Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?
One note on small towns: most of the people there aren&#x27;t transplants, so you get their culture with them. American cities have a reasonably standardized culture, courtesy of hundreds of daily direct flights to each other. Small towns are still highly regional. Not saying there&#x27;s no difference between Seattle and Miami. But most people on HN could find a social group in both.<p>Not so for Muleshoe, Texas.<p>If you&#x27;re from the east coast, you might find the perfect physical scene in Oregon. But be prepared that west coasters are different from you, potentially in important ways that affect your ability to find a sense of belonging. Ditto if you&#x27;re from California and looking at Georgia. Northerners and southerners, of course, look sideways at each other for lots of political and cultural reasons, but there are plenty of reasons to feel like you do or don&#x27;t belong in a culture that aren&#x27;t historically, culturally, or racially charged.<p>Most functioning communities consider themselves to have &quot;good schools.&quot; Do you share their bar for that? &quot;Good&quot; for what?<p>Important questions. Climate isn&#x27;t he only thing that varies by region. If you don&#x27;t know the regional culture in an area that interests you, go stay a while.<p>(I&#x27;ve lived in the Pacific Northwest, both urban and rural California, both urban and rural Texas, Chicago, and New England, and spent substantial time in NYC and the Deep South. Trust me. It&#x27;s not all the same.)