Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley despite the 10-hr drive

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bend-oregon-is-becoming-a-commuter-town-for-silicon-valley-despite-the-10-hour-drive/ar-BBJRJnU

by kimsk112 • 8 years ago

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marklyon• 8 years ago

This doesn't seem worth it. At best you've got a company that can handle this arrangement today, but it seems to dramatically limit your options for new employment or even to survive a changes within the same org.

ceejayoz• 8 years ago

Some people are perfectly willing to limit employment options to remote-friendly.

wbl• 8 years ago

And now they want to preserve the charm, so it will inevitably become another ultraexpensive place.

jaggederest3• 8 years ago

It's already the most expensive place to live in Oregon. The atmosphere is a little bit like Aspen (from what I understand, never been to Aspen).

mradamh• 8 years ago

I'm a remote software dev in Bend. I've been here about a year after living in Portland for 9 years. Bend is definitely not as expensive as Portland. We can afford a lot more for our money here.

EtDybNuvCu• 8 years ago

Sunriver and other tourist destinations in the area are expensive; living in Bend itself is not.

tachyoff• 8 years ago

I think there are other places to work besides the Bay Area.

bdcravens• 8 years ago

Meanwhile in Bend, a one-bedroom will set you back about $1,100

Funny, my 3-bedroom, 1600 sqft, corner lot just north of Houston costs just $1200

ransom1538• 8 years ago

Texas has 0 income tax. You win.

paulcole• 8 years ago

Neat! What’s the mountain sports scene like in Houston?

mattsfrey• 8 years ago

People are downvoting this but honestly, its a huge consideration. I pay a huge premium to live in Boulder,CO and have often thought how awesome it'd be to move to Texas, save a ton of cash.. except yeah, if you're not content just doing "city things", it's frankly a wasteland.

bfuller• 8 years ago

It really is a drawback. But I somehow get by spending two weeks in tahoe yearly.

jaggederest3• 8 years ago

I've been remote in Oregon since 2011.

It's not all sunshine and rainbows, jokes about the rain aside, mostly due to the fact that many, many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay.

jey• 8 years ago

many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay

What do you mean? Is this a way of saying "many Bay Area companies don't hire remote workers"?

loeg• 8 years ago

It's more than just not hiring remote workers. Some employers are actually surprised that one might not want to relocate to the bay.

ChuckMcM• 8 years ago

I suppose that given the $414K median house price from Zillow and subtracting that from the median house price of say Santa Clara county of $1M (same source) that leaves you $500K to buy a nice airplane to commute with :-).

Joking aside, I really do think that if you could get sufficient bandwidth into a small town at reasonable costs you really could "remote" a lot of jobs from the Bay Area.

jzawodn• 8 years ago

There are several of us up at E45 (Pine Mountain Lake Airport) in Groveland, CA that fly/commute to Bay Area companies. Folks in Auburn do it too. And places outside Sacramento. It's more common than you might think.

ryannevius• 8 years ago

Yep, I used to live at Swansboro Country Airport (01CL) out of Placerville and know more than a few people who fly to the Bay Area.

suyash• 8 years ago

Click-Bait article - all it says is how some people occasionally Fly in and work more of the time by tele-commuting from computer. Nothing new here.

dogruck• 8 years ago

The headline is clickbait. It profiles one GOOG sales executive who travels a lot. It also describes a population of people who’ve decided (or expressed interest in) moving to Bend, where they will work, or work remotely.

Summary: some people are moving to Bend, OR. Also, housing there is cheaper than Silicon Valley.

dmode• 8 years ago

As a consultant who used to fly every week for three years, and hated it, I cannot believe people will voluntarily do this. My consulting travel almost killed my marriage.

Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley despite the 10-hr drive

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