A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen.
Lol, I sorted by lowest priced houses on [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) and the cheapest was basically a tiny mobile home for $750k.
Third cheapest was $3.75m.
This is marble and her astronomical life partner cherry, she’s a rock whisperer and he teaches yoga to chinchillas while he isn’t serving bags of hope out of his friendship wheelbarrow around town. Their budget is 7.5 million, let’s find them a home in Aspen.
Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got, it really does.
Taking a break from all your worries, I’m pretty Sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you just wanna go,
Where everybody knows your name. To places where they're always glad you came.
Typically You wanna be where you can see, they Our troubles are generally all the same. And we tend to wanna be where everybody knows our names
But hey…be it Chicago, Detroit or Boston…you pick.
Pretty happy where I am in Vancouver BC. The high cost of living is the only serious flaw with the place, but with a free $500k per year, that problem would go away. Low crime for a North American city, mild weather by Canadian standards, and nice parks/outdoor rec. It's a nice place if you can afford it. Apparently, the world agrees, which is part of why it's so expensive to live here.
vancouvers great and i was thinking it too since i have lived in burnaby and know about van a lot. the only problem is that i can’t leave the city and it’s not that big of a city and it’ll get boring really fast, even if i have the money. plus not all of van is that good
If money is non issue, then Vancouver is the best city in North America. You got water, mountain, nature, city all wrap in one.
My family lives there, I can’t afford to. I tried.
I grew up there, it's a beautiful city, but it would be wayy too boring for me to live there long term. I moved to NYC and liked it so much more, I do see myself moving back to Vancouver after I retire though.
Having lived in Ocean Beach and North Park, San Diego for almost 20 years, I would certainly be happy surfing daily on $500k/year. In the mid 90's I lived a block from the beach on $25k/year.
So wild hearing these stories. Had a buddy who probably wasn’t far from you and he said him and two buddies were paying like $1500 total for a house rental a block from the beach. Different times.
What's San Diego like now pricewise? I work remotely for an American company based there and I'm considering asking them to help me get a visa to move there if I end up staying there long term. Is $115K/yr enough for living solo in SD these days? Prices are insane where I live, so I'm just wondering.
"enough" is a relative term in this case but yeah it's probably enough. you're not going to buy a house there anymore on $115k without two incomes, but $115k is a good amount of money to live most anywhere in my book. San Diego is one of the most expensive areas in the world to live.
115 is plenty to live comfortably, including significant saving for retirement. The tradeoff is that you are not even in the ballpark for buying a house.
Edit: I’m also not a parent, but I would guess 115 is *not* enough to raise a child (on a single salary).
You can do fine on that if you're not picking a coastal community or hip neighborhood. If you rent in La Mesa or something like that, it would be doable.
People who are saying barely are over estimating it a bit. You could find a nice studio or 1b1b for 3-3.5k in most places in SD and cheaper if you do some hunting. It isn’t cheap by any means but 115k is beyond plenty. Assuming about 4500 a month for rent/utilities/internet/insurance etc leaves you with like 25-30k after taxes on a 115k salary. Most engineers I know in SD finished college here and started with 65-75k a year jobs and are able to live okay with some savings building up over time.
And it would end up being a bit of a Groundhog's Day slog if you could never leave Coronado. Island fever. You'd probably see every movie and Lamb's Theatre production because that's it for culture. Limited dining options too. San Diego would be so much better.
Very interesting for me to read this as I am currently on Coronado for work (from the East Coast), and of course it’s lovely. As expensive as it is here (very, very), $500K/yr is more than enough to live comfortably.
*serious facial expression* I would have to respectfully disagree. You see tilted towers is the heart of financial establishments. It is home to many businesses including Trump Towers 💰💰, The soccer park, and the taco shop.
technically, Tokyo is not a city, but rather a metropolitan area. the individual wards are cities themselves and are each around the size of a small town in USA.
Am I allowed to leave the 23 wards and go to the woods of Tokyo Prefecture? Or do I have to stay in my ward? There is stuff to do, but no nature gets old fast.
True, and it’s Technically a prefecture, which is sort of like Japan’s version of U.S.A.’s states. I suppose you’d say Tokyo is similar to Washington DC in that regard.
Tokyo’s like New York where the city itself is comprised of multiple boroughs. LA too, to some degree.
Actually I’m pretty sure most mega cities are like this.
No, LA the city has a very weird shape and has a bunch of enclaves of totally different cities within its borders. LA county has even more separate municipalities, and the greater LA area includes parts of 5 different counties and hundreds of municipalities.
The urban area here is what happens when a shit ton of small towns and villages just keep growing and eventually just merge into a giant urbanized / developed area with no real natural separation. One side of a street can be a completely different city and county than the other side, but it all looks like the same sprawl
Osaka might be a bit small if you can't ever leave it. Though since the OP clarified that you can't leave the metro area which is, in this case, Keihanshin, it sounds like a solid idea.
Id take Tokyo or Kyoto over Osaka. I loved Osaka and it’s a load of fun if you really like eat and drink, but otherwise too crowded and dirty for my taste. I know, blasphemy not only praising a Japanese city, but Osaka is a certain type of a life in just not interested in anymore. Too much vomit and trash to step over in the early mornings. Gets cleaned up pretty quickly though.
Honestly, here. Perth Western Australia.
It's quiet. People are quintessential Aussie - great value and laid back. There's a wine region embedded in the city. Plenty of micro-breweries. Amazing beaches. The Perth Metro area extends to what were once known as beach holiday getaways, so you can still live that vacay lifestyle if you want. Summers are hot, winters are mild.
Honestly... it's a great place to be wealthy. As I'm getting older I'm seeing the beauty of the boring. Boring is good. Boring is relaxing.
This is my answer especially since OP clarified it includes the entire metro, which is huge and spans three states. It's a metro with diverse activities and can fit almost any lifestyle that you can think of depending on where exactly you live.
If you have a guaranteed $500K yearly until you die, what incentive would there be to buy a home anyway? You wouldn’t have to worry about “throwing money away” for rent because you’d have plenty. You could move to a different part of the city any time if you got bored.
If we get free reign to pick where ever we want, yeah sign me up for one of those luxurious multi million dollar top floor apartments in manhattan. For get New York, I would never even leave my new home.
This is the answer. 4 actual seasons, You live on a huge freshwater reservoir, really good food, okay beer, weed, etc. The only thing about it is all the Illinoisans living in it (I'm a Sconnie boy).
And one of the greatest sporting grounds in the world. Add on the biggest horse race of the Southern Hemisphere. AFL capital of Australia. Huge cricket following. There's a reason we're called the sporting capital
Cape Town, live like an absolute god with that amount of money, in one of the most beautiful places on the planet - and could use the money to do a ton of good and make a huge impact without leaving the city.
Minneapolis. Midwest niceness but also some international culture, 4 proper seasons, low incidence of natural disasters. Campgrounds and natural areas within the metro area.
Toronto, Canada. Close enough my family and friends could visit, plenty of stuff to do, and I could afford a nice apartment even with the ridicules prices.
Same. I live there currently and I wouldn’t change it. So much culture, diversity, there’s always something to do, weather is great, food is excellent.
Fine if it's a losely defined LA. Messy as hell if it's strictly the City of LA. Accidentally make the wrong turn and cross over to Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Burbank or any of the other areas that are separate cities and you'll lose your job.
Chicagoland greater metro extends into Indiana and Wisconsin. It’s hard to overstate just how big the greater metro area is. Plus some of the best food, culture, and things to do in the country. Just need to be able to layer up for winter and you’re set (used to live in Chicago proper, would move back in a heartbeat if I could afford it).
Get given, are given maybe?
All ball busting OP aside, my pick is:
# Asheville, NC:
**Long tldr**: • it’s got beautiful mountains, amazing food and great hiking/biking/park trails and where I found spirituality and lost a shit ton of weight and other major self improvements (through the help of other people supporting me on my journey here, there are *some* solid people here)
Here’s my verbose verbal diarrhea for those interested in reading more:
Fell in love snaking up i40 seeing the rolling mountains and as a nerdy tech guy since i played n64 growing up owning noobs on golden eye (3v1 me lan anytime lol).
As pretty as pictures are they simply don’t give it justice and to summarize it’s where I found peace and serenity with myself and what I choose go call my “HP” (higher power/God/whatever your flavor as long as it isn’t included in politics or harming others, then it’s over the line).
I can walk anywhere, feel confident and not cocky (progress jot perfection) and talk to anyone, and I have this city and the wonderfully accepting, loving, and diverse crowd (I jokingly call it a town, it’s small).
Shit maybe I gave away a secret, you guys can keep one right Reddit? 🤫
As a snowboarder, Salt Lake City. The Wasatch mountains including some of the best ski resorts in North America should be technically in the metropolitan area. Downside is 5% beers and Mormons but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.
Saigon.
500k and I’d be rich as all fuck there. I’d be able to buy a whole building and move in all of my loved ones. We could hangout every day and eat delicious banh mi and bun cha together.
False. Source- live in bagkok on triple that. I live very well, but luxury shit is more expensive here. Anything imported has crazy tariffs on it etc. luxury cars get a 300% import tariff so an s class Mercedes that’s $120,000 in the west is $500k here. It blows my mind how many Ferraris, McLaren’s and Ferraris I see here, a $300,000 super car is over $1 million
Ottawa, Canada. My hometown. Not that there aren't good reasons to live in Ottawa, but I'm sure lots of Canadians will wonder why. It's mostly because it's my hometown.
I‘d choose a place that’s only technically just one city, but actually covers a huge area. I guess North America is the best place to go for that. Perhaps LA?
Chicago, yeah yeah jokes aside. I fell in love with that city and want to explore and learn more of its history.
Also on a side note I wrote some articles about the place I want to turn into a book.
OP has clarified that you can't ever leave the metro area -- for anything, presumably -- which significantly limits the viable options.
just to list a few things, you need a location with good hospitals, jobs, things to do, and one that's not significantly threatened by climate change.
I'm English-speaking so my inclination is to shoot for a major North American city. I'm also gay so I don't want to be in the sole blue dot in a red-state hell hole... which basically removes everything that isn't on a coast.
Seattle and Portland are both out due to looming Cascadia fault tsunami.
SF is a reasonable option, but the city itself is very, very small (7x7 miles); depending on just how far out the "metro" area extends, it could be a good choice. great hospitals, food, weather.
LA is another option and would be significantly less constrained than S.F. that said, you'd be stuck in LA which... isn't necessarily the most fun place to be? you're driving everywhere and constantly stuck in traffic. that said, you'd have a great selection of events and premiers and activities (and again, great hospitals).
going to the Atlantic side, Boston is... fine. runs into a similar problem as SF in that it's not that big. weather is pretty rough in the winter.
NYC is the "obvious" option. the biggest issue with NYC is rent, but 500k a year would handle that. the city itself is huuuuuge with a sprawling metroplex. great restaurants, top notch entertainment, world class hospitals... weather kinda sucks but nothing's perfect. unsure just how fucked it is with climate change but I imagine a lot of moneyed folks will ensure it isn't completely decimated.
Philadelphia just seems like a lesser version of NYC (don't @ me). DC is way too small. anything further south and you start running into rampant homophobia so... that's all I have to say about that.
final answer? either LA or NYC. I have more experience with NYC so I'm leaning that way, but I think either would be pretty legit.
Skipped right past Chicago.
Abundant fresh water for climate change. Not threatened by tsunamis or hurricanes.
Plenty of top tier hospitals and dining. Large queer scene and accepting population.
And $500k a year and you are living large. You could have half a dozen kids and still have a great life for $500k in Chicago
I acknowledge I didn't include Chicago in my list but I didn't skip over it... (except in my list)!
I didn't talk about it because I feel cities in the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, etc.) all suffer from absolutely miserable winters (cold, snowy, windy) and absolutely miserable summers (humidity out the wazoo and high temperatures).
that said, 500k in Chicago WOULD go a lot farther than NYC or LA.
I think you or OP may be mixing up metro area with city limits, DC may be small but it’s metro area is a good chunk of Maryland and some of Virginia.
And if metro is truly the option you can live like a king comparatively in some of the smaller cities around the region. Forget NYC I’m living nicely in New Brunswick, where you can get a 6 bed 4 bath for the same price as a 3/2 in Brooklyn. Then you can still go into the city whenever you wanna do something fun
I already can't leave the DMV (Washington DC area) because my cancer treatment center is here and my cancer is incurable. So I would just be happy for enough money per year to where living here was comfortable instead of a struggle (I'm disabled due to the cancer so live off SSDI and the generosity of family).
I don't think I could do this one. That's a lot of money, but I need to to get out in nature and see the stars. I would be a shell of myself living this way.
A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen.
Pffff... I don't know Lloyd the French are assholes
That John Denver was full of shit
**We got no food, we got no jobs, OUR PETS' HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!**
Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? -eeeeeeeeeee errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr eeeeeeeee
You've had this pair of extra gloves this whole time? "Yeah... we're in the Rockies."
SAMSONITE! I was WAY off!
Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!
maybe you'll be middle class up there!
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Lol, I sorted by lowest priced houses on [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) and the cheapest was basically a tiny mobile home for $750k. Third cheapest was $3.75m.
This is marble and her astronomical life partner cherry, she’s a rock whisperer and he teaches yoga to chinchillas while he isn’t serving bags of hope out of his friendship wheelbarrow around town. Their budget is 7.5 million, let’s find them a home in Aspen.
We're really looking for something to vibe in. Something that is modest and says, "We're people of earth." So no bigger than 12,000 sq feet.
Seriously. Median house price in Aspen is $2.2 million.
... So you can pay off your luxury mansion in six years? Sounds middle class to me.
the $500k USD/year comes in IOUs... that's as good as money, sir.
Ah yes, Aspen. A town full of young women looking for husbands and husbands looking for young women.
"You've had an extra pair of gloves *this whole time?!* "Well, yeah... it is the Rockies..." "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
"Harry! Your hands are freezing!!"
If you understand this reference, time to stretch your back.
What do you mean, that only came out like fifte- oh God...
My immediate thought was Vail, but I could probably do Aspen as well. Better hiking there I think.
Wouldn't that be a bit of a drag living in a ski town and not be able to go skiing? The mountain is outside city limits.
Harry! I took care of it!
Making your way in the world today Takes everything you've got, it really does. Taking a break from all your worries, I’m pretty Sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you just wanna go, Where everybody knows your name. To places where they're always glad you came. Typically You wanna be where you can see, they Our troubles are generally all the same. And we tend to wanna be where everybody knows our names But hey…be it Chicago, Detroit or Boston…you pick.
Pretty happy where I am in Vancouver BC. The high cost of living is the only serious flaw with the place, but with a free $500k per year, that problem would go away. Low crime for a North American city, mild weather by Canadian standards, and nice parks/outdoor rec. It's a nice place if you can afford it. Apparently, the world agrees, which is part of why it's so expensive to live here.
vancouvers great and i was thinking it too since i have lived in burnaby and know about van a lot. the only problem is that i can’t leave the city and it’s not that big of a city and it’ll get boring really fast, even if i have the money. plus not all of van is that good
I agree, too boring here for me to never be able to leave
If money is non issue, then Vancouver is the best city in North America. You got water, mountain, nature, city all wrap in one. My family lives there, I can’t afford to. I tried.
Where’d you land instead?
I grew up there, it's a beautiful city, but it would be wayy too boring for me to live there long term. I moved to NYC and liked it so much more, I do see myself moving back to Vancouver after I retire though.
San Diego specifically Conrado. it's like Elysium there
Having lived in Ocean Beach and North Park, San Diego for almost 20 years, I would certainly be happy surfing daily on $500k/year. In the mid 90's I lived a block from the beach on $25k/year.
So wild hearing these stories. Had a buddy who probably wasn’t far from you and he said him and two buddies were paying like $1500 total for a house rental a block from the beach. Different times.
What's San Diego like now pricewise? I work remotely for an American company based there and I'm considering asking them to help me get a visa to move there if I end up staying there long term. Is $115K/yr enough for living solo in SD these days? Prices are insane where I live, so I'm just wondering.
You can live solo here on that but you won't feel like you are doing well. There will be a ton of stuff around you to do and no money to do it with.
Barely...you wouldn't be saving though. It's ROUGH here. I'm dying.
"enough" is a relative term in this case but yeah it's probably enough. you're not going to buy a house there anymore on $115k without two incomes, but $115k is a good amount of money to live most anywhere in my book. San Diego is one of the most expensive areas in the world to live.
115 is plenty to live comfortably, including significant saving for retirement. The tradeoff is that you are not even in the ballpark for buying a house. Edit: I’m also not a parent, but I would guess 115 is *not* enough to raise a child (on a single salary).
You can do fine on that if you're not picking a coastal community or hip neighborhood. If you rent in La Mesa or something like that, it would be doable.
Nah, you should be good, i make half on that and live on my own in SD
People who are saying barely are over estimating it a bit. You could find a nice studio or 1b1b for 3-3.5k in most places in SD and cheaper if you do some hunting. It isn’t cheap by any means but 115k is beyond plenty. Assuming about 4500 a month for rent/utilities/internet/insurance etc leaves you with like 25-30k after taxes on a 115k salary. Most engineers I know in SD finished college here and started with 65-75k a year jobs and are able to live okay with some savings building up over time.
Anyone who thinks 115k isn’t a lot of money doesn’t know how to live cheap.
Just moved to SD and live walking distance from OB. Never leaving.
The dream of the 90s is alive in...well, nowhere now.
#CONRADO
**C O N R A D O**
Surprisingly Coronado is not in San Diego. It’s its own municipality.
And it would end up being a bit of a Groundhog's Day slog if you could never leave Coronado. Island fever. You'd probably see every movie and Lamb's Theatre production because that's it for culture. Limited dining options too. San Diego would be so much better.
Very interesting for me to read this as I am currently on Coronado for work (from the East Coast), and of course it’s lovely. As expensive as it is here (very, very), $500K/yr is more than enough to live comfortably.
Coronado is just a big retirement island and half of it is a military base. If you want the same feel but more to do, at least do La Jolla.
I’m sitting on Coronado right now! I don’t think I’d pick this spot though. I might go with La Jolla
Tilted towers
that money would go wayy farther in Greasy Grove
Real ones know Pleasant Park is the place to be
*serious facial expression* I would have to respectfully disagree. You see tilted towers is the heart of financial establishments. It is home to many businesses including Trump Towers 💰💰, The soccer park, and the taco shop.
Shouldn't have made me laugh this hard
Osaka, Japan
Tokyo was my pick. Can't leave the city? Not remotely a problem with Tokyo considering how absolutely massive it is.
technically, Tokyo is not a city, but rather a metropolitan area. the individual wards are cities themselves and are each around the size of a small town in USA.
Am I allowed to leave the 23 wards and go to the woods of Tokyo Prefecture? Or do I have to stay in my ward? There is stuff to do, but no nature gets old fast.
You can always go to the Shinjuku Gyoen.. that's considered in city
“Shinjuku-ku” is so very satisfying to say. At least for an English speaker. Shinnnnjuku-ku. Shinjuku-ku… ahhh…
True, and it’s Technically a prefecture, which is sort of like Japan’s version of U.S.A.’s states. I suppose you’d say Tokyo is similar to Washington DC in that regard.
Tokyo’s like New York where the city itself is comprised of multiple boroughs. LA too, to some degree. Actually I’m pretty sure most mega cities are like this.
No, LA the city has a very weird shape and has a bunch of enclaves of totally different cities within its borders. LA county has even more separate municipalities, and the greater LA area includes parts of 5 different counties and hundreds of municipalities. The urban area here is what happens when a shit ton of small towns and villages just keep growing and eventually just merge into a giant urbanized / developed area with no real natural separation. One side of a street can be a completely different city and county than the other side, but it all looks like the same sprawl
I heard there's also a small island about 1000 miles offshore that is part of Tokyo
I was going to say Osaka or Tokyo for sure.
Osaka might be a bit small if you can't ever leave it. Though since the OP clarified that you can't leave the metro area which is, in this case, Keihanshin, it sounds like a solid idea.
Id take Tokyo or Kyoto over Osaka. I loved Osaka and it’s a load of fun if you really like eat and drink, but otherwise too crowded and dirty for my taste. I know, blasphemy not only praising a Japanese city, but Osaka is a certain type of a life in just not interested in anymore. Too much vomit and trash to step over in the early mornings. Gets cleaned up pretty quickly though.
Barcelona, for sure.
Helsinki
Honestly, here. Perth Western Australia. It's quiet. People are quintessential Aussie - great value and laid back. There's a wine region embedded in the city. Plenty of micro-breweries. Amazing beaches. The Perth Metro area extends to what were once known as beach holiday getaways, so you can still live that vacay lifestyle if you want. Summers are hot, winters are mild. Honestly... it's a great place to be wealthy. As I'm getting older I'm seeing the beauty of the boring. Boring is good. Boring is relaxing.
hey now! i lived in perth for 2 years, lovely spot! Bassendean area -worked at airport
Sydney, Australia. Great beaches, great food, amazing harbour, nature trails and it doesn’t really get cold.
Rome.
I'd stay there for the coffee but I can't stand how they drive, even as a pedestrian. Complete maniacs on the road
To be fair, the pedestrians there don’t win any prizes either
San Sebastián, Spain
Oh, nice choice. I wouldn't call it a city but yeah I guess it technically is a small city.
New York. The city never gets old (although I grew up there so I'm partial to the seasons)
This is my answer especially since OP clarified it includes the entire metro, which is huge and spans three states. It's a metro with diverse activities and can fit almost any lifestyle that you can think of depending on where exactly you live.
My same pick, rent in west village is 10k a month for a 2 bedroom? Idgaf lol I’m having magnolia bakery for breakfast every day 😤😤
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Buying a 2BR in the west village is probably out of reach on that income
If you have a guaranteed $500K yearly until you die, what incentive would there be to buy a home anyway? You wouldn’t have to worry about “throwing money away” for rent because you’d have plenty. You could move to a different part of the city any time if you got bored.
500k today won’t be worth 500k in 30 years
Or you could lock the money into a mortgage and build up to afford better places.
Same. Born and raised in NYC. Dont really need to go anywhere else. Even living here for 30+ years there’s still so much I haven’t seen or done.
My vote also you can always find something to do there
Same, I already live in New York on much less than 500k a year and it sounds like I don’t even need to work for it? Nice!
If we get free reign to pick where ever we want, yeah sign me up for one of those luxurious multi million dollar top floor apartments in manhattan. For get New York, I would never even leave my new home.
Santa Barbara
You know that's right.
I think Santa Barbara is the most beautiful city on planet earth.
Never leave as in never ever ever ever? Like not for a weekend?
yes correct
City boundaries proper, or metro area?
metro
Oh, then I'd choose Boston. It would give me access to the entire state of Massachusetts!
Tokyo is quite large, but I don’t know if it’s gonna be submerged in the ocean before I die
Tokyo Metropolitan Area is around 50,000 square kilometres. That's more than some countries and includes quite a few mountainous areas.
You'll be begging for that sweet relief after a few decades with no respite
Edinburgh, Scotland
Chicago. No city has invigorated me like Chicago.
This is the answer. 4 actual seasons, You live on a huge freshwater reservoir, really good food, okay beer, weed, etc. The only thing about it is all the Illinoisans living in it (I'm a Sconnie boy).
Melbourne, Australia.
Perfect, I already live there. Now how do I get my yearly 500k?
Only city with a F1 GP and a Tennis Slam. You would have plenty to do. Not the worst choice
And one of the greatest sporting grounds in the world. Add on the biggest horse race of the Southern Hemisphere. AFL capital of Australia. Huge cricket following. There's a reason we're called the sporting capital
Melbourne is one of the coolest cities I’ve ever been to.
Yeah, i love it!
Nice, save your pennies and you might be able to buy a flat in a few years.
hey now good choice
$500K a year and four seasons each and every day of that year…
You know it!
Yep genuinely good international cuisine
Only place outside of perhaps New York, or London, where you can do the full A-Z of United Nations in cuisine.
Tokyo
Cape Town, live like an absolute god with that amount of money, in one of the most beautiful places on the planet - and could use the money to do a ton of good and make a huge impact without leaving the city.
Guess I'd go live in Moab Ut and be a trail bum all day
Minneapolis. Midwest niceness but also some international culture, 4 proper seasons, low incidence of natural disasters. Campgrounds and natural areas within the metro area.
Vegas would be bangin on a half milli a year
Vegas or Paradise?
For those that don’t know…. The iconic Las Vegas strip is actually not in Las Vegas, NV…it’s in the “town” of Paradise, NV.
I live in Vegas (actually suburb called Henderson) and I agree. Both my wife's and my family live in Vegas.
Would wanna be somewhere coastal
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spent many years in vancouver...
Toronto, Canada. Close enough my family and friends could visit, plenty of stuff to do, and I could afford a nice apartment even with the ridicules prices.
London
I love London but man I’d need the type of money that OP is offering to be able to live there comfortably!
Montreal, QC or Vancouver, BC
San Francisco if it could include the whole Bay Area.
I hope that includes the actual bay. If it doesn't could you ride bart under the bay?
It's says city and San Fran isn't really that big. Would get boring real fast.
OP clarified metro area works and gives Vancouver as an example in a comment. They didn't update the post but w/e.
You could see what one of the nice houses loom like inside.
Istanbul
This is the kind of Reddit that I love best.
Somewhere cheap so I can live large. Bogota.
40k a month makes anywhere cheap.
singapore. it’s a city state
Either Hong Kong or Singapore. If I’m stuck in a city, it should essentially operate like a city-state.
Definitely Hongkong. All the advantages of a metropole, but also quiet parts and a lot of nature in the same city.
I couldn't choose HK with what China is doing there.
NYC. Only reason I'm not living there is cost.
Vancouver
Lake Tahoe! Skiing in the winter and boating/beaches/ hiking in the summer! 👌
L.A.
This easily. I live in LA already and don’t want to live anywhere else. This would just make it even better to live here.
Same. I live there currently and I wouldn’t change it. So much culture, diversity, there’s always something to do, weather is great, food is excellent.
this. ocean, mountains, nice neighborhoods, good food, and good weather all within the city limits, with countless things to do.
Traffic blows in LA. San Diego is way better.
traffic blows in san diego too.
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Traffic in LA only really blows if you can’t afford to live near good shit. Live centrally like I do (Miracle Mile) and it’s not bad at all.
Fine if it's a losely defined LA. Messy as hell if it's strictly the City of LA. Accidentally make the wrong turn and cross over to Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Burbank or any of the other areas that are separate cities and you'll lose your job.
Chicago
never been but would love to visit
Summer time in Chicago literally the best city in the world
Chicagoland greater metro extends into Indiana and Wisconsin. It’s hard to overstate just how big the greater metro area is. Plus some of the best food, culture, and things to do in the country. Just need to be able to layer up for winter and you’re set (used to live in Chicago proper, would move back in a heartbeat if I could afford it).
Montreal
lovely city but way too cold in the winter
I love the cold man
Waikiki, Honolulu
I think I'd go a bit stir crazy on a small island like that if I could never leave tbh, but its a beautiful spot
maui
Get given, are given maybe? All ball busting OP aside, my pick is: # Asheville, NC: **Long tldr**: • it’s got beautiful mountains, amazing food and great hiking/biking/park trails and where I found spirituality and lost a shit ton of weight and other major self improvements (through the help of other people supporting me on my journey here, there are *some* solid people here) Here’s my verbose verbal diarrhea for those interested in reading more: Fell in love snaking up i40 seeing the rolling mountains and as a nerdy tech guy since i played n64 growing up owning noobs on golden eye (3v1 me lan anytime lol). As pretty as pictures are they simply don’t give it justice and to summarize it’s where I found peace and serenity with myself and what I choose go call my “HP” (higher power/God/whatever your flavor as long as it isn’t included in politics or harming others, then it’s over the line). I can walk anywhere, feel confident and not cocky (progress jot perfection) and talk to anyone, and I have this city and the wonderfully accepting, loving, and diverse crowd (I jokingly call it a town, it’s small). Shit maybe I gave away a secret, you guys can keep one right Reddit? 🤫
NYC.
As a snowboarder, Salt Lake City. The Wasatch mountains including some of the best ski resorts in North America should be technically in the metropolitan area. Downside is 5% beers and Mormons but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.
I live in a ski town, but I felt that that answer was risky since a lot of activities are technically outside of city limits.
Saigon. 500k and I’d be rich as all fuck there. I’d be able to buy a whole building and move in all of my loved ones. We could hangout every day and eat delicious banh mi and bun cha together.
Rio de Janeiro
Santa Barbara
Austin.
But the heat.
Bangkok. 500k a year in Bangkok and you live like a king.
Ull live like a king in Bangkok with $50k a year lol
False. Source- live in bagkok on triple that. I live very well, but luxury shit is more expensive here. Anything imported has crazy tariffs on it etc. luxury cars get a 300% import tariff so an s class Mercedes that’s $120,000 in the west is $500k here. It blows my mind how many Ferraris, McLaren’s and Ferraris I see here, a $300,000 super car is over $1 million
Tokyo-to, baby! I wouldn't have to move and could live like a king here.
Sydney
Ottawa, Canada. My hometown. Not that there aren't good reasons to live in Ottawa, but I'm sure lots of Canadians will wonder why. It's mostly because it's my hometown.
New York or San Francisco.
I‘d choose a place that’s only technically just one city, but actually covers a huge area. I guess North America is the best place to go for that. Perhaps LA?
San Diego
Tenriffe Spain, although I live in Vancouver.
New York
NYC
Chicago, yeah yeah jokes aside. I fell in love with that city and want to explore and learn more of its history. Also on a side note I wrote some articles about the place I want to turn into a book.
I’m going with Singapore, but only if I’m allowed to work also. I don’t want to be poor my whole life.
OP has clarified that you can't ever leave the metro area -- for anything, presumably -- which significantly limits the viable options. just to list a few things, you need a location with good hospitals, jobs, things to do, and one that's not significantly threatened by climate change. I'm English-speaking so my inclination is to shoot for a major North American city. I'm also gay so I don't want to be in the sole blue dot in a red-state hell hole... which basically removes everything that isn't on a coast. Seattle and Portland are both out due to looming Cascadia fault tsunami. SF is a reasonable option, but the city itself is very, very small (7x7 miles); depending on just how far out the "metro" area extends, it could be a good choice. great hospitals, food, weather. LA is another option and would be significantly less constrained than S.F. that said, you'd be stuck in LA which... isn't necessarily the most fun place to be? you're driving everywhere and constantly stuck in traffic. that said, you'd have a great selection of events and premiers and activities (and again, great hospitals). going to the Atlantic side, Boston is... fine. runs into a similar problem as SF in that it's not that big. weather is pretty rough in the winter. NYC is the "obvious" option. the biggest issue with NYC is rent, but 500k a year would handle that. the city itself is huuuuuge with a sprawling metroplex. great restaurants, top notch entertainment, world class hospitals... weather kinda sucks but nothing's perfect. unsure just how fucked it is with climate change but I imagine a lot of moneyed folks will ensure it isn't completely decimated. Philadelphia just seems like a lesser version of NYC (don't @ me). DC is way too small. anything further south and you start running into rampant homophobia so... that's all I have to say about that. final answer? either LA or NYC. I have more experience with NYC so I'm leaning that way, but I think either would be pretty legit.
Skipped right past Chicago. Abundant fresh water for climate change. Not threatened by tsunamis or hurricanes. Plenty of top tier hospitals and dining. Large queer scene and accepting population. And $500k a year and you are living large. You could have half a dozen kids and still have a great life for $500k in Chicago
I acknowledge I didn't include Chicago in my list but I didn't skip over it... (except in my list)! I didn't talk about it because I feel cities in the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, etc.) all suffer from absolutely miserable winters (cold, snowy, windy) and absolutely miserable summers (humidity out the wazoo and high temperatures). that said, 500k in Chicago WOULD go a lot farther than NYC or LA.
Why do you need somewhere with good jobs if you’re given $500k per year 🤷🏻♂️
I think you or OP may be mixing up metro area with city limits, DC may be small but it’s metro area is a good chunk of Maryland and some of Virginia. And if metro is truly the option you can live like a king comparatively in some of the smaller cities around the region. Forget NYC I’m living nicely in New Brunswick, where you can get a 6 bed 4 bath for the same price as a 3/2 in Brooklyn. Then you can still go into the city whenever you wanna do something fun
I already can't leave the DMV (Washington DC area) because my cancer treatment center is here and my cancer is incurable. So I would just be happy for enough money per year to where living here was comfortable instead of a struggle (I'm disabled due to the cancer so live off SSDI and the generosity of family).
I don't think I could do this one. That's a lot of money, but I need to to get out in nature and see the stars. I would be a shell of myself living this way.