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The Portugal Neighborhood Fit Test: Choose Your Base Before Signing a Lease

Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, and smaller Portuguese towns can create completely different daily lives, yet many digital nomads choose a neighborhood from a short-term rental photo or an online ranking. This episode gives you a four-step Neighborhood Fit Test before you commit to a long lease. You will score each candidate area for work reliability, realistic monthly costs, essential services, movement and energy, and opportunities for meaningful connection. Mateus explains how to run a short observation visit, ask better questions in Portuguese and English, test your actual commute and grocery…

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