Miles Scott

I'm bullish on Swiss-based Euro-lifestyle, again. Not the only Euro-maxxed life model available. But one of them: yes. In my case: 31 y.o., no kids, remote-working gf, it's a trifecta: 1. Zurich base 1.1. Airport Best in Europe, 30m door to door from my fairly priced central apartment taken before rent market went nuts.(small, but ok for a trifecta without kids) 1.2. Taxes, admin and economy Low taxes, solid admin, stable, good/great healthcare, efficient state and bureaucracy. Low-debt, high-growth, high-productivity economy. (there's very few worlds in which CH will fail the 21th century) 1.3. Location Euro-centric (optimal base node for Euro-trifecta). 1.4. Seasons Big one. I've come to realise that no place is good for all 4 seasons. But Zurich comes close to it: - summer lake-maxx + 1h flights to the Mediterranean - autumn hikes + coloured forests/hills/mountains - winter Alps (I'm not a huge ski-fan, but can make it work) - spring ok: similar to autumn When bored: quick flight/train to Milan/Paris/Warsaw/Barcelona etc. 1.5. City factor Not a huge city, not a small village: it's a fairly decent compromise. 1.6. Safe Almost forgot to mention it, but of course: that too. 1.7. Reliable plan A WW3-hedged base/residence/citizenship. If paired with a Southern Cone node and potentially another one in Asia/Africa, it's among the most volatility-resilient hubs (if not The Most). 1.8. Downsides are manageable German-leaning overachieving corporate drones vibe is quite low in the overall vibe scale, probably a 3/10. But it's not like I go out all that much anyway, plus there's a few fun degenerates in Zurich too, and I suspect it'll attract some X/online-biz crowd as well in coming years, as people leave Dubai/EU/Cyprus etc. --- 2. Big city base A big city where you go and have some things set up: know where to sleep, eat, drink, play, have people to DM, etc. For me, hands down: Warsaw. Peak European civilization, at least this decade: - Ukrainians are living in 2300, - Belarusians girls are the hottest (have a gf but still good to have beaty around), - Polish are Germans after you replace the bad parts with some US/hustle components - Central Asians are among the best "manual labour" migrants I've come across - Westerners in Warsaw are mostly based, otherwise they'd go to Berlin/Lisbon/Barcelona :P City is modern and historical, bustling, affordable, optimistic, based, vibrant, full of parks, easy Wolt+Uber life. --- 3. Mediterranean base Euro-summer is peak life enjoyment. My Mediterranean base: San Benedetto del Tronto (my hometown). On the central Adriatic coast: - Some of the best food in Italy - Great seaside facilities, cute hills - Rent-free 'cause I sleep at Mamma's - Abundant love from family and old friends - Hang out with my The GOAT (my grandma) Typical summer day: - wake up and freshen up - bike to cafe: croissant and cappuccino - bike through palmed-up promenade to lido (chalet) - sunbathe + play (rackets/football/read etc) + swim - seafood lunch at home or at the lido (w/ wine) - chillmax and then apero - freshen up - dinner out + ice cream - passeggiata Rinse and repeat (sex+flirt throughout the day). --- I looked and didn't find better models than this for a maxxed-out life as a European in the 21st century. There are variations: - Can keep trifecta (feasible only without kids) but change cities/countries - Can turn to bifecta (if you have kids) Will abstract-up the above implementation to some generalised models that you can tune to your specific case, in following posts.

A close up look at the nozzle of a 3D Printer & how it "prints" objects.