note renodino Shouldn't the best city (or, for that matter, <a href='http://www.presicient.com/psdi/presmobile1.jpg'>place</a>) be whereever a Monk (or even acolyte) decides to be ?<p> This reminds me very much of the recent dust up in France... rather than encouraging entrepreneurship to <i>create</i> jobs, the passive <i>and, oddly, accepted</i> answer is to legislate hours.<p> I've done some pretty decent Perl hacking in some very remote locales, with nothing but a Jeep battery to recharge the laptop. Some of my best design/development has occured with a tall Whibdey's Port and tasty cigar at my elbow, lit only by sunshine or campfire.<p> If your purpose is to locate yourself to find work, you'll always be a nomad.<p> If your purpose is to locate the work that finds <i>you</i>, you'll always be employed. 544119 544119