As Nanna also said, yes. Sorry about that. Working in a city myself I saw at first only this Manichean split between translators/interpreters working hand in hand with their city direct clients and those doing telework for far away continents, in the country comfort of their pyjamas and slippers. Obviously the world is not black and white.

Ah...I saw the poll as a straight preference for where we like to live, which, of course, affects how we work, but I didn't think in those terms in my first post.

All things being equal, I would certainly have more direct clients if I lived in a big city like Copenhagen. All I have to do is present myself and I enhance my chances. Not so easy in this suspicious-jutes-everywhere neck of the woods

Nanna

Another Freudian slip on my part then, considering that I spend most of my life in my office...

Meanwhile, an amazing survey is out in Poland: http://www.rp.pl/artykul/247454_Slask_liderem_dobrobytu_.html. Based on the level of salaries and the unemployment rate, Silesia is the leader, although how can you reduce the 'standard of living' they are touting to the level of salaries and the unemployment rate? Unless the crisis is so bad that these are the only things that count these days...