Ask HN: Scenic, Remote, wired locations?

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by cjoh • 16 years ago

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I'd like to spend some time working from a beautiful place. The only problem is, most beautiful places don't tend to have very good Internet connections. Any suggestions for remote, beautiful affordable places to spend a month or two?

tlack• 16 years ago

I have three suggestions, all of which are pretty lame and very predictable, but affordable, practical and accessible:

Caymen Islands - slower pace of life, fairly wired for tax fraud purposes, easy to blend in due to British heritage

Miami Beach is pretty remote from the "real world" parts of the business-oriented United States - very little serious business going on here. Trust me, I live here! ;)

Another nearby option would be the Florida keys, which are pretty slow paced with lots of water sports. You can stay in a shitty hotel room and eat fish all the time, watching fearsome sea creatures out the window while working on your million dollar idea.

byoung2• 16 years ago

+1 for Cayman Islands, especially the 7 Mile Beach area of Grand Cayman. Definitely wired, and easy access to banking.

Also consider the Philippines, particularly Cebu. As an up and coming outsourcing powerhouse, Cebu is wired with highspeed internet connections, and it has nice beaches. My outsourcing team is located in Cebu City. Nearby Boracay is nice too, but the internet isn't as fast. A nice touch is that the main beach has WiFi if you want to work right on the beach.

patternexon• 16 years ago

Barbados or Trinidad. They have good net connections and are very picturesque

heather_brack• 16 years ago

I am in Hot Springs, AR. The farther west you go, the more remote it gets, quickly. Lots of lakes around. Some DSL, lots of Wireless 3G.

And cheap. Very cheap. Let me know if you breeze through.

hga• 16 years ago

If you want mountains further---much further---to the west send me email and my brother should be able to suggest some locations.

jnord• 16 years ago

Aitutaki, Cook Islands, South Pacific. Expensive ASDL but beautiful location, pop. 1500, all English-speaking.

benologist• 16 years ago

Costa Rica or its neighbours.

Ask HN: Scenic, Remote, wired locations?

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