Title: Like a lot of HN hackers, I've been living and working in a big metropolitan area for a while (S.F. in my case). This certainly has its upsides, but also some serious downsides. It's expensive so being unemployed for even a short time can be risky. It's also crowded and noisy and distracting.<p>So, I've been considering selling everything, quitting the 9-5 and moving somewhere cheap, where I can live for $1,500 a month or less total. I've got savings to tide me over for a couple of years and I think this might give me the time and quiet I'd need to do some more serious hacking on my own projects and also to just disengage from all the urban energy for a while. I <i>think</i> I could do enough freelance work to at least break even and probably do better and I could charge less than people that need to pay S.F. or New York rents.<p>There are a lot of places in the West, for instance, where you can rent a big apartment or even a house for ~ $500 a month and live next to some really beautiful national parks, forests etc.<p>Anybody else had similar thoughts? Are there pitfalls I'm overlooking? Anybody else had dreams of a hacker Walden Pond?
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