Ozarks. Northwest Arkansas. Eureka Springs if you are super blue. Fayetteville area for college life.
Very cheap and infinite nature. Not as backwards as you'd expect.
Source: I grew up in Carroll County Arkansas.
Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#32If the cost of living is cheap enough, you can run your own fiber with the saved money (and share with the neighbors.)
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#33Go to McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#34Go to McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#35Croatia, both coast including islands (there is 1k of them, many uninhabitted) and in land. I recommend Velebit, Papuk, Brac and of course Dubrovnik archipelag.
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#36The [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 [url-redacted] [url-redacted] PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection…
Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#37Bali, Thailand, Greece
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#38The [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 [url-redacted] [url-redacted] PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection…
Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?
I would say yes. I don't know this for sure but the level of english is good all over [name-redacted]. People might be a bit unprepared and shy but they will understand and reply in some way.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#39The [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 [url-redacted] [url-redacted] PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection…
Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?
> Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?
Absolutely.
According to Wikipedia, 86% of people in [name-redacted] know English. The percentage will of course be smaller in countryside and among older people, but I don't think you can find a small town where at least 50% of people wouldn't know English.
Re: Ask HN: What are some cheap idyllic places with lots of nature?
#40Boulder Creek, California. Less than an hour to the heart of the Silicon Valley, but worlds away.