Hi! I'm really interested in effective altruism, and I would love to move somewhere that is both warm and sunny all year long but also has a lot of effective altruists. (I'm defining warm and sunny as being able to wear summer clothing and the sky being mostly blue all year long. I loved living in Phoenix, AZ, USA, which regularly gets to 110°F or 43°C during the summer and 65°F or 18°C in the winter)
According to "EA Survey 2024: Geography," EAs live primarily in these cities and countries:
Additionally, according to 80,000 Hours, the major EA hubs are:
- The San Francisco Bay Area in California
- London, Oxford, and Cambridge in the UK
- Washington, DC (especially for US policy)
- Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts (especially for biorisk)
- Plus New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Berlin, and many other major cities
The places the survey mentions that 80,000 Hours doesn't mention are all pretty cloudy as far as I know so I'll just discuss the 80,000 Hours places from her on.
As an American, I've heard the Bay Area, the US Northeast (DC, Boston, and Cambridge), and England are generally quite cloudy places, with the latter two being particularly cold most of the year.
The Bay Area is widely regarded as an ideal area to live, although it seems to be cloudy and slightly cold most of the year. Its nearby areas areas get much warmer and sunnier in the summer but are also much colder and cloudier during the winter. Additionally, the nearby areas still seem like they would be too far away from the Bay Area to be worth living in.
Of the places 80,000 hours mentions, Sydney and Melbourne seem to be the most promising. They are both moderately warm and generally sunny (with Sydney getting more days of sunshine than Melbourne.)
Does any one know of good places to move that fit my criteria or any errors in what I've said?
Ah, thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for!