Posts Tagged ‘cities’

What is the best city to live in?

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

I’ve been asking myself this question a lot.  There are so many citties to live in, that there must be a best city to live in right?  Is the best city the cheapest? Sunniest? Or largest? Of course everyone has a different opinion on the matter.  While some might find the best city to be in New Zealand for its great skiing, others might prefer San Diego for its sunny weather.  Whatever the case, personally preferences play a huge factor.

I’ve been to cities far and wide and can’t say I’ve ever found my own personal Shangrila.  You can live in New York and have it all, but pay for it too.  You can live in Mexico and pay barely anything to live, but deal with higher crime.  Whenever one aspect is high, another seems to be pushed down.  You can’t have everything and live cheap, or live cheap and expect to have everything.

There are exceptions to every rule.  Canada has managed to produce some of the world’s safest cities and cheapest at that.  Still, then you get to deal with colder winter weather.  Berlin has become a fashionable, cool city, but then you have ti

Perhaps I’m being greedy.  Many people don’t have the chance to choose where they want to live.  Where they live is based on where their job is.  Or maybe any place can be great or terrible depending on how you use your time? Some would say people make the place, get good friends and any place can be great.

Cheapest Cities to Live In, Which Cities are Cheapest?

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

If you ever wanted to live off blogging, why not just move to a cheaper city, in fact maybe with your current blogging income maybe you could afford some of these cheapest cities in the world?

Moving to a cheaper city is a great way to go farther with your income.  You could be earning $10 per day blogging and still survive in some of these cheapest cities of the world.

cheapest cities

 

Divided by Total/Cost of Accommodation/Food
1. Vangvieng Laos $4.25 $3.25 $0.50
2. Goa India $4.50 $3.50 $0.50
3 New Delhi India $5.50 $4.50 $0.50
4 Bangalore India $6.00 $5.00 $0.50
5 Bangkok Thailand $6.23 $3.73 $1.25
6 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam $6.86 $5.00 $0.93
7 Quito Ecuador $7.00 $5.00 $1.00
8 Phom Penh Cambodia $7.00 $3.00 $2.00
9 Bali Indonesia $7.16 $6.50 $0.33
10 Asuncion Paraguay $8.00 $4.00 $2.00

What about some more familiar cities?
Buenos Aires Argentina $14.00 $10.00 $2.00
Hong Kong China $17.95 $15.95 $1.00

Keep in mind to live cheap in the cheapest cities in the world, you will have to also reduce your living standards to be closer to that of the local population. This means no 4 star hotels, rather youth hostels or renting out an apartment. Still, even if you still feel the need to live above the living standard in these places, you can still live much better for much less.

Craiglist Charges On New Cities, Less Craigslist Free Cities

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Craiglist recently added a few more cities it’s list of places where you hae to to pay to list job ads.  On the list includes larger cities that were previously free which includes Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami (South Florida), Philadelphia, and Phoenix….

This means anyone wishing to place a free ad will no longer be able to for free. However, one section that Craigslist has decided to live open is the Gigs section, which includes ads for short term and low paying jobs remain free.

So at least we still get a free Craigslist section, but for those who liked to put ads on those cities now have to pay.