RE: What it's like to live in rural Spain
Thanks for posting, I loved this. I've been dealing with similar issues myself. I live in New York City but sometimes I wonder why. Your lifestyle seems so much more ... human and I totally agree with your view on how technology is going to effect the economy. People only live in cities because they have to in order to make money. As that incentive disappears, people will (hopefully) leave for more appealing living situations. I've been thinking a lot lately of selling my place and moving to some place like Iceland, but Spain seems beautiful too. I spent a summer in Salamanca as a teen and it was one of my favorite experiences. Have you seen the Fort Galt project? Being involved with something like that (that isn't located in Chile) appeals to me. I hope you and I get to interact further in the future. Feel free to follow me/hit me up on twitter @andrarchy.
The grass is always greener somewhere else! But we just have to make the best fit of where we are. I really liked the look of the Fort Galt project. The property prices are similar to here. Plus it would be amazing to be with other entrepreneurial-type people.
The drawback of that for me was it was setting up a new kind of development. Like it's own new kind of suburb. Whereas personally, I'm a bit of an old soul and like old towns/cities and integrating into them rather than simply poking my head into them.
I think new communities everywhere will spring up based on the desire to create and be around other creative people.
I'll follow you on Twitter even though I don't use it much
Well, by that logic shouldn't you have stayed in England?
I agree on Fort Galt. I like the ambition of it, but not necessarily the specific implementation. I like the idea of instead of coming together by accident, intentionally getting together with like-minded people and creating your own community. I hope to see all different kinds of implementations of this.