Unlikely U.S. city named as best in the world to travel and work remotely
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/best-cities-around-the-world-to-take-a-working-vacation.html
Kansas City, Missouri, was named the best city in the world to work during the day and explore after hours without having to use too much of your PTO time, according to a recent analysis from Icelandair.
Unless you're LGBTQ, a woman, or POC...
https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/profile_state/MO
https://missouriindependent.com/2022/06/24/abortion-is-now-illegal-in-missouri-in-wake-of-u-s-supreme-court-ruling/
http://www.monaacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170605-NAACP-MO-Travel-Advisory.pdf
This sort of patronizing sentiment is part of the reason why the U.S. is so polarized. Instead of being constructive, liberals in "blue states" shame and judge liberals in "red states."
Just because you disagree with a state's politics (by the way, Kansas City is quite liberal) doesn't mean its cities aren't worth visiting or living in. KC has a vibrant LGBTQ community and is extremely diverse.
If you want change nationally, throwing shade from the comfort of the most liberal city in the U.S. state won't change it. What will change things is people willing to live in communities where people have opposing ideas and are still willing to work to make them better. I'm deeply troubled by Missouri's politics which is why I'm not running away from it.
The OP isn't "shaming liberals" in a red state. Access to healthcare, personal safety and equality are fundamental concerns for people, especially workers potentially fleeing their own states or countries for similar reasons.
I'm literally just linking to data showing how miserably bad Missouri is for people who aren't straight, white men. If you felt shame by the data that says more about you than it does about me. Either way, "Just move [to this place that denies your basic humanity and where you'll be bullied, harassed, or maybe even hurt or killed]" is not the answer.
I lived in one of the reddest states for over 7 years. I moved to the Bay Area to feel safe. With all due respect, you are absolutely clueless.
All those remote workers are feeling so vindicated in KS rn hahah
haha totally.
Though as someone who used to live in Kansas City, I'm compelled to point out that they're referring to Kansas City Missouri, not Kansas City, KS :)
Honestly, I think the "best" cities are going to be the smaller ones most people haven't heard about. Small cities that are affordable, where you can walk to mostly everything you need to, the people are friendly, and there's an abundance of things to do. I personally don't think the larger cities have much to offer to an indiehacker, or maybe that's just me.
Also, access to nature is huge. Sometimes it helps to take a step outside and get a breath of fresh air!
Totally agree!
Missouri is pretty great. But what I find interesting about the article is all the talk about "slow travel" — so important for nomads (and everyone else).
Most people run around from place to place trying to get a breadth of experience, but IMO it is so much more rewarding to go for depth. Stay for a (long) while. Eat the food (omg the food). Learn the language (at least passably). Dive into the culture. Get to know the locals. It'll change your life. And conveniently, the nomad lifestyle is perfect for this type of exploration.
These rankings are so highly subjective, that this is close to meaningless.
The rankings came from an airline, Icelandair. Not sure how much of an authority they are on cities for nomads. But, for what it's worth, here's their chart:
Let me guess, Iceland air is about to launch a Kansas City -> Reykjavik direct flight soon ...
The subjective component is impossible to factor in. Is Kansas the best city for you? Or Vienna? Rather they should just share the chart and then people can judge it themselves.
I haven't been to Kansas City, but I visited St. Louis, and it seemed like a nice city.
It's weird to me that Missouri is the best place for that. I was there a few times, what do tourists even do there? I'd say that something like California would be a better place for that, and I understand why so many people wonder what to wear to death valley and stuff like that because this place is actually attractive, but all the sights of Missouri didn't impress me.
whoever put this list together definitely hasn't been to these places
Reykjavik, Iceland conveniently made Icelandair's list 😆
That article is extremely biased.
Kansas city, while being an awesome city, it has a 3.5 starts (3.5/5) on Nomad List. In fact, it ranks 151° worldwide.
Sadly, the article's author thinks United States is the whole world.
I'm not surprised. They name United States as "America".
Why not Boulder?
You have to ask Icelandair about why it was left out.
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Yeah, no...
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