Finding the Best Place to Live in the World

Finding the best place to live in the world is my Ninja Mission #2.

I’m now making enough residual income to just travel constantly (min $50usd/day). My next step is to find my perfect ‘home’ i.e. my best place to live in the world, so I will spend the next 5-10 years exploring my possible places.

Best Place to Live in the World Restrictions

Obviously the things that I consider to make the best place to live in the world are different from what yours may be. The following are what I have identified as ‘must haves’ or ‘restrictions’ which may apply on either a Country and/or *City level.

*City just refers to exact location, not necessarily a city e.g. village, town etc

Warm

Year round warmth. So this basically narrows down the country list for the best place to live in the world to near the equator.

Good food

This is a bit ridiculous because I eat everything, and I pretty much think everywhere in the world has good food.. but if I come across somewhere that doesn’t have good food then it will be a deal breaker and will instantly be crossed off the best place to live in the world list. Maybe on a city level this becomes more apparent e.g. very small towns won’t have much variety.

A style of chicken rice, apparently famous in Singapore. Delicious.

Language Friendly

I could literally find paradise on Earth, but if I can’t speak to anyone than it still would not make the cut as the best place to live in the world for me.

Three options for this one:

1. English speaking country

2. English is commonly spoken

3. Failing either of the first two, then at the very least, a Latin based language that uses the Roman Alphabet so it won’t be too hard to learn (preferably Espanol)

Healthy

There’s no point being in the best place to live in the world if you are sick all the time… or if you get hurt and have to leave. Here’s my criteria for this one:

*Access to decent health care, that is relatively cheap
*Relatively clean air
*Access to recreational facilities e.g. yoga, parks, swimming etc
*Local food generally healthy

Low Cost of Living

I dislike work, so I would need to get by on my residual income, so for me, the best place to live in the world means somewhere where living on $500usd/month would be possible if needed ($300rent and 200food), and with $1000month I’d be living comfortably.

Modern Comforts

This is probably more relevant to City Restrictions, but I guess there are whole countries without this e.g. in Africa, countries at war etc.

The most important things to make the cut as the best place to live in the world in this area is internet, since I need it to make money and somewhat for entertainment. 2nd is hot running water.

Ability to stay long term

Actually, this isn’t really an issue during my initial search of the best place to live in the world because I feel if I really find somewhere I like I can always find a way to live there. Worse case scenario, I’ll just keep re-entering on tourist visas… or perhaps I’ll fall in love and marry a local (definitely a last resort move!)

List of Regions to Explore

Taking the above things into consideration, on a regional level I have decided on the following candidates as the best place to live in the world:

Africa

India

Latin America (Central and South America)

Polynesia

South East Asia

I’m pretty confident that out of all these places I will be able to find at least one (probably alot more) candidates for the best place to live in the world

Q. No Europe, Australia, North America?? Don’t you want to go to these places?

A. Of course I do. But I know that I won’t want to call either of them home. Once I find my best place to live in the world I will set up ‘base’ and then do the rest of the world from there.

Plan of Travel for Each Country

Here is how I go about planning my time in each country while I search for the best place to live in the world.

1. Get longest single entry tourist visa possible

Self explanatory.

2. Create Rough Itinerary

*Create rough plan of all things want to do – Wikitravel / Must sees
*Plot on map
*Basic Itinerary – not rushed – 3+ nights in each ‘city’
*Basic transportation

3. No more than 4 hours

Anything more than 4 hours drive, add a stop

4. Visa extension if needed

If my itinerary goes for longer than the tourist visa, suss out about getting and extension.

5. Run out visas in favorite place

After I have explored the country, use up the rest of my visa in the place(s) I considered for me to be the most livable and spend my time there writing and planning next place.

A List

Here is a list of places that rate high on my list for best place to live in the world so far. Every-time i find a place I’ll add it.

Nothing yet!

Actually, there are a few places I have been in South America, but I haven’t spent enough time in them to make a proper decision of whether they make the cut as best place to live in the world.

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