What city would you most like to live in?
If you couldn’t live in the city you currently live in, which city would you most like to live in? For me, it would probably be Melbourne. Cape Town is my favourite city although I don’t know how liveable it is
NYC
I've been to Melbourne - my mom is from there. I like Crown Casino and also surfed Bell's Beach. Capetown is pretty fun too and I've surfed J Bay in SA. I'd probably rather live in Melbourne though. SA can get pretty sketchy sometimes.
Providence or Boston.
I like small town America and New England portion of the Northeast is beautiful. Great place to raise a family even if it's pricey.
I've thought about retiring in Maine. It'd be a hard life but it's beautiful there.
Still no value in nicer areas around Portland or Kennebunkport tho.
Anywhere as long as it's not humid
Somewhere in Australia or perhaps Hawaii would be cool
I would like to give Valencia a try. Visited there once and absolutely loved every part of it. Going to try to spend more time there in the future. Seemed like the perfect blend of being big enough to have lots to do but also clean / friendly / community oriented.
Valencia is awesome. I lived there for 6 months and had a great time. There are less tourists there than Madrid and Barcelona so you’ll pick up the Spanish language more.
Somewhere in Siberia, where no one can find me.
just go to inland Maine, no one will find you there either
I live in Paris, but I'm moving to London soon (my favourite European city, and yes I still count it as Europe, at least geographically speaking...). In the US, I would love to live in California, where I'd be torn between LA and SF. I know they are super different cities form each other, so I'd probably need to visit a couple of times first to have a better idea.
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Oh wow, interesting about SF. May I ask why you found it to be so disappointing? From what I hear, it's definitely no longer what it used to be (with the massive influx of people coming to work in and around all things tech), but I did not necessarily expect it to be a negative experience.
All the places you mentioned I have either lived or visited. I would say the two best places were London for the culture and Los Angeles for the Sun but the culture there not so much. SF bay, is nice but I got bored of it after a while. Love Paris but not to live high taxes.
I'm curious why you say you still count London as Europe, why would you not count it as Europe, am I missing something?
Just because of Brexit, although granted that relates to the legislative EU and not the geographical Europe per se. And also because living there for 7 years, every single Brit called the rest of Europe back then "Europe" as a clear separate entity from the UK. Now to be clear, there is some logic to it, but they were still unique in doing that. An Italian going to Spain would never say "I'm going to Europe this weekend!" nor would a German going to France, or a Swede going to Denmark or to Portugal. Yet, all Brits always referred to every country outside the UK (and Ireland, as they count the British Isles as a general extension of the UK) as "Europe".
Other countries may refer to sub-geographies (e.g., Northern Europe or Eastern Europe), but not one says they're going to "Europe" to say the rest of Europe. This is something that always surprised me and, to me, made sense with the Brexit vote. Subconsciously, Europe had always been this "other entity", removed and different form them. and if you reminded them that they were in Europe, some would actually legitimately contest it, arguing that this was more of a "partnership" with Europe. Not everyone is so hard headed, but still, many people in the UK (even some young and well-travelled) have this very specific divide in their mind.
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Why do you say youre not sure CT is not livable? Spent some time there during college and absolutely loved it.
San Diego
Pyongyang
Currently in the Bay Area and if it wasn't here then Carmel/Big Sur, Santa Barbara, Pasos Robles or Sonoma County. Maybe Walla Walla in Washington if I can't afford a vineyard in the others.
I think Napa is too hot relative to semi-coastal areas in Sonoma/Monterey/Santa Cruz counties. You get the LA temps and more sun but still get a light breeze/morning fog from the ocean that keeps temps low.
Hamilton, Bermuda
In the US probably SF/Bay Area or San Diego. Outside the US, Amsterdam if Europe or Singapore if Asia (if we are talking pre-retirement and I still have to work that is).
SF, really? Well guess there's nothing better than the smell of fresh homeless droppings in the mornings to get you nice and ready for the day
haha i love living here. i am also in nob hill so away from the riff raff but downtown is shit hole agree.
decent weather, great outdoors access, i got a covid deal on a rent controlled apt (paying under $2300 for a 1 bed), and access to a phenomenal job market (i switched into tech from finance), plus ok food / nightlife. Don't really need anything else in life until I have kids
it's also one of the only walkable cities in the US which I've really enjoyed (don't have a car / don't need one)
Denver
I’d love to try NYC out. Completely different lifestyle than current (live in suburbs, drive everywhere).
No other big city interests me in terms of living. No matter where I would be, my day would consist of waking up, gym, work, gym. Weekends just walking around in the woods (if available) or sidewalk
NYC is the shit. I first visited in 2006 and knew I had to get there somehow. I made it there at the end of 2007 and it was a blast.
Let’s do a trip and pull some baddies
Budapest. Hopefully our finance sector will expand.
I have faith, my Central European brother. Let's get a Visegrad Group currency going hahaha
somewhere I can surf almost every fucking day
maybe that's portugal, maybe CR, maybe SW france, maybe san diego, maybe chicama peru, idk, just need some more water time in my life
Puerto Rico and Hawaii have good waves too.
PR is only good in winter & spring
hawaii is only good in the north in winter & spring, south only good in summer
also, I'd rather surf in places where the average wave is chest to head high and consistent, where I can catch shitloads of waves, not get super tired, and not fear for my life. I cannot say that I'd feel the same if I lived on the north shore or aguadilla when you've got 20 foot faces breaking over a shallow reef and a million guys in the lineup
Raleigh, NC. Been planning a move in the next couple years. Hot in the summer but nice enough to golf year round. Less than 2 hours from some nice beaches. Great city for young people with a lot breweries and things to do. But also not overcrowded or big city feeling which I hate
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