I frequently visit NYC and the homeless population there is more threatening, and the shit in the street is roughly on par, so I’m not really sure where else people would recommend without extreme lifestyle shift.
I moved to Europe and work remotely.
1. Access to tech campus and seeing people in person. 2. Access to plenty of tech jobs (if layed off) and in person vs remote isn’t of much consequence.
If remote work is here to stay 2023 and onward I likely won’t be here in 2024.