Fwiw I found Blackpool to be a very pleasant place to live (my wife and I lived there for just over a year, largely due to the presence of the EA Hotel) and would personally prefer to live there rather than London (even setting aside the dramatic cost difference). The EA Hotel itself also provides a concentration of engaged EAs that seems hard to match outside of the very largest EA centres.
David Moss
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Principal Research Director at Rethink Priorities. I lead the Surveys and Data Analysis Team. Previously worked at Charity Science. Former Trustee of EA London and Charity Entrepreneurship.
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