On: Ask HN: What are the best US cities for for workin...

[pieterhg]

"What are the best cities with affordable housing that are big enough to have a good variety of food and no (or a very mild) winter that have enough of a tech community for some meetups, etc?"

https://nomadlist.com/cheap-mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-...

The answer would be Tucson, AZ and San Antonio, TX.

If budget isn't important you have more options:

https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de...

- Gainesville, FL

- Tampa, FL

- Los Angeles, CA

- San Diego, CA

- Jacksonville, FL

- Austin, TX

- Santa Monica, CA

- Phoenix, AZ

- Houston, TX

- Orlando, FL

If you're okay with outside United States, you have countless more options:

https://nomadlist.com/mild-cities-to-visit-in-january-and-de...

From Portugal to Taiwan, Israel to Ecuador, Colombia to Thailand.

P.S. this is based on "mild" temperatures as you said. If you're fine with warm/hot climates, there's even more options.

P.S.2. the cost of living data on Nomad List is now 90%+ accurate.

[bradknowles → pieterhg]

Is San Antonio really that much cheaper than Austin? I'd be really surprised if that were true, but I'd love to see the evidence.

[pieterhg → bradknowles]

Yep, Austin has become a lot more expensive with the influx of people from the rest of America.

Data is crowdsourced but cross checked with public cost of living data for accuracy.