I’ve been interested in joining the rationalist community in person for years, but the cost of living in the Bay Area (and NYC) is a big turn-off. So like mingyuan, I think we should pick a secondary Schelling point, most likely in the U.S., with a tertiary non-U.S. destination for non-American aspiring rationalists, a place where (i) English is common, (iii) cost of living is low-ish, and (iii) immigration to there tends to be easier than immigration to the U.S. (with extra points for pleasant climate, good infrastructure, etc.). Ideas for the new location have included cadillion’s plan to move to a U.S. county where we’d have major voting power, or to just follow MIRI if it moves, except actually they’re not moving. On the other hand, it tends to be easier for people to move shorter distances or not at all, so I’d like to know where everyone lives right now.
Please answer either (1) by upvoting your city of residence (short click) or (1) by creating a new answer with your city of residence, if no one has mentioned it yet. Please don’t vote for places you don’t live; instead, give your opinion in a reply.
Also: LW user profiles have a location field, but is there a way to get tallies of locations of all users? Bonus points if it can be filtered to active users.
Edit: if you identify as EA, consider adding your info to EAHub.org: they have a map! See also: tagmap of “rationalist” and “slatestarcodex”. Notably, slatestarcodex has three large clusters in Texas.
I’d also like to see links/information on immigration laws in various countries (as comments, not answers).
[Question] Where do you live?
I’ve been interested in joining the rationalist community in person for years, but the cost of living in the Bay Area (and NYC) is a big turn-off. So like mingyuan, I think we should pick a secondary Schelling point, most likely in the U.S., with a tertiary non-U.S. destination for non-American aspiring rationalists, a place where (i) English is common, (iii) cost of living is low-ish, and (iii) immigration to there tends to be easier than immigration to the U.S. (with extra points for pleasant climate, good infrastructure, etc.). Ideas for the new location have included cadillion’s plan to move to a U.S. county where we’d have major voting power, or to just follow MIRI if it moves, except actually they’re not moving. On the other hand, it tends to be easier for people to move shorter distances or not at all, so I’d like to know where everyone lives right now.
Please answer either (1) by upvoting your city of residence (short click) or (1) by creating a new answer with your city of residence, if no one has mentioned it yet. Please don’t vote for places you don’t live; instead, give your opinion in a reply.
Also: LW user profiles have a location field, but is there a way to get tallies of locations of all users? Bonus points if it can be filtered to active users.
Edit: if you identify as EA, consider adding your info to EAHub.org: they have a map! See also: tagmap of “rationalist” and “slatestarcodex”. Notably, slatestarcodex has three large clusters in Texas.
I’d also like to see links/information on immigration laws in various countries (as comments, not answers).