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If you could only move ONE more time, where would you go?
5912 sats \ 65 comments \ @birdeye21 22 Dec 2023 earth
Assume the next trip you go on will be the last traveling you ever take part in. It's a one-way ticket to somewhere new.
Assuming you knew this, and that you'll be stuck there indefinitely, where would you want to be?
You'll be up and moving you, your family, your social life, career, dogs, cats, and potentially many other aspects of your life. Where will you find the "smoothest" transition, and the greatest ROI for yourself, given your new circumstances? Where would you be most excited to take on life from?
Or would you rather stay put right where you are now? Why? Are you happy where you've landed?
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1073 sats \ 17 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
My wife and I are basically trying to answer this question right now. I can mostly do my job remotely, so the world is our oyster. We've more or less narrowed it down to lake and mountain towns in the American Midwest or South.
Why there?
  • Low cost of living
  • Low taxes
  • Relatively free economies
  • Improving (from our perspective obviously) social and cultural attitudes
  • Limited exposure to deranged leftists
  • Natural beauty
  • Allowed to hobby farm in residential neighborhoods
  • Lots of stuff for kids to do
  • Good affordable private schools
  • Easy to have enough yard for a dog
  • Driving distance to the beach
  • Inconvenient for unwanted family to visit
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540 sats \ 6 replies \ @megaptera 22 Dec 2023
Inconvenient for unwanted family to visit
🤣🤣
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450 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
It's the only reason I'm allowing Arkansas to be in consideration.
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582 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
I loved driving through Arkansas. It is beautiful. My wife wanted to buy a house there so we could be close to her family in Texas but not too close.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
Was that in northern Arkansas? That's the area we're looking into now.
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582 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
No, we drove from Memphis straight through Arkansas into north east Texas. So that would have been more central and southern part of Arkansas. Stopped in Benton for a bite to eat.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
I was about to insult your sense of geography, but then I realized Arkansas has both a Benton and a Bentonville.
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582 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
This confused me as well at first. When we stopped in Benton I was telling my wife "this is where Walmart is headquartered and where the first store was". Then I had to correct myself 5 minutes later when I realized it was actually bentonville. On the bright side, I don't think she was paying attention to my rambling anyways.
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490 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker 22 Dec 2023
Tennessee for you! Beach is a long drive, but long weekendable.
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
It's under consideration. We took an excursion to Clarksville, but it didn't quite grab us. If NE Tennessee housing comes down in price a bit, we'll look around there a bit more intensively.
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468 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 22 Dec 2023
The market is starting to soften a bit. Check out the Upper Cumberland region later in 2024.
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
Will do. Thanks
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582 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
If you want to move to the communist republic of Canada my neighbour is selling her house. We have the lake and mountain town (ski resort- close enough). We have the following on your list:
Natural beauty Lots of stuff for kids to do Good private schools (depend what you consider affordable) You can get a house with a decent yard for under 1M (what a steal) Driving distance to the beach Very inconvenient- need a passport, flight and a 2 hours drive.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
Pass. If we wanted to live in the frozen north we would move back to where we came from.
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582 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
Ok but you are missing out. Next year we get FREEEEEEEEEE dental care.
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113 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
I think we already have free dental, in the sense that my employer is required by law to pay for it out of what would otherwise be my paycheck.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec 2023
Yes, most people have dental coverage through their employment benefit plan here as well but they are adding a national dental care program for those not covered. Under a certain income, not sure exactly what it is.
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443 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
Nice last bullet point xD those are the perks we dont talk about enough
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826 sats \ 4 replies \ @peruvian_bull 22 Dec 2023
Colombia. I lived there for 3 months this year with @benwehrman and met some amazing bitcoiners and entrepreneurs. The women are beautiful, the views are spectacular, and medellin has gotten safer ( if you keep your head about you).
Will totally go back.
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711 sats \ 2 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 22 Dec 2023
I'm actually about to move there. Not to Medellin though, waaay too hot and humid for me.
And I feel completely safe there. Okay, I once had my phone stolen from my bag, but I only ever go out with a second phone. The one from my original country that has all apps and passwords stays home.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @peruvian_bull 23 Dec 2023
i am going to go back in february or march of this year.
please reach out to connect with me on nostr or twitter! there's also a bitcoiner telegram group for medellin you should join
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 23 Dec 2023
done! thanks :)
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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
Had a friend who was just about to move out there...but backed out last minute!!
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724 sats \ 3 replies \ @go 22 Dec 2023
I'd be tempted to move to a region with at least two other countries nearby.
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303 sats \ 2 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
Why is this? In case you need a way out?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @go 23 Dec 2023
ha yeah.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23 Dec 2023
understandable lol, esp given rising tensions
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290 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Dec 2023
I can't pinpoint a specific location, but it would have to be somewhere with year-round heat, a beach and mountains. And of course, be able to spend bitcoin.
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178 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
Many places fit that bill. I'd like the same, except I do enjoy the colder months! Builds an appreciation for the hot ones lol.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 22 Dec 2023
That's what the mountains are for. Winter weather you can escape with a three hour drive!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
You raise good points.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 22 Dec 2023
Thank you
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204 sats \ 0 replies \ @criptopanas 22 Dec 2023
Maybe I'd go to the Azores or Canary Islands. Great scenery and good weather.
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326 sats \ 1 reply \ @brave 22 Dec 2023
I will go to rural areas because urban areas are to polluted in both the air and sound
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
You can literaly feel the lack of fresh air being near a big city
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56 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 22 Dec 2023
Moving to another place is not the way.
You are making the lovely place where YOU want to live, not where others are forcing you to live.
This is how you are in control of your surroundings and not the way around... just think about.
Time and place are just an illusion, live your life in the moment.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 22 Dec 2023
https://i.postimg.cc/W1RhLbvg/darth-truth.gif
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70 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitByBit21 22 Dec 2023
I have in mind the perfect place and I'm planning to spend the rest of my life there, but being an introvert lonesome person, I won't tell anyone, except my wife and my kids.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Dec 2023
What's in this place to make you move there?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitByBit21 22 Dec 2023
Nice try, FBI!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitByBit21 22 Dec 2023
Lol, joking... warm weather, fresh air, nature, kind people, Internet access and an airport not too far.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
respect, i feel the same lol
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @gd 22 Dec 2023
San Pedro Alcantara, Spain
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @dave9000 22 Dec 2023
El Salvador. Simply because it's the first adopter of Bitcoin it will have a huge advantage over everyone else in the future. Doesn't matter how poor it is right now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
seeing what el salvador's doing's got me basically shitcoining -- "okay, where's the NEXT country to pop off??" Lol
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bap 22 Dec 2023 freebie
Give me a white sandy beach, a hammock between palm trees, and a non-alcoholic piña colada with a tiny umbrella. I'll barter fish for coconuts, invent a currency based on seashells (feels like we've been here before), and declare my own independent sovereign - "Baptopia." No taxes or laws, just endless sunshine and the occasional philosophical chat with a wise old man and a parrot. The family can learn to surf, my dogs can chase hermit crabs, and my S19s can finally perfect their sunbathing technique.
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45 sats \ 0 replies \ @Entrep 22 Dec 2023
I would love to move onchain so that all movement are verifiable
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @phatom 22 Dec 2023
El Salvador is the shit!
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @satoshiplanet 22 Dec 2023
2008, anywhere
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023 freebie
First order of business: e-mail directly to satoshi @ vistomail.com
21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 22 Dec 2023
Canada, or New Zealand, or Switzerland.
I want to see mountains again Gandalf, Mountains!
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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
Alaska has mountains and it's not an authoritarian hellscape. That wasn't aimed at you Switzerland.
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476 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 22 Dec 2023 freebie
Haha! But it is run by sleepy Joe and that doesn't stack into the pro column for it.
Switzerland seems like the best of the bunch so far. Lauterbrunnen just looks like the most incredible place to live.
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592 sats \ 2 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
New Zealand....such a beautiful country...such a shame its government is so ugly
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 22 Dec 2023
Prior to their Covid hysteria, we would occasionally think about moving there.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @c137Heather 30 Dec 2023
My family and I lived there for a year (prior to covid) and loved it, but wouldn't consider it again.
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @faradayfedora 22 Dec 2023
The past
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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthzar 22 Dec 2023
You have already sent yourself back in time to re-live this time period. Unfortunately, your memories were reset, so you don't remember why you went back in time. This is your only chance to figure out what you need to fix, and to do it right this time.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 22 Dec 2023
The past is an illusion, create a better present now!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 22 Dec 2023
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @kdnolan 23 Dec 2023
Probs Bali
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 23 Dec 2023
One foot in front of the other.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Dec 2023
Where I live. If I wanted to move I would have already. My wife and I have two young boys and a small suburban almost rural community we love.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 23 Dec 2023
Makes me happy to hear that! Sounds like a perfect setup you got
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126 sats \ 0 replies \ @Krv 25 Dec 2023
I would a build house on a different part of the ranch I live on here in a mountainous area of Mexico.
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