Tldr; I love my job, hate the Netherlands, want to move somewhere warmer but where and how?

[lminiero@fosstodon.org]

@Gina @caffetino but both Italy and Spain are big and there aren't just the cities. An English friend of mine bought property in Umbria in the country. A Spanish friend of mine bought a house for 40k€ (!!). In general, if you stay away from big cities and from too touristic places, there are good bargains to be made: I heard of big houses with big gardens available at 150k which is basically a steal (especially considering what I had to pay for an apartment...)

[ahalam@social.vivaldi.net]

@Gina I hope it is in Europe. There is much work to undo software centralization, and people like you are doing a very important job.

[whyhankee@fosstodon.org]

@Gina I feel you. Im from the Netherlands as well. Currently in Fuertaventura for a while. We have been here before and loving it. We might even end-up moving here. Still Europe (houses still expensive), but lots of campervans because it's really compatible with the weather. It's consistently warm (winter and summer).
So, buy campervan, add cats, drive here and rent-out house to friends!
</advise> :)

[lalalasombra@chaos.social]

@Gina It’s really hard. Speaking from experience, moving to a different country is not easy or relatively obvious.

Being Dutch, I think you’re right, Southern Europe might be the easiest and fastest way.

The Campervan sounds like a great idea! I’d love to buy it and drive around.

[petermoll@mastodon.social]

@Gina

"The beaches are shit, the food is flavorless, everything looks the same. It's grey and bland every day"
The beaches aren't that bad, cook your own food and summers ar getting pretty hot:-) But the winter here is quite depressing!
Do you have the option of buying/renting a place in southern Europe? So you can spend the summers here in The Netherlands and move there in the winter?
Also so the cats don't have to move too much as they don't like that in my exper

[jbouter@fosstodon.org]

@Gina I mean, Groningen is also pretty nice - but it only solves your problems partially 😅

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@jbouter I've been to Groningen, we ehm have different definitions of nice 😅

[jbouter@fosstodon.org]

@Gina ☹️

[angelomassaro@mastodon.social]

@Gina Like many places in Europe, Croatia is dealing with high inflation, but with some budgeting, you can still live comfortably, especially if you earn an IT salary from a foreign company. You can also find a house (15-20km from the seaside) with a decent garden for under €300k, if that fits your budget

[porcus@hostux.social]

@Gina Switzerland would be the expensive solution , but at least we generaly have at least 6 months where you can be outside at 20c+ . big towns tend to be more center lefts, public transports mostly works , but you need a local job to afford the living cost. and ownership aint simple either. I'm currently also ready to move anywhere for a job, but my homebase will , most likely, fallback to .ch in the end. Ping if you have specific questions , might have answers ;)

[richarddebruin@mastodon.social]

@Gina @gryzor mmmm het gras is altijd groener bij de buren. Maar zo te zien Luxemburg 😅. En anders Drenthe 😉

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@richarddebruin @gryzor leugens 🥲