Why I'm Moving to a Boring City

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[@RahilMittal]

This guy's ability to keep a straight face is mind-blowing

[@IGNEIRecords]

He would be a hell of a poker player

[@mitchconnor7066]

His eyebrows are stone cold

[@DmitryPolovka]

He's just dead inside

[@imerence6290]

Just looking at angular led his face muscles to atrophy. Many dangers of angular...

[@luccarodrigues781]

Out of all the videos Ben Awad has put out over the years, this is certainly one of them

[@The_Nova_Glow]

no shit

[@DoorThief]

It sure is

[@streetninja510]

First read: grunted in vague approval Second read: double take and attempt at critical analysis Third read: snorted laughing so hard I almost spilled my drink

[@inordirection_]

@@streetninja510 grunt at me in vague approval daddy

[@streetninja510]

@@inordirection_ as long as it stops before critical analysis😜

[@michael.knight]

looking forward to the new agriculture startup

[@kingivan1151]

I live in a place where the only big tech startups make tractor tracking software, and farming GPS stuff. send help.

[@znull3356]

@@kingivan1151 You're underestimating the potential of agritech. Get in while it's fresh.

[@kingivan1151]

@@znull3356 I'm not underestimating, I just find it boring as heck

[@paul1]

@@znull3356 so true

[@didziszvaigzne7679]

Soon angular devs won't be able to dislike Bens videos. What a great time to be alive.

[@JuanPablodelaTorre]

on the contrary, he called it "AngularJS", he'll get all the hate.

[@thevanted99]

two minute papers it you?

[@hectorcanizales5900]

@XineDoor r/woooosh that’s the joke

[@Sniper-ng5nd]

@@thevanted99 yessir

[@quebono100]

Plugins fixing it.

[@keshav9463]

Ben's a type of guy who tells the teacher to goo do her homework herself

[@kasim393]

also when he forgot to do homework, teacher punish herself

[@vlogmoinc5597]

Very original

[@Emadmohamad]

Ben actually bought a farm in rural Tennessee and will be recruiting carrot farmers for his next gig.

[@AdiPrimandaGinting]

The slogan: feeding America a step a time

[@alimohammed887]

He’ll scare the farmers: you either do your job or I’ll send you to Angular team

[@SuboptimalEng]

Ben Awad, the only tenn-eye-see

[@CoryTheSimmons]

This works. I had to move to a horse farm w/o internet a few years ago. Would drive 1hr to the local library with spotty 5Mbps where I would download/cache as many npm packages as I could, then drive back to the farm. Hours would pass with absolutely nothing to do and after a few days I got so bored that "coding something" sounded really fun. I wrote the most interesting code I've ever written there and was insanely productive even while being drunk most of the time. The internet and big cities have too much crappy dopamine. I'm just waiting for my lease to run out before moving to the woods under some Starlink coverage and never talking to anyone again. 🤤 Update: I just noticed he is a TikTok sex symbol. 🤦‍♂️

[@dusscode]

You think he chose to be one?

[@inordirection_]

Tennessee is truly a boring city, you've done well

[@l_combo]

Tennessee is a state, not a city. Nashville is one such city in said state ;) You can get up to all kinds of trouble in Nashville.

[@milanthakkar9493]

@@l_combo was a joke

[@l_combo]

@@milanthakkar9493 it's been a long day ;) well played

[@ezwaiy]

@@l_combo Des he live in Nashville now?

[@nerminkarapandzic5176]

I just randomly remembered I haven't seen Ben's video in a while, I go to the channel and see he posted 44 minutes ago

[@threeone6012]

The connection is real.

[@jennie6448]

Him: I moved to the most boring city Me who had to move to TN 2 years ago: Damn it's probably TN ngl

[@magmaticly]

That's some quality content, Ben. Keep it coming.

[@ThatGuyDownInThe]

Man, I work as a programmer and just moved to the most boring mountain rural city where the median age is 56, best decision I've ever made.

[@NewNerdInTown]

Where at? I'll join you, we can be mountain man maintainers together

[@quincy3367]

one with programming and nature

[@golovastik.mp3]

love you ben thank you for teaching me so much

[@japroz]

Finally , ben is alive after all

[@josephajibodu2377]

I check this guy's channel for new videos everyday. I really don't understand how I got stuck with him. But he's definitely been an inspiration from me.

[@beau]

The true reason: trying to escape his thirsty TikTok fans.

[@LeoStaley]

Such a bizarro place. It's the thirstiest comment section i've ever seen.

[@eleah2665]

Ben, always nice to hear from you although I miss the tutorials. (I can always watch useReducer again.) If you ever move to north texas (also boring) let me me buy you a lunch.

[@peterthedecent]

Dude so true, so true… The Beulr team just moved to Bend Oregon for the exact same reasons

[@dand4485]

Ben, as an ex-Microsoft employee, the Ballmer Peak was an interesting concept ;) Interesting looking at the kitchen and all the empty bottles lining the counter tops. Interesting given i was working in SQL, the one department i was in my "little" team had about 250, interesting of those only 10 were u.s. citizens originally, think i was the one odd ball, i went to public school. Then again most of the really really smart people talking with them, none of them ever drank even on drop of the magical Ballmer elixir. Either way ,best day ever was when he left MS, my 3500 shares of MSFT went from 27/share to 340. YAY!

[@beni0208tube]

His genius is frightening. I hope this turns out to be the next Ozark.

[@danielschneider4912]

Glad ur back, bout to move to pa from ny so I feel u, hopefully no social life leads to some good code…

[@andrewbetts4155]

How is Portland, Maine? Was considering that for my coding.

[@juanchaher1810]

LOL I am undergoing the same change of city, for the same reasons. It can be so hard to escape social responsibilities. Same criteria used: find perfect equilibrium between remote/boring and internet speed. Hopefully I will succesfully outrun all my problems now :)

[@mhzprayer]

That was literally one long country song about life on the road to Tennessee. Record it and you've got your next big thing.

[@MichaelCampbell01]

No idea where in TN you are Ben, but I'm just south of you in a northern suburb of Atlanta. Welcome to the SE. There are fun things around if you get bored (some don't include guns, even).

[@JerredRogero]

This is hilarious cause I did the exact same thing. Broke down my DXRacer in my car and moved from Austin the Georgia. Good luck!

[@saulo5216]

then why am I not laughing

[@JerredRogero]

@@saulo5216 dude you're so cool!

[@arumals3995]

I recently moved from Cary NC to TX. Originally I though on Galveston or Corpus but because of the constant floods I ended picking San Antonio TX, close to Boerne which is a town that I really like, plus is convenient because my family is in Monterrey Mexico which is 4 hours driving.

[@ad456ism]

I love how different comments on your KZbin and Tiktok are

[@ioshaven436]

Keep your shine and you'll do just fine.

[@herman751]

what orm do you use

[@andrewallen6689]

What chair do you use?

[@codewithtae6637]

Welcome to TN! Ru in Nashville?

[@hokum811]

FWIW multiple cities in Nebraska have a local fiber supplier giving 1 gig symmetric internet for $100/mo

[@paypalmymoneydfs]

Ben, Nashville is calling you

[@cody_codes]

I feel bad that you had to spend time in Scottsdale, I grew up there and there is literally N O T H I N G to do other than be rich and buy a house.

[@shozdott]

You need to code somthing only a certain county in Tenn can have access to and outsiders can only peer thru window If they mock same chores lol

[@TheBlackManMythLegend]

when everything around create a general stress emotion it's time to move.

[@DThompsonDev]

Ben if you are near Memphis we have to meet up!

[@mysteriouse5891]

Tennessee - Holy shit! You almost made it to Raleigh.

[@tegaogheneovo5881]

lol gotta hold on to that ergonomic chair

[@KrishabBashyal]

Ben what chair is that

[@adamcarroll3498]

I didn't realise that this phenomenon had a name -- Ballmer's Peak -- thank you! This explains so much to me...

[@JustCode39]

you mean megabit right? unless you have 2Gbps internet

[@Josh-hi5wd]

Nice too see you around on my feed :)

[@celestemenjivar5022]

Come to Cumming, GA

[@blehbleheh]

I think 2020 has made me appreciate boring cities in ways I never thought I would before.

[@jackie.be3]

Come to Montreal!!

[@zheil9152]

Bro. They got 1.6Gbps in TN?

[@asdf3568]

Takes me about 2 hours to get to Balmer's Canyon. That's 2 hours of productivity.

[@yeahh267]

Damn of all the places

[@Papadokalis]

Not a bad choice the cost of living is very low here as long as ur not in Chattanooga or Nashville

[@JesseUnderscoreMartin]

Tennessee is one of my favorite cities

[@matthewvaccaro8877]

Shots fucking fired. God damnnnnn!

[@GianAmati]

I’ve been thirsty about Ben before that vox article and im proud to share it in the comment section.

[@garybarnes9494]

Chattanooga by chance?

[@joshchoixyz]

Omfg the Ballmer's Peak had me dead

[@ffoska]

Tennessee, famous for whiskey, Taylor Swift, and Ben Awad... sounds about right. Nice

[@frankyb702]

Ben! Come back and stay in las vegas!

[@joynd]

At first I was mad at myself for clicking on the video since I am suppose to be coding but the LOL was definitely worth it.

[@PerfectLavender]

It took him 2 minutes and 50 seconds to say he was living in Tennessee. Ahhhh come to NC instead we’re even more boring

[@akin242002]

Austin is hippie?! You haven't been to San Francisco or Oakland, California my friend. Austin is SF hippie diet. Great video!

[@KenJee_ds]

Chicken sandwich startup next?

[@duderadley2383]

This guy is a legend

[@Exhalation19]

Greetings from Nashville/Knoxville, hit me up if you want to collab on your next project or hangout.

[@bernardoquina3047]

I feel like this is the right move

[@ondrejmarek9752]

I love your humor! ROFL

[@transcendcapitalism]

but where in tennessee tho

[@dylanalexander5163]

there has to be a happy medium here

[@WiseManCOD]

My god, I was loving this video until I heard you say my state. My heart sunk and I nearly fainted.

[@pythonSefer]

You should try out Idaho

[@sachinkumar-jc3ub]

Where is tie?

[@ryanspivey1819]

Chatanooga, Nashville, Memphis, or somewhere more boring??

[@Vaidd4]

OH no. I shouldn't have check your tiktok. its been half an hour and I'm still laughing.

[@CardinalHijack]

Will we ever see more tutorial series, with new tech/updated versions of tech used in the old series like the graphql/next stuff? Or is that era dead now lol?

[@michael.knight]

we've moved on from the tutorial era to the meme era

[@josesoto3594]

why would you still need tutorials? get out of the tutorial loophole

[@SogMosee]

He made a video about what he wants to learn in 2021, which if I remember correctly included things like data dog and sentry, so would be intrested to see how thats going

[@CardinalHijack]

@@josesoto3594 I like to watch other people code. See how they do things. See how they change over time. See how they do things differently to me or how I can improve on their ideas. I specifically liked watching Ben because of the tech he chose. Your take is terrible lol.

[@jasonschannel]

Anglular jabs from Ben will never not make me laugh

[@siamekanto]

I don't even understand how Ben makes money 🤔

[@suzanm1751]

i recommend georgia if you want somewhere seriously boring

[@joshadams8761]

I liked Scottsdale, but it’s too hot for me.

[@xMercuryx56]

swing down to Chattanooga brah, I gotchu

[@priscilacardosodonasciment5383]

Tudo Sobre As Todas As Técnicas do Boring City Com o Meu Anunciante Virtual Ben Awad.

[@Simsrockslol]

the mentions of angular js are so triggering as an angular dev

[@twitchclips8711]

I fucking love you Ben

[@privatemind]

I wanna go to a slumber party with Ben

[@ufufu001]

i don't know what is happening to the hair, but i like it a lot

[@bryces2650]

Chattanooga? I am literally doing the same thing. Except I did a year on the road in an RV, with a not so ergonomic chair. I left Bend, Oregon as everyone was moving there, very similar to the Austin vibe, and have been looking for the next place to settle down. Thinking it might be Chatanooga, knoxville was a little too boring.

[@dtmrx]

great choice. i moved out here next to a farm. coding and reading code allll day.

[@b1chler]

Thats the way! Gl & hf

[@mikesummer670]

"If you give up new york i'll give you tennessee" - Kings of Leon

[@JaimeGuajardo]

😂 let us know when you end up back in Austin Ben.

[@mmattbtw]

ben TN is about to get just as much expensive as every other place LMFAO

[@threeone6012]

Good mic.

[@robertbarnett6879]

3:04 If you stare at bens face while the dodge disapears yo can see a yellow face.

[@dailymeow3283]

Wheres your neck tie

[@unnamedperson8604]

the difference in his comment section between tiktok and youtube is so funny

[@ogwokwilliam3891]

someone please tell me - how old is Ben ... 28 or... ?!??

[@pharmokan]

Ben the type of guy to commit to business partnerships just for the memes

[@KevinNaughtonJr]

come back to nyc :(

[@bmasseybrannen]

chattanooga?

[@LawrenceDCodes.]

hmmm memphis nashville knoxvile .... i'm thinking he's out east