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Preparing to Leave

Apr 15, 2018benmTravel Blog, Washington_DCUSA, Washington

26 March 2018: I decided that I would leave D.C. with nothing more than what airlines these days will allow you to take on a short domestic flight for free: a carry-on bag and a personal item. Well, I actually decided this well before March 2018. Back in October 2017 I began preparing to leave

City Ranking Criteria

Apr 9, 2018benmTravel Blog, Washington_DCratings, reference, USA, Washington

These are the standards I’m using to rate the cost of living and quality of life in each city that I visit, listed in order of importance. A handful (rent, health care, crime, pollution) are derived from online data compiled by Numbeo; I will assign the other rankings based on my personal observations. I use

The Plan

Apr 6, 2018benm1 CommentTravel Blog, Washington_DCUSA, Washington

17 March 2018: If I do this right, I can travel overseas and spend less on a day-to-day basis than I would by staying put in Washington, D.C. Pretty cool! So why not just move overseas? Every three or four years I get the urge to pull up stakes and move somewhere new anyway. I’ll