Post AH0teuhpCh4fT3IHEO by famine@fedi.ruinouspowe.rs
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(DIR) Post #AH0tADawvNqT4eRPoO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:26:32.175676Z
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A common expression I hear about a place that someone doesn’t like is “You couldn’t pay me to live there.”Is there…is there a place where someone pays you to reside in it? Where does this expression come from?
(DIR) Post #AH0tJ8Yb1bXu3UaqQ4 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:28:09.855253Z
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Like, I’ll gladly live in a desolate shithole for free. As long as there’s a roof over my head and conditions aren’t too horrible. Rent is covered? Fuck it, let’s go.
(DIR) Post #AH0tMEcov70XkC2vey by TrechNex@mstdn.social
2022-03-02T20:28:35Z
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@sean I was paid to live in Belgium for a year when I was at university. A tech company also once offered to pay to "relocate" me to Dublin. So it does apparently happen. 🙂
(DIR) Post #AH0tNPPuHZ3NVHZ9AO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:28:57.796115Z
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@TrechNex Well, that actually sounds nice!
(DIR) Post #AH0teuhpCh4fT3IHEO by famine@fedi.ruinouspowe.rs
2022-03-02T20:31:22.996909Z
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I’ve been paid to relocate inside the US- there are also cities that incentivize remote workers with grants, or money for your down paymentI know Kansas City specifically had such a program, as did West Virginia. Rural cities in eastern OR do this too.These also happen to be great examples of places I wouldn’t be interested in living
(DIR) Post #AH0tjSWZPRdBVoCGq8 by noelle@chat.noelle.codes
2022-03-02T20:29:47Z
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@sean Indeed! Many coastal cities still employ lighthouse keepers, for example, and some old European and British properties employ professional hermits. :)
(DIR) Post #AH0tkParn77miDf2EC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:33:06.999953Z
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@noelle That doesn’t sound so bad!
(DIR) Post #AH0vKhjPvqudLSWucC by DCLXVI@mstdn.io
2022-03-02T20:50:25Z
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@sean Even Florida?😬
(DIR) Post #AH0vKiHns0Pz46cNDE by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:50:52.098351Z
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@DCLXVI Some parts of Florida are nice!
(DIR) Post #AH0vOOyvaMO4LsY25I by tedu@honk.tedunangst.com
2022-03-02T20:51:35Z
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@sean Alaska.
(DIR) Post #AH0vRtA3ppdUoxPyQS by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T20:52:08.172235Z
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@tedu You have me there.
(DIR) Post #AH0xYUfvTJDkoXbFjs by amcooper@mastodon.technology
2022-03-02T21:10:08Z
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@sean Military bases?Also I think Cape Breton Island was hooking up wfh people last year.
(DIR) Post #AH0xYV8dkYBoFb2BUm by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T21:15:42.430912Z
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@amcooper Yeah, maybe. As an Air Force troop living in the dorms, the government already owns the building I live in, and doesn’t charge me rent. On the other hand, I’m in a binding contract and have to pay with my labor for several years until those terms are fulfilled.
(DIR) Post #AH0zjxBW0wQyKQy3ua by dustin@linernotes.club
2022-03-02T21:30:40Z
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@sean I was gonna say, you're closer than most to the "pay me to live there" reality.
(DIR) Post #AH0zwnY39bQeCpdIY4 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-03-02T21:42:33.305153Z
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@dustin yeah, but there's all kinds of strings attached. Which isn't inherently bad, but the tradeoff is significant enough that it's not exactly "free money". 😋But then, not many circumstances are.