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?

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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As a Dutch for me its quit simple. Where can I get coffee, beer, bread and groceries I can walk or cycle to

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    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).
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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I haven't been a digital nomad 17 years, but my usual was:

    1. Simplest way of getting to the airport? Not for leaving permanently, but my job required it.
    2. Where can I hang all day, chilling on my laptop? Bonus points if they sell beer
    3. Good safe and cheap place for parking my car long-term
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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    In (decending) order of importance:

    • where do I park to sleep?

    • where is the coffee shop?

    • where is a gym that is not the dungeons of Planet Fitness?

    • where is the Laundromat?

    • where is a better coffee shop?

    • where is a better Laundromat?

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago
    1. Good cheap hole in the wall restaurant. Preferably, mexican, indian, japanese, korean.

    2. Good grocery & bakery

    3. Good cafe.

    4. Good proximity to work so little to no commuting.

    5. Nice place to go for walks at night.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Nomads. That's not how apostrophes work.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    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?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Where is the nearest emergency room and 24/7 emergency vet?

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