Tired of New York City? 5 Places To Try Next.

Austin Samsel
3 min readAug 28, 2015

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“Whoa. WTF?”

Have you found yourself asking this question recently??

Doesn’t it suck when things don’t work out like you expect?

I hate that. Also, it’s probably not you. It’s probably not me. It’s basically New York City’s fault. For everything!

So let’s get the HELL OUT! But where should we go? I feel like everyone has gone everywhere. Even Detroit is kind of, like, surprisingly expensive???

So annoying! Even leaving New York City is kinda hard. So I did some quick googling and here are 5 totally “next” destinations where we should all go.

1) Northwest Territories

At first, when I fired up Google Earth and started cruising west, I was like, hm, SASKATCHEWAN? Really? Wait why am I in Canada? Maybe Bernie Sanders will get elected? But leaving New York City is a commitment.

And I want to get out, way out. There’s nothing like crossing a border to absolve the past.

So you know what, screw Saskatchewan, I’m going way out to the Northwest Territories. Just look at it!

So cool. As long as there is at least a 3G connection we can use to continue freelancing, we’d be set. Also, at the rate that drone technology is improving we could probably just get everything delivered, skydrop style. Although it does seem kind of like Amazon is getting more expensive lately?

I already feel more creative.

2) Portland, just kidding

lol

Seattle!!!!! JK JK JK

3) Water World

Did you know that 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water? We could literally just reclaim a bunch of wood, rope it together, then float off on Our New Platform. As a service.

Did you ever see the movie Water World?

4) Hawaii

I heard its expensive. Its kind of small. But whatever. There’s still a bunch of unpopulated islands that we could probably squat and get tenant’s rights after a few years and grueling legal battles. #worthit

5) Delware

It’s not New York City. It’s not New Jersey. It’s not Detroit. It’s not Miami. It’s not LA. It’s not Philly. It’s not “upstate.” It’s not the suburbs. It’s not a welcoming east-asian tropical 3rd world country with a burgeoning freelance nomad culture.

It’s not really anything. It’s just like a blank slate. I don’t even think anyone lives there. I think the MTA used to use it for storage. It may have also recently formed due to global warming and coastal erosion. But it’s still “kind of close to everything.”

We basically just need to find a place to be free and get what we want. Not that much to ask for!!!!

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Austin Samsel

more human than ever. prepping for minimum viable utopia ~*~