TLDR: Very cheap USA nice 2br apartments where you can get packages, not deal with druggies? Not the sticks. Beautiful surroundings and roads mandatory. Mountains desired. I dislike heat and tolerate cold just fine.
I'm about ready to pull the trigger, go solo, and and build a software prototype and see where that takes me. Got about 740k USD saved up from wage slaving and investments that panned out. It doesn't make much sense to stay on the present course anymore, and more importantly I emotional and physically probably can't much longer. The business details are essentially irrelevant to this post and involve a niche market that has nothing to do with the internet. The salient point is I'd be staring at a computer screen and typing for ten hours a day for at least six months, and probably more like twelve months. After that I'd start seriously running down my cash pile on sales efforts, with a lot of flights and hotel stays. I'd be burning money on contract hires all the while, most likely.
The whole plan means a year, maybe two, of zero income. Staying where I am ($$$ east coast USA) makes no sense for the prototype phase. I need ultra low burn rate. I need a two bedroom apartment (separate room to serve as office), with excellent climate control and no distractions like drugged out neighbours or insects in the place. I need a place to grab a beer where I don't want to murder anyone. I need reliable package reception to get electronic hardware, english language technical reference books from Amazon, and American mail on two day delivery. And, here's the twist: I need good bicycle riding routes and a road racing scene. I would at the same time like to shoot for Cat-2 road racer status. There is no way I will be able to succeed in this business venture without heading out daily on an invigorating bike ride in beautiful surroundings. I would blow my brains out if I tried this in Manhattan, even if it were affordable. Meeting up with a road crew for a hard ride once a week would be ideal.
I feel like anything overseas is unlikely to make sense, though I could be convinced otherwise. This is not about getting laid. This is purely a nose the the grindstone affair. I also have zero patience for language or cultural bullshit or any level of corruption. If this goes well I'll grease palms, laugh at inefficient mail service, and improve my shitty Spanish in three years, but not now. I need USA level legal and mail infrastructure at a minimum.
My current best guess is that parts of Ohio, West Virginia, western PA, or North Carolina might meet my criteria. I have exposure to these places. Most of the west half of the country is a blank to me outside of SoCal, which I find totally uninteresting. Never been to Texas, and maybe San Antonio makes sense. I'm here to solicit ideas for further research.
Let me re-iterate that I want a spacious two bedroom apartment with no bugs, no druggies or noise nearby, working climate control, and reliable package reception. Can this be had for $600 USD per month anywhere? A bunch of quiet oldsters next door would be ideal.
I'm about ready to pull the trigger, go solo, and and build a software prototype and see where that takes me. Got about 740k USD saved up from wage slaving and investments that panned out. It doesn't make much sense to stay on the present course anymore, and more importantly I emotional and physically probably can't much longer. The business details are essentially irrelevant to this post and involve a niche market that has nothing to do with the internet. The salient point is I'd be staring at a computer screen and typing for ten hours a day for at least six months, and probably more like twelve months. After that I'd start seriously running down my cash pile on sales efforts, with a lot of flights and hotel stays. I'd be burning money on contract hires all the while, most likely.
The whole plan means a year, maybe two, of zero income. Staying where I am ($$$ east coast USA) makes no sense for the prototype phase. I need ultra low burn rate. I need a two bedroom apartment (separate room to serve as office), with excellent climate control and no distractions like drugged out neighbours or insects in the place. I need a place to grab a beer where I don't want to murder anyone. I need reliable package reception to get electronic hardware, english language technical reference books from Amazon, and American mail on two day delivery. And, here's the twist: I need good bicycle riding routes and a road racing scene. I would at the same time like to shoot for Cat-2 road racer status. There is no way I will be able to succeed in this business venture without heading out daily on an invigorating bike ride in beautiful surroundings. I would blow my brains out if I tried this in Manhattan, even if it were affordable. Meeting up with a road crew for a hard ride once a week would be ideal.
I feel like anything overseas is unlikely to make sense, though I could be convinced otherwise. This is not about getting laid. This is purely a nose the the grindstone affair. I also have zero patience for language or cultural bullshit or any level of corruption. If this goes well I'll grease palms, laugh at inefficient mail service, and improve my shitty Spanish in three years, but not now. I need USA level legal and mail infrastructure at a minimum.
My current best guess is that parts of Ohio, West Virginia, western PA, or North Carolina might meet my criteria. I have exposure to these places. Most of the west half of the country is a blank to me outside of SoCal, which I find totally uninteresting. Never been to Texas, and maybe San Antonio makes sense. I'm here to solicit ideas for further research.
Let me re-iterate that I want a spacious two bedroom apartment with no bugs, no druggies or noise nearby, working climate control, and reliable package reception. Can this be had for $600 USD per month anywhere? A bunch of quiet oldsters next door would be ideal.
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