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

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@manfredzielinski except that they're big cities where it's hard to find a somewhat affordable house with a garden 🥲 Also Valencia, while beautiful, is insanely humid. Loved Malaga though, but it feels very far away from mainland Europe, where I still have to travel to quite a bit.

[bundyo@bundyo.com]

@Gina

Well, I'm not helping by saying that Sofia ticks all of these.

But also:
- rather smoggy during winter;
- currently has pro-russian government, Radev is like Orban from Temu;
- not very bike friendly;
- the house with the garden won't really be in the town
- coastal is 300km away (closest in Thessaloniki, Burgas is 360km away);
- 2k high inactive volcano bordering the city, but still a mountain.

[marcel@van-der-boom.nl]

@Gina bit worrysome, but first thing i thought; "paste that in a claude session to get some suggestions"

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@lalalasombra the Croatian coast might be one the most beautiful places on earth .

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@marcel I have 🥲 (sorry). Claude really wants me to move to Girona, Bilbao, Trieste or Liguria.

[romainbecker@mastodon.opencloud.lu]

@Gina
We're just waiting that climate change brings the belgian coast next to #arlon .

That's easier than trying to get a 500k house in Luxembourg!

You're welcome.

[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.