A question for people whose jobs or general lifestyle leads you to move around from place to place. What are some places you find yourself looking for first? And by that I mean, when I move I always ask myself:
- Where’s my Taco bell (I’m American yes)
- Where’s my Walmart (Still definitely American)
- Where’s my job What are some of the first places you always find yourself looking for in a new area first?
As a Dutch for me its quit simple. Where can I get coffee, beer, bread and groceries I can walk or cycle to
Waar is de HEMA is meestal mijn vraag
Altijd hetzelfde drama in het buitenland!
Provided I already know where I will sleep and take care of my little person:
- Chemist/pharmacy, as I need daily medications without which, after a too short while, there won’t be much of me left.
- Public libraries, and also bookshops (new/used).
- A place where I can sit at a table and be left alone to work, if I fancy so.
- Some cool places I can walk to? (parks, art galleries, museums, chess club, any kind of cool places). Walking is my friend and I will walk as much as I can. So, I like to find cool new places I can walk to. If there are no cool place, I will just walk around.
- Office supply. My job happens between the tip of a pen(cil) and a sheet of paper, and if I always have spares with me I prefer having options.
- If the place I live at provides no meal (handmade cooking, not some microwave junk) I will either:
look for a restaurant offering actual food (non hyper-processed shit).
look for a grocery store selling fresh/bio/locally sourced if at all possible, food that I can cook myself. A big plus if I can also find artisanal cheese (yes, I’m French). - Artisanal bakery selling handmade bread/pastries. Industrial bread should be declared illegal and a crime (see my previous remark about cheese ;)
- A nice café/pub. Nice as in ‘this is some quiet and comfy place (without too loud music/tv, I’m 100% fine with people chatting, like actually chatting not the yelling drunkard kind) that sells great coffee and/or tea’ (even though I’m French, I’ve not touched alcohol in the last 30 years, and have zero desire to change that).
I haven’t been a digital nomad 17 years, but my usual was:
- Simplest way of getting to the airport? Not for leaving permanently, but my job required it.
- Where can I hang all day, chilling on my laptop? Bonus points if they sell beer
- Good safe and cheap place for parking my car long-term
In (decending) order of importance:
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where do I park to sleep?
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where is the coffee shop?
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where is a gym that is not the dungeons of Planet Fitness?
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where is the Laundromat?
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where is a better coffee shop?
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where is a better Laundromat?
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Good cheap hole in the wall restaurant. Preferably, mexican, indian, japanese, korean.
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Good grocery & bakery
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Good cafe.
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Good proximity to work so little to no commuting.
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Nice place to go for walks at night.
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Where is the nearest emergency room and 24/7 emergency vet?
Nomads. That’s not how apostrophes work.
Fixed
usually AYCE buffets first, then local supermarkets.
then general wandering around my town or city to see what looks cool, open-air markets, mom and pop restaurants and the like.
Generally in this order:
Where am I sleeping? Where am I shitting? Where am I showering? Where can I get food? What are fun things to see in the area?
