Brat McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

When we think about people who can live anywhere, we tend to think about corporate

employing remote workers and online entrepreneurs.

But many other kinds of professionals from teachers to doctors could hypothetically find

a job anywhere, and thus live anywhere they'd like.

If you're what my guest Melody Warnett calls a anywhereist, and have seriously or casually

considered moving somewhere else, today we'll talk through the factors to consider

making that decision.

Melody is the author of If You Could Live Anywhere, the surprising importance of place

and a work from anywhere world.

And in today's conversation, we discussed the factors you should include in what she calls

a location strategy, the cost of living in a place, whether it allows you to build

the kinds of relationships you're looking for.

We also talk about how the place you live can be part of your purpose in life, and the

elements that contribute to an overall quality of life.

And I have the shows over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is-slash-anywhere.

All right, Melody Warnett, welcome back to the show.

Thanks for having me, Brett.

So we had you on a couple years ago to talk about your book, This Is Where You Belong,

and it's where you highlight this research about this idea of place attachment, where it's

like, why we feel like we belong to a place, why we like a place where we live, and you

use that research to provide insights about how people can learn to love the place they

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