Best bang for the buck place to live to play Internet poker?

[aujoz]

Broadly speaking (and there are certainly outliers) there's a trade off between cost of living and standard of living.


If you want something more substantial than random anonymous people endorsing their own home town, Canada and Australia (as far as countries that are both English-speaking and "Western") host a number of cities that do well on both counts:

Research into Cost of living, ranking cities:
http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm
Moscow replaces Tokyo as world’s most expensive city; Asuncion in Paraguay is the cheapest

Most Eastern European cities have dropped sharply in the rankings

Many US cities have risen in the rankings due to the strength of the dollar

London drops two places to rank fifth



Research into Quality of living, ranking cities:
http://www.finfacts.ie/qualityoflife.htm

Zurich scores highest for quality of living, Baghdad ranks lowest

Cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings

Honolulu is the highest ranking city in the US; Houston is the lowest

London remains at position 39; Birmingham and Glasgow both climb one place to joint 55th position



P.S. I am in the habit of renting out a spare room in Newcastle, Australia, for several weeks/months at a time to 2p2'ers. My current "guest" is staying until mid-february...pm me for info

[Statutory]

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Buenos Aires?

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I was thinking about spending the summer there instead of spain because of the dollar to Euro issue.

Why do you suggest this? I'd love some more info.

[TheMetetron]

Because the country is incredibly awesome?

- Incredibly low cost of living.
- Tons of cool European architecture.
- Beautiful Argentine women.
- Good internet access and big city amenities you are used to.
- Lots of good theatre & tango shows.
- Very safe for how large the city is, especially considering it is in South America. I feel entirely comfortable walking 10 blocks at 3 am coming back from a bar or taking a cab from across town.
- Great Argentine food. Must like beef though.
- Low cost of living is worth repeating. 60 cent empanadas, $2-3 taxi rides, $1-2.50 for drinks at bars.
- The people are really friendly as well.

Downsides:

- You are coming during winter.
- Not a whole lot of people speak English. Any extended stay requires spanish classes if you aren't already fluent.

[okietalker]

You might want to look into NORTHERN Belize. specifically Corozal. I am moving there within the next 2 years. Its quiet, relatively cheap, and they speak English (kind of).

With a large Mexican town just to the north (like 15 or 20 minutes away) you can get anything you want or need and living on the Caribean coast wouldn't be so bad, would it?

[Ali shmali]

Take up spanish. There are a ton of places in latin america that fit well here. Degen made a large thread about living in thailand you might want to check out in OOT.

[ilya]

i know you should really learn spanish or thai or move to malasiya etc but if you're not up for all that,

consider new haven. no, really!

foxwoods is nearby and atlantic city/new york with all its poker clubs and other attractions is just 1-1.5 hours away. plenty of malls nearby if you need to do some shopping and a good college-town mix of upscale and affordable restaurants, entertainment, etc in new haven proper. lots of nature if you're into that. for example my roommate was into mountain biking and there was plenty of terrain for him within a half hour's drive.

when i was a student there a few years ago i rented a room in a two-story apartment with two huge living rooms and 3 other bedrooms/roommates for under $250/month, utilities included. i also lived in a nicer two-bedroom apartment with a friend for about $450 per person. close enough to the yale campus to have restaurants, etc within walking distance but not so close that we ever had to deal with rowdy loud late night crowds.

[Soulman]

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living on the Caribean coast wouldn't be so bad, would it?

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[MyTurn2Raise]

I suggest you find a college town

they always have bars, restaurants, concerts, sporting events, good-looking and intelligent women, smart community

I live in one that is probably not for most due to being a few hours from the big cities and north enough to still have winter. However, there are probably a few that suit your purpose.

[kassdog]

Definetly go college towns, When I was looking to move the cheapest places were always college towns.

[Sciolist]

If I were to play poker for a living again, I would probably go live in Estonia for the summer, then perhaps Costa Rica for the winter.

Both places are moderately cheap, but as I'm used to London, they're both practically free.

Alternatively, I would write down the capital city of every European country (London excepted, obviously), and draw one from a hat every 3 months, and go live there.