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How did you find / decide on the smaller town to live in? Did you save up a lot of money before moving there incase things didn't pan out in finding a job (wer

by abledon 10y ago

How did you find / decide on the smaller town to live in? Did you save up a lot of money before moving there incase things didn't pan out in finding a job (were you certain you could find work/provide value fixing the towns computers before you moved there?).

tluyben2 10y ago
Well we started some small online-only (virtual) businesses in the country we are both from to make sure we could survive anywhere years before that (we had no clue where we would end up; it was basically just a coincidence). The plan was to live of that anyway once we left; I am however someone who cannot sit still, especially when I have no stress; I will start companies so that's what I do anyway, where ever I am. The computer example is what some of my friends are doing there; it's an option if shit hits the fan. We started in another, much smaller village (100 people) and that actually was in a place that was quite spartan; it was even more beautiful and cheaper to live, but we couldn't make a social life there. There were only artists who were there to make art; they didn't want to socialize, so we move to a random other village and that was a good one. We did not save up; both of us being entrepreneurs, we just left. We sold the stuff we had left in NL after a few years later.
- serg_chernata 10y ago
  I think you would enjoy the youtube channel of Jamie Mantzel. He did something similar but instead first bought a property in the middle of woods and built a house. Then, several years later, sold that and moved to an island in Panama where he pretty much builds everything he uses and barters with the locals.
  - tluyben2 10y ago
    Thanks for that; subscribed to his channel. I don't really build on my own house; I like electronics & software still too much but I think in a few years I might like to do that.

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How did you find / decide on the smaller town to live in? Did you save up a lot of money before moving there incase things didn't pan out in finding a job (wer

by abledon 10y ago

tluyben2 10y ago
Well we started some small online-only (virtual) businesses in the country we are both from to make sure we could survive anywhere years before that (we had no clue where we would end up; it was basically just a coincidence). The plan was to live of that anyway once we left; I am however someone who cannot sit still, especially when I have no stress; I will start companies so that's what I do anyway, where ever I am. The computer example is what some of my friends are doing there; it's an option if shit hits the fan. We started in another, much smaller village (100 people) and that actually was in a place that was quite spartan; it was even more beautiful and cheaper to live, but we couldn't make a social life there. There were only artists who were there to make art; they didn't want to socialize, so we move to a random other village and that was a good one. We did not save up; both of us being entrepreneurs, we just left. We sold the stuff we had left in NL after a few years later.
- serg_chernata 10y ago
  I think you would enjoy the youtube channel of Jamie Mantzel. He did something similar but instead first bought a property in the middle of woods and built a house. Then, several years later, sold that and moved to an island in Panama where he pretty much builds everything he uses and barters with the locals.
  - tluyben2 10y ago
    Thanks for that; subscribed to his channel. I don't really build on my own house; I like electronics & software still too much but I think in a few years I might like to do that.