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0 pointscpursley8mo ago0 comments

I don’t get it, at this point you move to Baja or Portugal (for similar climate) and live like a king without ever having to work again (unless you want to). Or a cheaper east coast state if you wanna stay in the US on the coast and have access to to all the same fast food and Walmarts.

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waste_monk8mo ago

How does medical care factor in to your plans? Do those places have equivalent access to care if you stay in or around the main cities?

Even something like living in the countryside domestically would worry me (that is, longer times between calling for help and it arriving, then time to be transported to a medical centre or hospital, and then probably getting transported to the city anyway for access to advanced medical care).

toomuchtodo8mo ago

Spain and Portugal have excellent, affordable healthcare (part time resident).

cjalmeida8mo ago

You know life expectancy in Portugal is higher than in California, right?

rightbyte8mo ago

Ye I really don't understand why people don't take their money and run more often. And like, run a convince store somewhere off.

TrapLord_Rhodo8mo ago

I'm one of those people who took "the money and [ran]"

I'm a digital nomad and have been traveling full time for 7 years now. It's great, it's a good balance of work/life balance but one thing you slowly start to notice is when you leave your country, no matter if you learn the language or how much integrate yourself into that country, you will always be an outsider to the majority in that country.

As an american you will always be a Yankee, Farang or Gringo and will carry the weight of the US collective.

StopDisinfo9107mo ago

That stops when you actually fix yourself somewhere and become part of the community.

Being a nomad is basically asking to start from scratch everywhere you go.

braebo7mo ago

As a neurodiverse offspring of a biracial marriage, I’m starting to feel more and more like an outsider in my home state. Though I’d likely feel it much more if I left now, to your point.

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