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Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by salih »

csomar wrote: post #139
ghiculescu wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bucharest confuses me. Walking around the city you see more luxury cars (mostly BMWs) per capita than almost any other European capital. But the median wage is 1000 Euros. None of the locals I've asked (friends, family, etc.) ever have a solid answer, so maybe the internet can help.

Luxury cars are not that expensive if they are very high on your list. Tunisia is poorer than Romania, and if you visit the streets, you'll see tons of Mercedes, BMWs, Porsches... The local just want to have one and that is the reason.

Funny, I was about to post the exact same remark about Tunisia.

As a tunisian, this always confuse me. the average salary is WAY less than $1000, the tax on imported cars is very high, yet the number of luxury cars is too damn high.

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by szukai »

danesparza wrote: post #175

I love the idea. I notice that the only factors used don't seem to mention any political unrest. For example, the top rated city seems to be in Thailand... which has experienced a lot of political unrest recently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#2013.E2.80.932014_poli...

The political unrest doesn't really effect day to day living at all for Thailand.

You can read up about it, the latest round actually has a lot of online posts talking about how "tourist friendly" the military was (no joke).

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by pieterhg »

alanbyrne wrote: post #201
BrianEatWorld wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the idea of the Nomad Guides, though I don't know what kind of value I would place on one. Perhaps, an alternative way to monetize would be if you worked out agreements in advance to sell Nomad Packages that covered all the basics for limited stays, which would minimize set up times and make arrival and departure painless. It would be nice if the current site included a better description of the NomadCost and…

+1 for a Nomad Package. I'd love it if someone met me at the airport with a pre-paid SIM card and suggestions for accommodation and public workspaces.

That's what I was thinking too. What would you like to pay for that? Let's say a pre-paid data SIM card, a day pass in a coworking space, a low-end hotel night near the space altogether?

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by geverett »

draugadrotten wrote: post #117
pieterhg wrote: post #46

Hi HN! I made this. Here's some info on the data before everyone goes berzerk :) Firstly, it's crowdsourced from this spreadsheet http://nomadlist.io/edit/ so it might not be 100% accurate. Secondly, NomadCost != cost of living. NomadCost is based on short-term staying in a hostel, hotel or apartment in the center, working in a coworking space and having a basic meal three times a day. That's the average digital noma…

> it's crowdsourced from this spreadsheet http://nomadlist.io/edit/ Can't seem to edit this with chrome, only with IE. Read-only in chrome.

Yeah can't edit - Istanbul, Turkey should definitely be on that list

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by ChuckMcM »

alanbyrne wrote: post #201
BrianEatWorld wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the idea of the Nomad Guides, though I don't know what kind of value I would place on one. Perhaps, an alternative way to monetize would be if you worked out agreements in advance to sell Nomad Packages that covered all the basics for limited stays, which would minimize set up times and make arrival and departure painless. It would be nice if the current site included a better description of the NomadCost and…

+1 for a Nomad Package. I'd love it if someone met me at the airport with a pre-paid SIM card and suggestions for accommodation and public workspaces.

That is the "killer app" here, basically a package deal. Also easy to monetize as you're converting customers for the various participating parties (phone/cowork/hostel/etc). If you can make it 'on demand' so that as someone walks off the plane they can stop at the "Nomadics" kiosk and say, "1 person, 2 months, no smoking." and be handed sim/annotated map/authcode for keyapp/token for shuttle and walk out of the airport and be productive an hour later.

To make that work you would need pre-arranged contracts with a co-working space, some hostels/hotels, phone companies, and transportation services. Using an NFC app to grant access to a coworking space/hotel room would minimize things like key management/inventory. It would be primarily a logistics play but if there are enough people doing this sort of thing it could be profitable.

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by epicureanideal »

pieterhg wrote: post #233
alanbyrne wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 for a Nomad Package. I'd love it if someone met me at the airport with a pre-paid SIM card and suggestions for accommodation and public workspaces.

That's what I was thinking too. What would you like to pay for that? Let's say a pre-paid data SIM card, a day pass in a coworking space, a low-end hotel night near the space altogether?

For me the question isn't really "how much would I pay", but more like "how much markup would I pay for the service of someone doing all that setup work". If you make a breakdown of the cost of all the items and then show me that the package includes a markup which is still much less than my hourly rate for doing the setup work, then I'd probably buy it.

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by pieterhg »

vog wrote: post #64

I find it confusing that 1°C is displayed in red, but 31°C is displayed in green (instead of bold red). The temperature should be checked against an upper limit.

I previously had it opposite, but I wanted to show that green was good and red was bed, also in terms of internet speed etc.

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by anton-107 »

visarga wrote: post #196

Pleased to find my city - Bucharest - at the top of bandwidth and pretty decent with regard to living cost, but 1312 EUR/month is absurd. I'd estimate the living cost to $250 rent, $200 food, $20 internet and $20 mobile voice+data = about $500/month. That is, if you rent a flat, buy food at supermarkets, not if you spend all day in coffee shops and eat only at restaurants.

Is this rent price for an apartment in the center that you can find within one week? Most european cities' centers are significantly more expensive than suburbs/country side.

$250 is suspiciously cheap

Re: Show HN: NomadList – The best cities to live and work remotely in

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Post by baby »

optymizer wrote: post #169

You need way more data points. I would add crime statistics to this for example or probability of getting arrested and beaten by the local police, and the average cost of bribing officials/administrative workers. For example, Sofia is #5, but, having lived there for a few years, it is absolutely not the #5 best choice, by far. That said, it's not a bad choice, it works for Telerik after all.

That's called "danger prime" in Europe when you apply for a V.I.E.
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