Alright now that I shared my awesome new job, I can finally share with you how moving abroad is going.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

A lot of this is contradictory as well.

I.e. wanting green nature around while having debilitating hay fever. Wanting a tech community around while not wanting to live in a big city. Able to buy a house with a garden for max €500k while close to an international airport ‍️

Basically I want Bern without winter and hay fever, but it also has to be affordable. Sigh.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@lalalasombra I hate Malta with a fiery passion. It has broken up an entire friend group after a girls trip

[eric@mastodon.ericbeckers.nl]

@Gina @marcel What a pity you already excluded France, because Montpellier immediately comes to my mind when seeing your list of requirements.

[vincenttunru@fosstodon.org]

@Gina Slovenia might have some spots that tick these boxes?

Also, it will never suck more than moving houses does, because if it does... You can just move houses again. So the risk of taking the leap is limited.

And who knows? Maybe you'll end up with newfound appreciation of the Netherlands?

[albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz]

@Gina

Girona's coast suffers a lot from tourism from April to October, but the towns just offset from the coast offer much comfort. Among these, don't miss Pals, Sant Pere Pescador, and L'Armentera. But if directly on the coast, I'd go for L'Estartit or Sant Feliu de Guíxols.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@VincentTunru lol that would be hilarious. But then I'd live in Drenthe or Limburg.

Edit: also yes, Slovenia looks awesome. Very green and mountainous.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@Gina really? ElenaGPT would have suggested Girona or Liguria too @marcel

[webhat@infosec.exchange]

@Gina @manfredzielinski in land from Málaga, in the direction of Coín, is also nice

[gina@fosstodon.org]

You know what else doesn't help? Italy being beautiful, but every Italian expat in Amsterdam that I've ever met saying they hate it and that they would never recommend anyone to move there 🥲

On the other hand, Spain is awesome but has an insane housing crisis atm. Also unbearably hot in most places.

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@_elena @marcel maybe this IS the answer 🥳

[jackeric@beige.party]

@Gina Scotland's nice and, the way things are trending, likely to get nicer

[albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz]

@Gina

If concerned about temperatures, consider Camprodon (Girona) and nearby.

[giantspacesquid@fosstodon.org]

@yngmar @Gina and that’s why it’s probably best to live on a sailboat

[spiezmaestro@social.spiezmaestro.ch]

@Gina Bern and <500K would have been a challenge.

[daleninar@mastodon.sdf.org]

@Gina The area of "Campo de Turia" is nice, and near Valencia in Spain. Small towns but around 25km from the city and close to the airport

[elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social]

@Gina If a lot of us pool our resources, maybe we can start a new tech community somewhere nice

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@elricofmelnibone ooh lets go to one of the abandoned villages in Italy!

[ryzokuken@mastodon.social]

@Gina the north of Spain is awesome and feels like the perfect balance in terms of weather and nature

[ryzokuken@mastodon.social]

@Gina Galicia or Basque Country should fit that description for the most part. I'm totally biased but check out A Coruña

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@ryzokuken I'm considering visiting Bilbao and San Sebastian in september. Does it really rain all the time there? 🥲