TMBA 454: What Does Your City Whisper?

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Dan and Ian have spent many hours on this show talking about location and in particular the cities that location-independent entrepreneurs choose to live in.

A little while ago, Dan ready an article called Cities and Ambition by Paul Graham which theorizes that the cities we visit actually send signals to us in a variety of unspoken ways.

Afterward, he felt compelled to write a blog post about the ways that certain cities "whisper" to us.

On today's episode, you will hear that blog post, as well as some thoughts and reflections on some of our favorite cities.

We'll be sharing what we love about those cities, why we can't stop visiting them, and what each of those cities has been "whispering" to us. And we'd love to hear from you about what different cities whisper to you.

Listen to this week's show and learn:

  • What it means when a city "whispers" to you. (3:12)

  • Some of our favorite US cities and what they whisper to us. (13:41)

  • Our thoughts on some of our favorite Vietnamese cities. (18:38)

  • Some of our favorite North American cities outside of the United States. (29:09)

  • Which cities we've challenged each other to visit. (38:44)

Mentioned in the episode:

Before the Exit - Our New Book
TMBA Masterminds
Sponsor the TMBA Podcast
The Dynamite Circle
The DC Podcast
Help Us Choose a New Name for the TropicalMBA Podcast
DC BKK
Dynamite Jobs
What Does Your City Whisper to You?
Cities and Ambition by Paul Graham
Global City Index

This week's sponsor:

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Enjoyed this podcast? Check out these:

TMBA 373: Should You Base Yourself in Southern Europe?
TMBA 376: Should You Base Yourself in Eastern Europe?
TMBA 392: Should You Move to Chiang Mai?

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Thanks for listening to our show! We'll be back next Thursday morning 8AM EST.

Cheers,

Dan & Ian

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