Spyke

This is for fellow nomads of lemmy

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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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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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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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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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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  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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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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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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