I live in Cancun, Mexico right now. There are some areas where it's nice and not so expensive. Other places are around here because of tourism. However, Chiapas has mountains and rivers and is the cheapest state in Mexico from what I've heard.
Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
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#12Dilijan, Armenia
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Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#13Are you a US citizen? At $0.76 per CAD the whole of Canada is pretty much the definition of "cheap".
If you're considering Canada on the exchange rate, try out Banff or Jasper in Alberta; they're national parks and wonderfully maintained.
Enough beautiful hikes to keep me entertained for the last decade. I've found going over a mountain and back quite a boom for productivity if only because I don't want to walk afterwards.
The internet is fairly not terrible.
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#14Swansea, Wales, UK I moved back (in from there originally) and we have - the UK's first area of outstanding natural beauty - mountains, loads of mountains - world class beaches - low cost of living - a TechHub with easy access to TechHub Shoredich in London - pretty good internet, with 300mb consumer connections being rolled out - great surfing And soon to be built, a £1.5bn tidal lagoon and £0.5bn to be spent on reg…
Wales is beautiful. I spent quite a bit of time in Aberystwyth, and look forward to returning one day.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#15Are you a US citizen? At $0.76 per CAD the whole of Canada is pretty much the definition of "cheap".
If you're considering Canada on the exchange rate, try out Banff or Jasper in Alberta; they're national parks and wonderfully maintained. Enough beautiful hikes to keep me entertained for the last decade. I've found going over a mountain and back quite a boom for productivity if only because I don't want to walk afterwards. The internet is fairly not terrible.
Banff and Jasper are beautiful but not "cheap". You really should go regardless.
Meanwhile, Vancouver Island fits your description.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#16Are you a US citizen? At $0.76 per CAD the whole of Canada is pretty much the definition of "cheap".
If you're considering Canada on the exchange rate, try out Banff or Jasper in Alberta; they're national parks and wonderfully maintained. Enough beautiful hikes to keep me entertained for the last decade. I've found going over a mountain and back quite a boom for productivity if only because I don't want to walk afterwards. The internet is fairly not terrible.
Banff, Canmore, Lake Loiuse, Jasper. Just spent the day at Lake Louise (from Calgary). The most beautiful place on earth. Hiked to lake Agnes (7000ft elevation) with family. We were soaked but enjoyed it immensely.
There are reasonably priced accommodation with the current CAD/USD rate.
Winter is another story but has its charm (& winter sports).
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#17Perhaps Ithaca, New York? It's a smallish college town (Cornell, Ithaca College), but with lots of great scenery nearby, including forest, lakes, and gorges.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're considering Canada on the exchange rate, try out Banff or Jasper in Alberta; they're national parks and wonderfully maintained. Enough beautiful hikes to keep me entertained for the last decade. I've found going over a mountain and back quite a boom for productivity if only because I don't want to walk afterwards. The internet is fairly not terrible.
Banff and Jasper are beautiful but not "cheap". You really should go regardless. Meanwhile, Vancouver Island fits your description.
I was going to suggest Tofino, where I am sitting. But the internet speed is not great.
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#19The [place-redacted], I'm biased since I live here, but the place have for [number-redacted] years never ceased to amaze me with its nature and people. The name comes from the fact that the land rises about 10 mm out of the sea each year, this is because of the pressure of the ice during the last ice age
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PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection and live in a very small village DS.
PSS. I live here, but I work (remote) for a [place-redacted] based software company DSS.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#20Pacific Northwest is nice. I like the Olympic Peninsula. I don't know the state of internet there; when I was last there, "Are you on email" was still a common question. Probably drops off as you get farther from the various towns. You could probably base yourself in Port Angeles, they have a ferry terminal to Canada and close access to the Olympic Mountains and the coastal rainforest.
https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?q=Olympic%20Peninsula&obox=...
Lots of good daytrips, weekend and week trips available from there.