Where are cheap regions to live with fast internet?
Where are cheap regions to live with fast internet?
Come to Malaysia. Don't stay in Kuala Lumpur or Cyberjaya, especially if you're working remote. An hour's drive out of town and you can get a two story house for $400/month. There's enough comforts too - cinemas, malls, KFC, pizza, Starbucks, swimming pools, barbeques, educated people who speak English, plenty of parks and gardens, and low pollution.
Tax is capped at about 25%, including for businesses. We also give entrepreneurs startup visas even for just an idea, where verified startups could get 0% tax under the previous system (which is being revised because people were abusing it to set up call centers). There's also a generous program if you want to bring in foreign engineers.
Is this limited to regions within the United States? If not, I think Romania would rank quite high in Europe by cost of internet/housing.
It's a good place to check for these types of metrics, regardless of whether you ascribe to the "nomad" way.
Romania is not too bad. You can get Ethernet to the home for very cheap. The only problem is that it's using CGNAT and the majority of the IPs seem blacklisted for fraud or online game cheating so I recommend having some place you can VPN into.
In or near small/medium Appalachian towns are a choice. Some examples of larger ones to look around are Indiana, PA, Prestonburg, KY, and Charlotte, NC (I know, it's a city but still a cheap area).
Bulgaria sort of fits this - low cost of living, flat 10% income tax, fast internet, reasonable number of tech companies and startups.
Medellin, Colombia. Keep the same U.S. time zone. Affordable living, can get fiber direct to your apartment/house.
South East Asia. Generally peaceful, good and cheap internet and cost of living is relatively low for Westerners.
I'm not sure if you're in the US, but I've heard good things about Chatanooga.
I'm sure Czech Republic, Hungary or Croatia outside of the capital city centres would be cheap and beautiful countryside nearby.
Romania, Vietnam, are your best bets