty of mid sized towns with cheap housing prices (and often a university and/or other cultural institutes, like Halle or Cottbus).
My main concern is that while we don't really standout in Berlin, in a smaller town we will be considered more "exotic" & especially for our kids I'm afraid it will translate to mobbing in school.
Re:Independently Poor: A Twist on FU Money – a.k.a. “FU, Money”
by rayhendricks on Saturday July 25, 2020 @09:14PM
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Hah go to a rural area and find bidirectional gigabit fiber optic internet for $60/mo and a decent house for $200,000.
In my circle of friends who do usually work remote, there are a few that want to move to more rural areas. The number one concern is availability of broadband, which is just terrible in Germany. Further down is friends/family not being close and possibly sticking out very much. I don't think remoteness is an actual issue (because there really isn't remoteness anywhere in Germany, it's very densely populated, and saving a lot on rent & co might well offset the cost for a few hours of driving every other weekend to meet friends.