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graciegjj wrote:

.... What do you think go to Budapest or Portland Oregon? I am open to other options also. But wherever I go I will be stuck for a long while since I can't just afford to up and leave whenever I want, working and paying bills keeps me grounded so I just enjoy what I have. Let me know!! Sorry this is long Joey

World's a big place.听 Why choose those places?听 You could do a round the world trip to sample everything.

I reckon Bangkok is one of the best places to be IF you can get a decent job.听 You could just cruise in for a couple of months, then move on. It's not that essential to stay in one place.听 Weather is great, it's relatively cheap, beach excellent and the scenery fantastic.

Depends on what you REALLY want to do.听 Are you travelling for experience or for money?

I travel a great deal - every week really, with never more than 2-3 weeks in any one place. My experience is that's perfectly OK to travel with a minimalist amount of kit.听 听You can usually get everything you need on the spot.听 And if you have lots of stuff then you have to transport it.听 If you have too much, you can just give it away.

graciegjj wrote:

33 year old American citizen who has a Hungarian father.

First question: Do you speak Hungarian? If not, then finding work in Hungary will have limits.

Second question: What is your profession? If you plan to work in Hungary then your work skills may or may not be in demand here. The world is uncertain, especially with work, so I would not recommend a move anywhere unless you have first secured a job, or at least some good job prospects, in that location.

graciegjj wrote:

What do you think go to Budapest or Portland Oregon?

I have experienced both. Very different types of climates, local and regional environments, infrastructures, cultures, politics, etc.

Difficult to give much advise since there is far more to consider about a city than just walkable with good public transportation. But if that is indeed an overriding consideration, then there are plenty of "top 10" lists of US cities which are walkable, or have good public transportation for you to consider, such as:

graciegjj wrote:

But wherever I go I will be stuck for a long while since I can't just afford to up and leave whenever I want, working and paying bills keeps me grounded so I just enjoy what I have.

If your moving funds are limited and if you have possessions (car, furniture, etc) to move, it is probably cheaper to move within the continental US than having to ship or re-buy most everything abroad. You said you have a minimalistic life, so maybe you do not have such possessions. But even it not, if well budgeted, you may even have enough left over from one intra-US move for a re-move within the US, than for a remove if you move abroad. I know, as I have done both inner US moves and moving abroad.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Bangkok

I knew someone who lived in Thailand. Said it was a great place to live as long as he did not .

klsallee wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Bangkok

I knew someone who lived in Thailand. Said it was a great place to live as long as he did not .

It's not just that kind of news not to read, it's just about every other bit of news.

There are lots of sad expats in Bangkok looking forlornly into their beer with bar girls attached. Some expat people in Bangkok get depressed and take a header off of the high rise apartment buildings.听

But if you have a cultural and intellectual life, positive outlook, reasonable health, decent activities, get some quality workmates and do not hang about in Soi Cowboy (notorious area/street), then you'd be fine.

graciegjj wrote:

Portland or Seattle

Both good choices. Personally, if it were me, I would select Portland. Mainly because I lived in the cool, rainy, overcast North West coast for many years. It was fine at first. But after a few years I got to missing the sun. Portland is a little bit dryer and warmer.

anns wrote:

may have several paid jobs ranging from babysitting,听 hostel work,听 bar work, housekeeping,听 听 tour guiding,听 language work,听 qualified and unqualified teaching,听 Internet based work听 and so on.

Just want to point out many of those are the most common job types done by vagabond travelers (some without a work visa), and some are not uncommonly done in cash and "black" (i.e. outside of official, legal employment and paying income taxes).

In any case, I do not recommend most of those as serious sources of income for a semi-permanent move.

anns wrote:

hostels.

Yes, well, that is a certain type of "living" abroad. But, do consider the听 听