Pretty simple and often asked question, but there’s bound to be interesting answers. Get into the heart of things with all the juicy details that you can wring out. As for me, I don’t really know, I think that’s partly why I’m asking. It’d be interesting to see what others have in mind when they picture their ideal home.
Oh, and of course nomad’s life is totally valid as well. Tell me how you’d wanna travel though. That’s probably what I’d want to do…
give me a blacksmiths shop pulled by great beasts that can pass all terain and ill be happy happy
i love nomadic
My third place is the arcade, with a healthy fighting game scene. That’s all I really need. Set me up near that somewhere with a more progressive government and I’m good to go.
Okay so what if like Canada, but medieval fantasy but also it’s not really medieval fantasy because it’s a big technology reset after the big sci-fi civilisation collapsed and the Canada people are slowly rediscovering the old world
If limited to real life though, probably just somewhere in a medium-ish village in Canada somewhere close to some towns and stuff so that jobs and food aren’t too far away but it’s still nice and quite with usually detached houses
i wish i could live in northern appalachia. i love being in the hills
Beeeg city for sure! This might be strange but I really miss being part of the “anthill” ><
Somewhere where there’s not only a lot of diversity but also where cultures and people mix and cultures build on one another.
And somewhere that is progressive and where people actually care about the people around them, and care about learning and listening, always.
It would be great if there were physical third spaces of all kinds all around, and that starting one yourself didn’t take a ton of effort an money, such that anyone could start one if they wanted to put some effort into it.
Anywhere near the ocean and fairly tropical is a lovely place for me. Where I live currently is pretty nice.
so there’s a few channels that inspire me to the nomad lifestyle, one of which is
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but i think when it comes to settling down i’d like somewhere that’s just a more quiet version of here, maybe with some more frequent rain. the coast isn’t too far away, the city isn’t too far away, i just want more nature and less cars.
third spaces would be nice, but first i need to be able to get to them.
I’ve always thought about living my “young years” (before the age of 35-40) somewhere in the US, specially in California, Texas, Illinois, or NY. My reasons are:
at least once.i'm not sure if i'll ever rly have the resources to move, but i feel the most comforting place to live for me would be a smaller city. preferably in a country where the national systems aren't veering nightmarishly towards eugenics/subjugation of the Other. the place i've felt most at home i think has been cork, ireland, when my friend lived there before moving in with me. bigger cities can feel so overwhelming with how many initiatives and events and communities there are, and the desirability of living in them causing gentrification, but the times i visited in cork i gradually got folded into a queer circle where we'd go to regular events and branch out to events that were cohesive rather than being overwhelmed by choices. and irish people in general i feel are less intimidating and far more friendly and curious than in the nordic countries. too bad the housing/affordability situation is rly abysmal there atm :<
if i had to rly set my fantasy free, i'd love to drift around places with a rly intriguing and strongly bound cultures and experience their quirks and intricacies in daily life, and how people tangibly live and get by in those places. visiting places with a strong idiosyncratic culture like the basque country, georgia, or the catholic communities in northern ireland, and the way they resist hegemonic forces around them, has always filled me with a wonder i want to understand deeply. or maybe i'd find it to be meaningful to live in an intentional community and feel like a tangible part of a collective, although the most established one here (Christiania) is very gatekeepey.
i really wish long-distance train travel was less frustrating in europe :< but i rly take for granted how accessible travelling is everywhere here. i've visited friends all over the continent on my own hands without issues but i almost felt terrified with how handicapped i felt visiting friends in the united states and how i relied on their driving entirely. cycling is the best way to experience europe imo 
i hope u will have the opportunity to visit someday.
Somewhere where I can hear water regularly. Either a river, lake, or close to an ocean. Someplace quiet, where I can hear the sounds of nature without the constant stream of distant cars.
wishlist:
An anarcho-commune in deep forest or by the sea, with only rail based transportation infrastructure (public trolleys and trains). Obviously I’d want an accepting culture, maybe majority neurodivergent.
Drill thats the minecraft
Yes!
I used to have that when I lived in São Paulo, and it's probably one of the things I miss the most. I only ever needed to house a few friends and only for a few months, but being able to do so fills a certain core need in a way that's hard to put into words.
as silly as it is, I kinda just want to move a bit further up north, I miss how much rain we used to get down here in Oregon, and I hear it rains a bit more in Washington. Even willing to go up to Canada just for the rain.
The fish craves more water
Fully agree, Fish! I love the rain, but I hardly get any here.
I’ve been getting a lot of rain recently, which has been really nice, but I know it won’t last
In the UK and I hate this darn rain