Re:Some WFH employees now live in another country
by ryandrake on Thursday September 15, 2022 @03:55PM
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Reminds me of one of my buddies who decided to move out of California after going permanent remote. He encountered more than one realtor who informed him that the seller intends to charge a "Californian Tax" percentage on top of the asking price to any buyer from California because they just don't want us in their communities. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Re:Some WFH employees now live in another country
by deckard1 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @04:44PM
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in the US? Sounds like it's time to update the Fair Housing Act to include state/city/hood/zip/street origin next to national origin. Ridiculous.
Re:Some WFH employees now live in another country
by bombcar on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:12PM
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It can also be “Californians will pay over sticker so soak ‘em” vs “locals won’t”.
Also being from far away can lead to not knowing the area as well as you should and being disappointed.
Re:Some WFH employees now live in another country
by jimmaswell on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:19PM
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Passing up money in the short term for the perceived good of your community can't be fairly equated to "cutting off your nose to spite your face". But it would be more fair for the seller to try to get to know the buyer and go from there instead of just assuming by state.
If one or two digital nomads move in, the locals won't care much and the nomads will just become one of the types of people they have.
But if a town becomes infested with them, it can cause all sorts of issues (the nomads won't care about food prices because they can afford US prices, which are 10-100x what the locals have been paying, so prices can suddenly skyrocket).
Hell, you have it inside the country: https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/03/go-back-to-california...
And it's not always where you think it would be.
Tourism has done similar things to cities around the world; turning what used to be actual functioning cities into amusement parks for adults. Venice might be a good example, some say.