
Japanese Cities to Live In Rather Than Visit
Japan's best long-stay cities are the ones with universities, ports and no international profile.

Japan's best long-stay cities are the ones with universities, ports and no international profile.

Bali's regions are entirely different places, and the visa rules are the thing most long-stayers get wrong.

France's long-stay value is in the regional cities and the countryside, where a month costs a Paris fortnight.

Most sustainable travel advice is marginal, and in Italy three decisions account for nearly all of it.

Spain's long-stay value sits inland, in cities with universities and no visitors.

Portugal became a remote work destination faster than its housing supply could absorb, and that shapes the current reality.

Four languages are official in parts of Spain, and knowing which region speaks what changes how a long stay goes.

Bangkok is organised around its train lines, and where you live on them determines the daily experience entirely.

Paris changes completely when you stop visiting monuments and start living in one of its twenty districts.

India is a subcontinent, and a month spent moving across it produces a blur rather than an understanding.

Greek island long stays run on a seasonal calendar that shuts most of the infrastructure for half the year.

Mexico's climate is set by elevation rather than latitude, which is why a tropical country has cities that need a jumper.