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I spent my 20s traveling around the world, working and living from many places. My favorites are (skiping cities already in this thread): - Brighton, UK: aweso

by dejv 8y ago

I spent my 20s traveling around the world, working and living from many places. My favorites are (skiping cities already in this thread): - Brighton, UK: awesome music scene, lot of activities, chill atmosfere. Good connection to London (< 1 hour by train) if you need to do networking. Great for freelancers, not so many tech jobs. It is also quite expensive compared to other places on list. - Brno, Czech Republic: my hometown and place where I decided to settle down after years of traveling. University city, great place for gastronomy, bar scene and coffee. Very cheap: you can live very confortably for 1200 USD/month. Good place when you want to hangout and when you earn money remote. Close to Vienna or Prague. - Cluj, Romania: a bit more off the beaten path feel. A bit run down, but having good youngful atmosfere. It is very cheap, good food, easy to meet new people and find friends. English is widely spoken among young people.

growlist 8y ago
I live near Brighton and am moving away soon: house prices in Sussex pretty much anywhere with decent transport links are insane (the house I'm buying in the West Country would be more than double the price over here, around £1m!!), pollution is bad, there is drugs and crime, loads of the shops are just overpriced crap for idiot hipsters, and it's always crowded with tourists. It's such a shame because Sussex is lovely.
- dejv 8y ago
  You can say that about any city of major size. If you live in Brighton, you don't have to visit Beach and clubs around Middle street (I guess this is where a lot of crime and fighting happen) and you dont have to go to Lanes and areas around Pavillion (hipster shops and tourists). Brighton for me was more about open mic events, lots of concerts, hikes in nature, coffee shops and work. I barely seen any tourists.
  - growlist 8y ago
    Sure, but some cities are worse than others, and Brighton is particularly bad for pollution and drugs. But then my feeling is that SE UK in general is unpleasantly overcrowded. For example I don't bother trying to go anywhere on a bank holiday any longer because the roads will be miserable, and anywhere apart from obscure destinations will have hordes of daytrippers. Too many people with too much money and too little space.

by dejv 8y ago

growlist 8y ago

I live near Brighton and am moving away soon: house prices in Sussex pretty much anywhere with decent transport links are insane (the house I'm buying in the West Country would be more than double the price over here, around £1m!!), pollution is bad, there is drugs and crime, loads of the shops are just overpriced crap for idiot hipsters, and it's always crowded with tourists. It's such a shame because Sussex is lovely.

dejv 8y ago
You can say that about any city of major size. If you live in Brighton, you don't have to visit Beach and clubs around Middle street (I guess this is where a lot of crime and fighting happen) and you dont have to go to Lanes and areas around Pavillion (hipster shops and tourists). Brighton for me was more about open mic events, lots of concerts, hikes in nature, coffee shops and work. I barely seen any tourists.
- growlist 8y ago
  Sure, but some cities are worse than others, and Brighton is particularly bad for pollution and drugs. But then my feeling is that SE UK in general is unpleasantly overcrowded. For example I don't bother trying to go anywhere on a bank holiday any longer because the roads will be miserable, and anywhere apart from obscure destinations will have hordes of daytrippers. Too many people with too much money and too little space.