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Originally Posted by Disorienter
I very much consider this beautiful country right now, so I have a few more questions for you experienced fellas':
Q7: Which place would you choose to live at permanently between Estoril and Figueira da Foz? What are your reasons?
Q8: Hows the internet availability on these locations and is it possible to get a 3G-sim for your iPhone to use as a backup internet when grinding?
Q9: I tried numbeo.com for price comparison but there was not enough data, is it similar or is the general cost of living lower in one of the places?
Sorry for sounding like such a nit, but relocating is always very bankroll-killing so I need to make a budget
Q7: Estoril, I might be wrong about it but I have the ideia that Figueira do not have that much going on unless you are talking about Summer (2 - 3 months every year), Estoril is close to Lisbon where you can get anything you want and nice night-life / lots of things to do all year, and also casino is better.
Q8: Internet is very good in Portugal. U can get a nice deal for tv+internet for something like 25€ / month. You can get an usb pen for something like 25€ and use it as backup, u pay 10€ every 3 months for 10 hour utilization (u can get also something like 15€/month for 2 GB). I have one of this pens and I pay 30€ / month for unlimited use and use it as my grinding internet.
Q9: Estoril should be more expansive than Figueira, both house (a bit) and food / night (should be close to the same but Estoril a little more expansive), but I can be wrong. If I was you I would probably go to Estoril anyway.
Go to this sites and search for both Estoril and Figueira da Foz to get an ideia on prices on renting an house -
http://www.imovirtual.com/ or
http://www.coisas.com/imoveis/type,2
Also, I saw you asking about the spanish guys living in Portugal in the other thread... Faro is the biggest city in Algarve, is in the south of Portugal (better weather / best beaches) and probably more close to Spain that other cities. Also, it is the place in Portugal where more tourists go and it should be easy to rent an house for a short time. And, also, most people speak (or at least understand) english in Algarve, even more than in Estoril. Finally, it is probably the area in Portugal with the best / craziest nightlife (at least during summer), and is not so expansive as Estoril. The big only downside is that there is close to 0 live poker action (something like 2 100€ mtts with 200 guys playing it every year and thats all).
I hope this helps you, sory for the bad english.