Make no mistake about it: California isn’t the best place to work from home. Despite being objectively beautiful, California doesn’t have many of the creature comforts workers need to thrive in a work-from-home environment.
Coworking space is prohibitively expensive, while sky-high living costs make California a tough place to work remotely. Work out of these cities at your own risk — but at least the weather will always be perfect!
One of the crown jewels of Orange County, Santa Ana is home to countless golf courses, tourist attractions, and picture-perfect homes. Unfortunately, this doesn’t equate to easy living for remote workers.
Although Salinas is another picturesque California town, being a remote worker while living there is a hassle. The region has an exceptionally high cost of living thanks to unsustainably high real estate prices.
Living in Glendale has perks, from Universal Studios Hollywood to Dodger Stadium. Working from Glendale, however, has significant drawbacks. Like all cities on this list, it’s so expensive it’s most likely not worth the effort.
Sure, you can enjoy some much-needed downtime at the beach, but would you ever be able to truly appreciate it when you’d need to earn so much money to live near it?
As someone who lived 45 minutes from Escondido, I cannot understand why anyone would agree to work remotely from there. It’s hot, barren, and there’s little to do. You’re less than an hour away from San Diego — why not just live there instead?