Obviously satire.

But every post here seems to have this same insane set of checklist requirements. Doesn't seem to be much self-awareness around why certain places are VHCOL. Affordability is directly tied to desireability. Geographic arbitrage by definition involves giving up something nice for a bigger gain somewhere else. People aren't recognizing that.

Walkable city with amenities that's affordable means dense urban core in an area that doesn't have great weather. Don't want urban density or want great weather? Drop the "affordable" constraint. The only walkable cities with amenities that are more suburban or on the Cali coast are going to be ultra wealthy enclaves.

Also, the minute you actually find something that checks all the boxes - every other Millennial with money trying to flee the Bay Area, LA, or NYC will head there too and drive up the prices. See Miami or Austin.

I'm also not seeing much recognition that more of these insane checklists would open up if people would start considering leaving the US a la r/ExpatFIRE

The reality is that to maximize "same grass but greener" you need to pick ONE factor that you want to optimize for, and have supporting requirements that are much more flexible that you layer on to filter down your list. As opposed to trying to start by finding the needle that matches everything on your list. Because the minute you do find that, 10k other people will have also found it and had a head start on moving there over you.