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Tangentially related question: What's the best country to hang out on with a beach & super fast wifi? Costa Rica always gets thrown around - but wondering if

Tangentially related question: What's the best country to hang out on with a beach & super fast wifi? Costa Rica always gets thrown around - but wondering if there's anything better/warmer/cheaper/faster.

seiji 13y ago
San Diego with an LTE hotspot? Cheap, warm, fast, pick three.
- joelrunyon 13y ago
  Touche.
- angrybits 13y ago
  San Diego is cheap, hmm. Who knew?
  - clarky07 13y ago
    right. i guess cheap is in the eye of the beholder? perhaps compared to new york or san fran.
  - enraged_camel 13y ago
    It can also get fairly chilly in comparison to Latin American countries.
- druiid 13y ago
  It's cheap to live in San Diego? Please tell that to my landlord. Certainly cheaper than SF proper, but really you end up paying a lot for gas (Because you drive everywhere) and food. At the end of the day, you probably aren't saving much.
1p1e1 13y ago
A month ago, I arrived in Morocco to work on my startup after I quit my job back in Belgium. I'm living in Taghazout, which is a very small fishing/surfing village. It's quite touristic, so rent prices are high. I'm paying ~$400 per month. However, food is extremely cheap. I easily live on $25 per week when cooking at home. My studio has a direct view towards the beach with opportunity for spectacular sunsets. The beach is 1 minute away, so I hear the sound of the ocean 24/7. The bays in the area give you more than enough beaches for sunbathing or surfing. It's definitely warm, more or less around the calendar. The internet that I have is extremely slow though. That would be a 0.25 Mbps connection. It's enough for working, but any forms of procrastination i.e. YouTube, cat browsing in reddit are nearly impossible. You can find 4 Mbps connection in some houses, but it is extremely rear. My guess is that in the big cities like Agadir, there will be fast wifi. If you have questions, shoot me an email - filipminev [at] gmail
- clarky07 13y ago
  oh to have "high" $400 rent.
  - 1p1e1 13y ago
    You can find something for half the price if you are not picky when it comes to location.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  What made you choose Morocco?
  - 1p1e1 13y ago
    I've wrote about it in more detail on my blog (there are a couple of more posts about it): filipminev.com/post/63548505248/on-the-startup-road But in a nutshell - adventure, warm weather, learn to surf, meet a lot of tourists with who I can share my startup idea, and receive feedback prior launching.
tikhonj 13y ago
I don't know about internet, but I really loved Croatia. Perfect weather on the beautiful Adriatic with some incredible cities. Dubrovnik is the best known, but I spent a couple of weeks living right by Korčula and that was also wonderful. To me, at least, being in Europe is also a really big plus. I love the idea that I could just take a ferry to Italy and going to Paris or London is only a slightly longer trip.

seiji 13y ago

San Diego with an LTE hotspot? Cheap, warm, fast, pick three.

joelrunyon 13y ago
Touche.
angrybits 13y ago
San Diego is cheap, hmm. Who knew?
- clarky07 13y ago
  right. i guess cheap is in the eye of the beholder? perhaps compared to new york or san fran.
- enraged_camel 13y ago
  It can also get fairly chilly in comparison to Latin American countries.
druiid 13y ago
It's cheap to live in San Diego? Please tell that to my landlord. Certainly cheaper than SF proper, but really you end up paying a lot for gas (Because you drive everywhere) and food. At the end of the day, you probably aren't saving much.

1p1e1 13y ago

A month ago, I arrived in Morocco to work on my startup after I quit my job back in Belgium. I'm living in Taghazout, which is a very small fishing/surfing village. It's quite touristic, so rent prices are high. I'm paying ~$400 per month. However, food is extremely cheap. I easily live on $25 per week when cooking at home. My studio has a direct view towards the beach with opportunity for spectacular sunsets. The beach is 1 minute away, so I hear the sound of the ocean 24/7. The bays in the area give you more than enough beaches for sunbathing or surfing. It's definitely warm, more or less around the calendar. The internet that I have is extremely slow though. That would be a 0.25 Mbps connection. It's enough for working, but any forms of procrastination i.e. YouTube, cat browsing in reddit are nearly impossible. You can find 4 Mbps connection in some houses, but it is extremely rear. My guess is that in the big cities like Agadir, there will be fast wifi. If you have questions, shoot me an email - filipminev [at] gmail

clarky07 13y ago
oh to have "high" $400 rent.
- 1p1e1 13y ago
  You can find something for half the price if you are not picky when it comes to location.
enraged_camel 13y ago
What made you choose Morocco?
- 1p1e1 13y ago
  I've wrote about it in more detail on my blog (there are a couple of more posts about it): filipminev.com/post/63548505248/on-the-startup-road But in a nutshell - adventure, warm weather, learn to surf, meet a lot of tourists with who I can share my startup idea, and receive feedback prior launching.

tikhonj 13y ago

I don't know about internet, but I really loved Croatia. Perfect weather on the beautiful Adriatic with some incredible cities. Dubrovnik is the best known, but I spent a couple of weeks living right by Korčula and that was also wonderful. To me, at least, being in Europe is also a really big plus. I love the idea that I could just take a ferry to Italy and going to Paris or London is only a slightly longer trip.