Read the article: section 13.
>> People living in NC and TX generally have a lot more disposable income than people in CA at the same gross income level. (In that sense, those other places are more free.)
> Sure, it's just more difficult to get to the same gross income level in those places.
I'm not sure how you would manage to read this comment thread and think my comment is about the person in the article specifically.
And of course, step 16 of your not-so-easy plan to vanish to avoid the consequences of your actions should not be contacting the New York Times and having them write an article about you.
That's a pretty limited reading of the article. Another lesson might be about the difficulty ordinary people have in staying private in modern society. I can think of many reasons why a person might desire (or need) the sort of privacy outlined in the article that don't have anything to do with "shilling bitcoin."
> And of course, step 16 of your not-so-easy plan to vanish to avoid the consequences of your actions should not be contacting the New York Times and having them write an article about you.
Sure. This whole thing appears to be little more than a publicity stunt.
I still think it is harder to earn $100k per year in a place like North Carolina than, say, California.